Inspiring student writers : strategies and examples for teachers

Getting our students to write and write well is a process Tom Scheft explains and explores, offering practical and theoretical guidance, while providing uplifting, thought provoking examples of a writing assignment for students middle grades through master's level. An invaluable supplemental te...

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Other Authors Scheft, Tom (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2009]
SeriesLanguage, literacy, and learning.
Subjects
English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching.
Creative writing > Study and teaching.
English teachers.
Education > Teaching > Subjects > Language Arts.
Creative writing and creative writing guides.
Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy.
Educational: Language, literature and literacy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806618606
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-187-7
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 189 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Working with student writers / Tom Scheft
  • Autobiography in teacher preparation: the internally persuasive discourse that speaks with authority / Sandy A. Vavra
  • The autobiographical, reflective assignment / Tom Scheft
  • Teacher as secret agent / Muri Pugh
  • Gratitude, generosity, and community / Jennifer Lombard
  • Confronting the fear within / Laura Will
  • Teacher as scientist, teacher as artist / Amanda Albert
  • Reflections on Langston Hughes' "Mother to son" / Casey Collins, Carron Carter, and Melissa Davis
  • In the blood / Joshua Knight
  • The black teacher / Marshella Reid
  • Dealing with life / Sloane Akos
  • A renewed sense of life / Jayne Dorfman
  • The power of imagination / Taheera Blount
  • Flying lessons / Amanda Riley Smith
  • The power of unconditional love / Elwood Robinson
  • Testing the sleeping giant / Pamela George
  • Confronting stereotyping: understanding why we do it, considering what to do about it / Tom Scheft
  • Helping student writers understand and deal with rejection / Tom Scheft
  • Dealing with dialect differences: honest concerns and practical approaches / Tom Scheft.

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