Acknowledgements


 * __ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS__**

We often find an acknowledgements page in a text. This page is used by the author to recognize the work of others that enabled the author to write the text. It is also used to cite references to previously published works.

It is usually in the preface or a preliminary section of a book.

An acknowledgement page is often a courtesy to another researcher or author. Sometimes it is a requirement or a condition for using someone else’s work in a text.

Acknowledgements include: The author’s name The title of the work The date and place of the publication The publishing house An indication that permission has been granted for the work to be included or cited

Example:

Teaching Ideas - good opportunity for noting specific uses of unusual punctuation that is not typically found in narrative text - there are often abbreviations used on acknowledgement pages - good opportunity for mini-lesson regarding common and unusual abbreviations - wordbuilding using the baseword "know" / relate the meaning of the words "know" and acknowledgement - students write acknowledgement pages to their own autobiographies - using the school library, classroom library, or textbooks, students locate examples of acknowledgement pages in a variety of books - devise ways to make the acknowledgements pages more interesting - rewrite personal acknowledgement pages