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O'Connor offers a diverse range of creative nonfiction writing assignments with authentic audiencesincluding writers autobiography; writing about place; memoirs; op-ed essays; blogs; oral historiesand many vibrant examples of student writing. Students often see little connection between their school lives and the lives they lead outside of school. Thesis-driven essays often further this disconnection by emphasizing form over content and by depersonalizing the relationship between writer and audience. By inviting students to mine their personal experiences, teachers can help students not only understand literature better, but also begin to make story-sense out of their own lives. All writing (and all reading) is ultimately autobiographical. In This Time Its Personal, John S. OConnor encourages us to care as deeply about the texts of our students personal lives as we do the lives of literary characters and the subject matter we teach in all classes. Rather than allow students to view school passively, as mere consumers of other peoples stories, we need to explicitly invite students into the larger community of storytellers. This book features a diverse range of creative nonfiction wr

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Author

John S. O'Connor

Publisher

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814154304

Category

reference

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14