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

by Strong, William J.

• ISBN13: 9780132690041
• ISBN10: 0132690047
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780133467048
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-08
• Publisher: Pearson
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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#x19;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 #x1C;thumbs-up#x1D; 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.

Author Biography

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].

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. iii
Preface	p. vii
Foreword	p. xix
Writing from the Inside Out	p. 1
Remembered Writing	p. 1
Narration as Knowledge	p. 2
Prompting Narrative	p. 3
Literacy Autobiographies	p. 6
Reflecting on Narrative	p. 9
Content Area Examples	p. 10
Narrative Insights	p. 13
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 14
Challenging the Hidden Curriculum	p. 15
Teacher as Writer	p. 15
Resistance to Writing	p. 16
The Hidden Curriculum of Writing	p. 17
Roots of the Hidden Curriculum	p. 18
Writing without Grades	p. 19
Note-Taking and Note-Making	p. 20
Resisting the Hidden Curriculum	p. 22
Making Learning Personal	p. 24
Writing-to-Learn Samples	p. 26
Thinking Outside the Box	p. 28
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 29
Exploring Expressive Writing	p. 30
Windows to the Heart	p. 30
Opening Expressive Windows	p. 32
What If …?	p. 32
Three Words	p. 33
Take a Stand	p. 34
Letters	p. 34
ôYou Are Thereö Scenes	p. 34
Quotation Prompts	p. 34
Guided Imagery	p. 35
Dramatic Scenarios (Cases)	p. 37
Role-Playing	p. 39
Dialogue Writing	p. 41
A Reader/Writer Dialogue	p. 42
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 44
Tapping the Power of Metaphor	p. 45
Valentine's Day	p. 45
The Power of Metaphor	p. 46
Exercising Metaphor	p. 48
More about Metaphor	p. 50
Using Semantic Charts	p. 52
Using Pattern Poems	p. 53
Metaphors in Prose	p. 57
Metaphors of Teaching	p. 58
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 59
Helping Basic Writers Succeed	p. 61
Basics of Good Teaching	p. 61
Wall Text Basics	p. 63
Back to Human Basics	p. 63
Developing Transcribing Skill	p. 66
Using Content-Based Dictation	p. 67
Summarizing and Paraphrasing	p. 68
Teaching Basics Strategically	p. 71
Sentence-Combining Basics	p. 73
Workshop-Style Teaching	p. 75
A Bridge to Literacy	p. 77
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 79
Designing Assignments and Rubrics	p. 80
Darth Vader in Action	p. 80
Assignments by Design	p. 81
Assignments to Motivate	p. 83
Ten Design Principles	p. 85
Context + RAFT = CRAFT	p. 86
Case Study of an Assignment	p. 89
Content Area Writing Tasks	p. 92
Creating Propaganda	p. 92
Ultimate Frisbee	p. 93
ôHealthy Choiceö Meal Proposal	p. 94
Website Design Proposal	p. 95
Darth Vader Revisited	p. 96
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 97
Managing the Writing Process	p. 99
Coaching Writing	p. 99
Visualizing the Writing Process	p. 100
Understanding the Model	p. 102
Guiding Cycle 1 Activities (Prewriting)	p. 104
Guiding Cycle 2 Activities (Revising)	p. 106
Prompting Self-Assessment	p. 109
Strategy 1 (Reading Aloud)	p. 111
Strategy 2 (Reading Imaginatively)	p. 111
Strategy 3 (Rereading with Care)	p. 111
Bumps in Process Teaching	p. 111
Managing Collaborative Writing	p. 113
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 114
Coaching and Judging Writing	p. 116
Responding to Writing	p. 116
Thinking About Assessment	p. 118
Coaching versus Judging	p. 118
Getting Ready to Coach	p. 119
Principle 1 (Models)	p. 120
Principle 2 (Rubrics)	p. 120
Principle 3 (Response)	p. 120
Up-Front Coaching	p. 121
Coaching as Response	p. 122
Audiotape Coaching	p. 124
Getting Ready to Judge	p. 125
Judging Portfolios	p. 127
Coaching as a Lifetime Sport	p. 128
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 129
Researching Outside the Box	p. 131
A Research Story	p. 131
Personalized Research	p. 133
The Saturation Report	p. 134
A Student Saturation Report	p. 136
The I-Search Paper	p. 137
Multigenre Research Project	p. 140
Challenging Advanced Students	p. 143
Traditional Guided Research	p. 145
The Problem of Fakery	p. 146
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 147
Writing in a Digital World	p. 148
Cultural Divide	p. 148
iPod Inspiration	p. 149
WebQuest Nation	p. 150
PowerPoint Pedagogy	p. 152
A Gift of Glogs	p. 154
Guerrilla Journalism	p. 156
Classroom Demonstration	p. 158
Blogging Basics	p. 159
Exploratory First Steps	p. 161
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 163
Epilogue: Revisiting Insight	p. 164
Listening to Students	p. 164
Coaching with Insight	p. 165
Leveling with Students	p. 166
The ôWriting Nextö Report	p. 167
Listening to Research	p. 169
Write-for-Insight Activity	p. 170
Literacy Autobiography Case Study	p. 171
Bob Tierney's Concept-Trigger Words	p. 174
Macie Wolfe's Cubing Activity	p. 177
Graphic Organizers	p. 179
Content Area Writing Assignments	p. 184
References	p. 190
Index	p. 193
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