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Tables of Contents for Making the Journey
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
Using This Book
xiii
The Teacher, The Student, The School
1
36
Beginnings
1
5
Teacher, Student, School: The Dance of the Three
6
2
The Teacher/Learner
8
7
The Student/Learner
15
6
The School
21
13
References
34
1
Resources
35
2
What it Takes to be a Teacher
37
28
From Expert Learner to Novice Teacher
37
3
What a Teacher Needs to Do
40
3
Five Models of Teaching
43
6
Teaching Their Eyes Were Watching God and the Five Models
49
2
It Didn't Work
51
6
Teaching as Failing
57
5
References
62
1
Resources
63
2
Beginning Your Life in the Classroom
65
31
Planning Your Teaching
66
5
Discipline
71
2
Classroom Environment, Room Arrangement, Creature Comforts, Food
73
6
A Few Other Things: Getting Started, Openings, Voice, Body, Touch, Dress
79
5
Two Strategies for Improving Your Teaching
84
6
Breaking the Rules
90
4
References
94
1
Resources
95
1
Students
96
26
No One Ever Said It Was Going to Be Easy
96
1
The Tough Times of Teaching: Apathy and Violence
97
1
Two Researchers on Students: William Glasser and Linda McNeil
98
2
The Alienated Student: Not Always Who You Think
100
5
Three Students: Marianna, Antoine, and Marc
105
5
One Teacher's Strategy for Dealing with Alienated Students: ``Big Bucks''
110
3
The Average Student: Caught in the Middle
113
1
The Gifted Student: Burdens and Responsibilities
113
1
The Delicate Contract with Students
114
2
Two Students: Tanya and Barry
116
4
References
120
1
Resources
120
2
Teaching Literature: Theoretical Issues
122
25
The Fear of Not Knowing Enough
122
2
Literature: The Heart of Language Arts
124
1
Four Reasons for Reading Literature
124
3
Schools of Literary Criticism: Why You Should Care
127
1
The Four Schools: What to Do?
128
1
Reader Response
129
9
A Word on Deconstructionism
138
1
Organizing Literature
139
2
Cultural Literacy, the Canon, Textbooks, and the Issue of Multicultural Literature
141
3
References
144
1
Resources
145
2
Teaching Literature: Practical Matters
147
42
Choosing Literature
147
1
A Story: Thurman and Architectural Digest
148
2
The Question of Censorship
150
2
Young Adult Literature
152
4
Pairing Young Adult Literature and the Classics
156
2
Using Nonfiction
158
2
Teaching Shakespeare
160
5
More on Multicultural: Six Contemporary Novels
165
3
Using Literature: Some Teaching Tips
168
11
References
179
3
Resources
182
7
Teaching Language
189
30
It Ain't Necessarily So: The English Language Arts Teacher as Language Expert
189
1
Prescriptive vs. Descriptive: The World of Linguistics
190
3
The Language of Hate
193
1
The Question of Spelling
194
1
Teaching Vocabulary
195
2
The Five Grammars
197
1
So What Do We Do About Teaching Grammar?
197
5
Students' Right to Their Own Language
202
3
Language Play/Language Games
205
4
Sentence Combining
209
4
The Glory of Language
213
2
References
215
2
Resources
217
2
Teaching Writing
219
29
Fifth Period, Wednesday Afternoon
219
1
A Traditional Model of Teaching Writing
220
4
A New Model of Teaching Writing
224
3
Getting Writing Ideas
227
2
Writing Groups: Questions, Answers, and Reasons
229
4
Conferencing with Students
233
1
The Place of Correctness
234
1
What About Grammar?
235
1
Now They've Written It---What Do You Do with It?
236
1
Responding/Evaluating/Grading
237
2
Using a Writing Portfolio
239
1
The Wonderful and Varied Journal
240
1
The Research Paper
241
3
What We Are About as Teachers of Writing
244
1
References
245
1
Resources
246
2
Questioning
248
18
The Power of Talk
248
2
Questions That Teachers Ask
250
4
The Questioning Circle
254
2
Beyond Hierarchies: Questions You Don't Want to Ask
256
3
Questioning Behaviors
259
2
When Questions Don't Work
261
2
Questions That Students Ask
263
1
References
264
5
Resources
269
Media Literacy
266
17
Issues in Media Literacy
267
3
Computers
270
5
Television
275
2
Film
277
1
Radio
278
1
The Popular Culture and Media Literacy
279
1
References
280
1
Resources
281
2
Teaching Today
283
20
Things Have Changed/Things Have Stayed the Same
283
2
Five Contemporary Challenges
285
5
Staying in the Classroom
290
2
The End of the Lifetime Teacher?
292
1
A Question of Ethics: Issues for the Classroom Teacher
293
5
Making the Journey
298
2
References
300
1
Resources
301
2
Index
303