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Coaching Writing in Content Areas: Write-for-Insight Strategies, Grades 6-12, 2nd edition
Published by Pearson (November 21, 2011) © 2012
- William Strong
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Foreword by Dan Kirby
About the Author
PREFACE Introducing Insight
New to This Edition
Now a Small Confession
Writing and Skiing
Learning Together
Why Writing Matters
Good News from NAEP
Writing on the Home Front
Mapping the Chapters
Acknowledgments
Write for Insight Activity
1 Writing from the Inside Out
Remembered Writing
Narration as Knowledge
Prompting Narrative
Literacy Autobiographies
Reflecting on Narrative
Content Area Examples
Narrative Insights
Write for Insight Activity
2 Challenging the Hidden Curriculum
Teacher as Writer
Resistance to Writing
The Hidden Curriculum of Writing
Roots of the Hidden Curriculum
Writing without Grades
Note-Taking and Note-Making
Resisting the Hidden Curriculum
Making Learning Personal
Writing-to-Learn Samples
Thinking Outside the Box
Write for Insight Activity
3 Exploring Expressive Writing
Windows to the Heart
Opening Expressive Windows
Quotation Prompts
Guided Imagery
Dramatic Scenarios (Cases)
Role-Playing
Dialogue Writing
A Reader/Writer Dialogue
Write for Insight Activity
4 Tapping the Power of Metaphor
Valentine’s Day
The Power of Metaphor
Exercising Metaphor
More about Metaphor
Using Semantic Charts
Using Pattern Poems
Metaphors in Prose
Metaphors of Teaching
Write for Insight Activity
5 Helping Basic Writers Succeed
Basics of Good Teaching
Wall Text Basics
Back to Human Basics
Developing Transcribing Skill
Using Content-Based Dictation
Summarizing and Paraphrasing
Teaching Basics Strategically
Sentence-Combining Basics
Workshop-Style Teaching
A Bridge to Literacy
Write for Insight Activity
6 Designing Assignments and Rubrics
Darth Vader in Action
Assignments by Design
Assignments to Motivate
Ten Design Principles
Context + RAFT = CRAFT
Case Study of an Assignment
Content Area Writing Tasks
Darth Vader Revisited
Write for Insight Activity
7 Managing the Writing Process
Coaching Writing
Visualizing the Writing Process
Understanding the Model
Guiding Cycle 1 Activities (Prewriting)
Guiding Cycle 2 Activities (Revising)
Prompting Self-Assessment
Bumps in Process Teaching
Managing Collaborative Writing
Write for Insight Activity
8 Coaching and Judging Writing
Responding to Writing
Thinking about Assessment
Coaching versus Judging
Getting Ready to Coach
Up-Front Coaching
Coaching as Response
Audiotape Coaching
Getting Ready to Judge
Judging Portfolios
Coaching as a Lifetime Sport
Write for Insight Activity
9 Researching Outside the Box
A Research Story
Personalized Research
The Saturation Report
A Student Saturation Report
The I-Search Paper
Multigenre Research Project
Challenging Advanced Students
Traditional Guided Research
The Problem of Fakery
Write for Insight Activity
10 Writing in a Digital World
Cultural Divide
iPod Inspiration
WebQuest Nation
PowerPoint Pedagogy
A Gift of Glogs
Guerrilla Journalism
Classroom Demonstration
Blogging Basics
Exploratory First Steps
Write for Insight Activity
EPILOGUE
Revisiting Insight
Listening to Students
Coaching with Insight
Leveling with Students
The “Writing Next” Report
Listening to Research
Write for Insight Activity
APPENDIX A Literacy Autobiography Case Study
APPENDIX B Bob Tierney’s Concept-Trigger Words
APPENDIX C Macie Wolfe’s Cubing Activity
APPENDIX D Generic Graphic Organizers
APPENDIX E Content Area Writing Assignments
References
Index
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