Week 8: Assignment 1Read the following two articles for an introduction to nonfiction readers’ advisory.- Borderlands: Crossing between Nonfiction in Readers’ Advisory - read.
- Reading Nonfiction for Pleasure: What Motivates Readers? - read
Week 8: Assignment 2View this E-Learning video produced by the Maryland State Library Resource Center. - doneWeek 8: Assignment 3Choose any four of the 16 nonfiction genres presented in the video. In what Dewey area(s) did you find narrative nonfiction in these genres? List each of the four genres and their Dewey areas on your blog. Choose one book from each of these four genres that you could recommend to someone who normally reads only fiction. List these titles and their authors.Overcoming Adverity:
362.29C Stay Close: A mother's story of her son's addiction by Libby Catalidi
History:
Biography: A Woman In Charge: the life of Hillary Rhodam Clinton by Carl Bernstein
Travel
910.409 Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Gelman
Medical:
610.027 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
Week 8: Assignment 4Using appeal factors, write a 1-2 paragraph book talk for two of the four titles you would recommend, noting who you would recommend them to and why. Post these on your blog.Bite me.
Um, consider yourself bitten. Just checking on the assignments. It looks like some of the assignments for weeks 5-7 may be missing. Let us know if you need any help.
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