Coaching Writing in Content Areas - Write-for-Insight Strategies, Grades 6-12

From one of America's most respected writing professors-practical, motivating strategies for making writing a tool for learning, and for integrating it into content area instruction. This resource helps new and veteran teachers work smarter, not harder. Prompted by a "near-total neglect of writing" in content areas outside English, and drawing on the work of expert teachers, Bill Strong shows how write-for-insight coaching strategies enhance content learning. The clear, personal voice of the book-coupled with its rich examples-has made the first edition a "thumbs-up" favorite with National Writing Project sites across the nation. Early chapters of the book show how expressive writing can spark active learning; the later chapters demonstrate how public writing can extend student knowledge, preparing students for future success in academic and employment arenas. Written by a masterful teacher of teachers, the book's friendly, thought-provoking style is appropriate for both in-service and pre-service teachers in diverse disciplines.

List of contents

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

About the author

William Strong has worked in middle school and high school literacy instruction for over four decades. Besides presenting hundreds of workshops and many conference talks, he has authored a dozen books and teacher resources, including Coaching Writing: The Power of Guided Practice (Heinemann, 2001). Bill was the consulting author in composition for the Writer's Choice textbooks (Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2001) and the series consultant for English Matters! (Grolier, 2000), and he served for ten years on the National Writing Project Advisory Board. In addition, Bill founded the Utah Writing Project at Utah State University and directed it for 25 years while also teaching courses in content area literacy, English education, and writing. Both his teaching and research have received college-level awards, and professional groups have honored him for his statewide leadership in pre-service and in-service teacher education. He enjoys downhill skiing, motorcycle touring, and working with school districts and National Writing Project sites. Readers can contact the author at [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Summary

Coaching Writing in Content Areas: Write-for-Insight Strategies, Grades 6—12, Second Edition, is packed with practical, motivating strategies for making writing a tool for learning, and for integrating it into content area instruction. Designed to help new and veteran teachers work smarter, not harder, the book is written by William Strong, one of America’s most respected writing instructors. The clear, personal voice of the book and its illustrative examples drawn from the work of expert teachers made the first edition a “thumbs-up” favorite with National Writing Project sites across the nation. This new edition expands these features, covers new strategies, and includes new samples of assignments, rubrics, and student writing throughout.

Product details

• Authors: William Strong, William J. Strong
• Publisher: Pearson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9780132690041
• ISBN: 978-0-13-269004-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 179 mm x 230 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 355 g
• Series: Allyn & Bacon; Allyn & Bacon
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Education