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Writing for Real
Strategies for Engaging Adolescent Writers
Getting adolescents to love writing is one of the most difficult tasks a teacher faces. But for nearly twenty years, something miraculous happened in an eighth-grade classroom on Long Island: not only did adolescents learn to love to write, they also learned how to write effectively and eloquently in a wide range of genres for multiple audiences.
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Getting adolescents to love writing is one of the most difficult tasks a teacher faces. But for nearly twenty years, something miraculous happened in an eighth-grade classroom on Long Island: not only did adolescents learn to love to write, they also learned how to write effectively and eloquently in a wide range of genres for multiple audiences.
In Writing for Real, Ross Burkhardt offers a wealth of writing strategies—collected over his career as a classroom teacher and key f...read more
About the Author(s)
Table of Contents
Foreword by John Lounsbury
Part 1: The First Five Weeks
1. Writing for Real
2. Assertions About Writing
3. Day One: Getting Started
4. Day Two: The Distinctions
5. Free-Verse Poetry
6. Interior Monologues and Personal Essays
7. Anthologies and Writing Groups
8. Journals
Summary
Part 2: Writing and Learning
9. Letters
10. Anticipating the Unexpected
11. The Holiday Memory Piece
12. Lessons Learned
13. The Letter to Self
14. The Gift of Writing
15. The Essay Contest, the School Newspaper, and Responding to a Play
Summary
Part 3: Culminating and Reflecting
16. The Poetry Booklet
17. The Parent Writing Conference
18. The Individual Magazine
19. Writing for Closure
20. Reflections on Writing
Epilogue
Appendix: Sample Forms and Typical Assignments
Bibliography
Index