Teaching Adolescent Writers

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Stenhouse Publishers, 2006 - Education - 200 pages
"Describes strategies for teaching writing to adolescents, including teaching the reasons writing is important, meeting student needs in learning writing, modeling good writing by the teacher, using real-world models of writing, giving students choice, writing for authentic, real-world purposes, and assessing student writing"--Provided by publisher.
 

Contents

Running with the Literacy Stampede
1
Overcoming The Neglected R Establishing a Time and a Place to Write
25
Beyond the Grecian Urn The Teacher as a Writing Model
47
Elevating Student Writing Using RealWorld Models
73
Beyond Fake Writing The Power of Choice
89
The Importance of Purpose and Audience
119
Using Assessment to Drive Better Student Writing
141
The Literacy Stampede Is upon Us
169
Vocabulary Used in a Writing Classroom
179
YesNo Authors Argument Chart
180
Writing SmallerFunneling Chart
181
Topic Blast
182
The Big Eight Purposes for Writing
183
Independent Correction Sheet
184
Spelling Demons Chart
185
Essay Scoring Rubric
186

Twenty Books Every Teacher of Writing Should Own
172
Reading a Movie Chart
173
Authors Purpose Chart
174
Twentyfive Prompts for Timed Writing Practice
175
Great Quotes About Writing
187
Works Cited
189
Index
193

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About the author (2006)

Kelly, a baseballoholic and a self-described expert at negotiating airports, is in his 33rd year of teaching at the high school level. He currently teaches at Magnolia High School in Anaheim, California. He believes that there is no greater pleasure than teaching someone something. Teaching is artistic, it matters a great deal, and I can never get the job down perfectly. Kelly thinks that professional development should treat teachers as such - professionals. I know in the classroom that good things happen when my students have meaningful discussions. I know as a teacher myself that my craft sharpens when I am given the opportunity to have meaningful discussions with my peers. And let's have a laugh or two while we are at it. Writing his six books for Stenhouse was a solitary experience. Though I have written outlines prior to each of my books, I have yet to follow any of them step-by-step. That is why I find writing rewarding - because the act of writing itself generates new thinking, and new thinking is always exciting.