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Tables of Contents for Making the Journey
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Using This Book
xi
The Teacher, the Student, the School
1
32
Beginnings
1
5
Teacher, Student, School: The Dance of the Three
6
1
The Teacher/Learner
7
7
The Student/Learner
14
6
The School
20
11
References
31
1
Resources
32
1
What it Takes to be a Teacher
33
34
From Expert Learner to Novice Teacher
33
3
What a Teacher Needs to Do
36
3
Five Models of Teaching
39
6
Teaching The Color Purple and the Five Models
45
1
It Didn't Work
46
6
Planning Your Teaching
52
1
Discipline
53
2
A Few Other Things: Openings, Voice, Body, Touch, Dress
55
4
Teaching as Failing
59
5
References
64
1
Resources
65
2
Students
67
24
No One Ever Said It Was Going to Be Easy
67
1
The Tough Times of Teaching: Apathy and Violence
68
1
Two Researchers on Students: William Glasser and Linda McNeil
69
1
The Alienated Student: Not Always Who You Think
70
5
Three Students: Marianna, Antoine, and Marc
75
4
One Teacher's Strategy for Dealing with Alienated Students: ``Big Bucks''
79
3
The Average Student: Caught in the Middle
82
1
The Gifted Student: Burdens and Responsibilities
82
1
The Delicate Contract with Students
83
2
Two Students: Tanya and Barry
85
3
References
88
1
Resources
89
2
Teaching Literature: Theoretical Issues
91
24
The Fear of Not Knowing Enough
91
2
Literature: The Heart of Language Arts
93
1
Four Reasons for Reading Literature
93
2
Schools of Literary Criticism: Why You Should Care
95
2
The Four Schools: What to Do?
97
1
Reader Response
97
9
Organizing Literature
106
3
Cultural Literacy, The Canon, Textbooks, and the Issue of Multicultural Literature
109
2
References
111
1
Resources
112
3
Teaching Literature: Practical Matters
115
38
Choosing Literature
115
1
A Story: Thurman and Architectural Digest
116
2
The Question of Censorship
118
2
Young Adult Literature
120
6
Teaching Shakespeare
126
5
More on Multicultural: Six Contemporary African American Novels
131
4
Using Literature: Some Teaching Tips
135
8
References
143
4
Resources
147
6
Teaching Language
153
24
It Ain't Necessarily So: The English Language Arts Teacher as Language Expert
153
1
Prescriptive vs. Descriptive: The World of Linguistics
154
3
The Language of Hate
157
1
The Question of Spelling
158
2
The Five Grammars
160
1
So What Do We Do About Teaching Grammar?
161
2
Students' Right to Their Own Language
163
2
Language Play/Language Games
165
3
Sentence Combining
168
4
The Glory of Language
172
2
References
174
2
Resources
176
1
Teaching Writing
177
24
Fifth Period, Wednesday Afternoon
177
1
A Traditional Model of Teaching Writing
178
3
A New Model of Teaching Writing
181
4
Writing Groups: Questions, Answers, and Reasons
185
4
Conferencing with Students
189
1
The Place of Correctness
190
1
But What About Grammar?
191
1
Now They've Written It---What Do You Do With It?
192
1
Responding/Evaluating/Grading
193
2
The Wonderful and Varied Journal
195
1
The Research Paper
196
1
What We Are About as Teachers of Writing
197
1
References
198
1
Resources
199
2
Questioning
201
18
The Power of Talk
201
2
Questions That Teachers Ask
203
3
The Questioning Circle
206
3
Beyond Hierarchies: Questions You Don't Want to Ask
209
3
Questioning Behaviors
212
2
When Questions Don't Work
214
2
Questions That Students Ask
216
1
References
217
1
Resources
217
2
Teaching Today
219
16
Things Have Changed/Things Have Stayed the Same
219
1
Five Contemporary Challenges
220
5
The Popular Culture and Media Literacy: TV, MTV, and the Movies
225
1
Staying in the Classroom
226
2
The End of the Lifetime Teacher?
228
1
A Question of Ethics: Issues for the Classroom Teacher
228
4
Making the Journey
232
2
References
234
1
Resources
235