Deeper Writing

Robin W. Holland - Columbus Area Writing Project, OH

Foreword by Franki Sibberson

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Literacy, K-12 | Teaching Methods & Learning Styles

November 2012 | 232 pages | Corwin

Deeper Writing: Prompting New Writing Possibilities is directly aligned to key English learning core standards and will be a valuable tool for teachers working with young writers. The book provides simple and flexible, yet provocative, writing ideas that can be used with all levels of writers. These prompts are not the typical one-line story starters or formulaic fill-in the blank activities, but are designed to lead to substantive, meaningful writing and foster reflection on a variety of relevant and thought-provoking topics.

Included with each prompt are carefully chosen mentor texts that model the possible shapes and forms writing might take and stimulate individual reflection and writing. This book will support teachers as they strive to make writing workshop, journaling and all aspects of writing instruction more meaningful, and to provide opportunities for substantive engagement for their students.

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Franki Sibberson

Preface

Introduction: Deeper Writing With Quick Writes and Mentor Texts

Chapter 1 Knowledge and Memory: Writing Ourselves

Chapter 2 Art, Lenses, and Visions: Writing the World We See

Chapter 3 Passion, Power, and Purpose: Writing to Change the World

Chapter 4 Containers, Craft, and Conventions: Writing in Different Genres

Chapter 5 The Creation of a Quick Write: Developing Your Own

References

Literature Cited

Index

"This text allows teachers and students to experience the pleasures and joys of finding meaning in... writing. Such "digging deeper" can be rare in a writing-on-demand culture. The prompts are versatile enough to allow for use in a wide variety of classrooms, from primary-grades to graduate school."

Peggy Semingson, Assistant Professor of Literacy Studies

College of Education, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Texas at Arlington

"Here are the resources you would collect if you had months to search for them. Robin shows how each can be used to help students find satisfying topics and then develop those by studying the craft of other writers. This book will inspire you to write—and lead your students to write—with heart, with passion, and with increasing skill."

Penny Kittle, Author of Write Beside Them and Book Love

Conway, NH