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Worth Writing About
Exploring Memoir with Adolescents
"Who am I?" This is the question that many adolescents ask during the turbulent middle and high school years. In Worth Writing About: Exploring Memoir with Adolescents, Jake Wizner addresses how searching for the answer to this question leads his students to reflection, to reading, and ultimately to deeper, more meaningful writing.
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"Who am I?" This is the question that many adolescents ask during the turbulent middle and high school years. In Worth Writing About: Exploring Memoir with Adolescents, Jake Wizner addresses how searching for the answer to this question leads his students to reflection, to reading, and ultimately to deeper, more meaningful writing.
Based on his experience teaching eighth-grade English for nearly two decades, Jake believes that a well-designed memoir unit not only aligns with t...read more
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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
Prologue: The Rice Bowl
Chapter 1: Why Memoir?
Chapter 2: What's Worth Writing About?
Chapter 3: The Reading–Writing Connection
Chapter 4: Fact and Truth
Chapter 5: Story and Understory
Chapter 6: The Sea and the Mountain
Chapter 7: Beginnings, Endings, and Titles
Chapter 8: Assessment and Evaluation
Chapter 9: Struggling Students
Appendixes
References
Index