search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for The Art of Teaching Writing
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
SECTION I THE ESSENTIALS OF WRITING
Making Meaning on the Page and in Our Lives
3
8
Tap the Energy for Writing
11
10
Rehearsal: Living the Writerly Life
21
18
Drafting and Revision: Letting Our Words Instruct and Surprise Us
39
14
SECTION II LET CHILDREN SHOW US HOW TO TEACH
Lessons from Children
53
6
The Foundations of Literacy: Writing in the Home, the Nursery School, and the Kindergarten
59
24
Growing Up Writing: Grades K, 1, and 2
83
26
In Between: Grades 2 and 3
109
30
Developing Learning Communities in the Upper Elementary Grades
139
18
Teaching Adolescents: Improvisation and Commitment
157
26
SECTION III ONGOING STRUCTURES IN THE WRITING WORKSHOP
Establish a Predictable Workshop Environment
183
10
Don't & Afraid to Teach: Tools to Help Us Create Mini-Lessons
193
28
Conferring: Writing &comes a Tool for Thought
221
10
Learning to Confer
231
18
Writing Literature Under the Influence of Literature
249
12
Publication: The &ginning of the Writerly Life
261
12
Apprenticeships in the Writing Workshop: Learning from Authors
273
14
Editing: Learning the Conventions of Written Language
287
24
Assessment: A Minds-On Approach to Teaching
311
26
Workshop Teaching Throughout the Day
337
12
SECTION IV THE CHANGING CURRICULUM IN THE WRITING WORKSHOP
Developing a Curriculum for the Writing Workshop
349
8
Genre Studies
357
12
Poetry: It Begins in Delight and Ends in Wisdom
369
30
Making Memoir Out of the Pieces of Our Lives
399
32
Literary Nonfiction
431
22
Theme Studies: Reading the World, Reading the Word
453
30
SECTION V WRITING WORKSHOP TEACHING IN A LARGER CONTEXT
Writing to Learn Throughout the Day
483
18
The Home-School Connection: Composing Literate Lives in Homes and Neighborhoods
501
12
Do I Dare to Care So Much?
513
6
Reader's Guide
519
4
Annotated Bibliography
523
18
Works Cited
541
8
Credits
549