A Community of Writers

by Zemelman, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780435084639
• ISBN10: 0435084631
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-06-08
• Publisher: Greenwood-Heinemann Publishing

Summary

Zemelman and Daniels offer detailed guidance for all aspects of teaching and using writing.

Author Biography

HARVEY DANIELS has been a city and suburban classroom teacher, and now serves a professor of interdisciplinary studies at National-Louis University in Chicago. In language arts, Smokey is best known for his work on student book clubs, as recounted in Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups. His book has been credited with starting the book club boom in classrooms around the countrytoday, millions of American students are engaged in student-led book discussion groups. Daniels is also co-author of A Community of Writers, which describes a balanced writing program, blending strong teacher-directed lessons with genuinely student-driven workshops. His latest book, due in Fall of 2003, will address reading in the content areas. Through the Center for City Schools, Harvey works with a network of 15 improving elementary schools in Chicago. In 1996, Daniels co-founded the citys first new high school in 30 years, named for and designed

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
PART I. PROCESS AND PARADIGM
The Challenge	3	(10)
Defining the Process Paradigm	13	(20)
A Sample Integrated Activity	33	(14)
PART II. CREATING A COMMUNITY OF WRITERS
Climate in the Classroom	47	(22)
Planning for a Writing-Centered Class	69	(8)
Day One, Week One	77	(12)
Time to Write: Workshops and Journals	89	(14)
Writing to Learn Every Day	103	(14)
PART III. DESIGNING AND CONDUCTING WRITING ACTIVITIES
Designing Writing Activities and Assignments	117	(15)
Prewriting	132	(15)
Guided Imagery	147	(17)
Drafting: Supporting Writers at Work	164	(7)
Revising	171	(15)
Peer Writing Groups	186	(10)
Publishing	196	(9)
PART IV. EVALUATING WRITING
The English Teacher's Red Pen: History of an Obsession	205	(14)
Responding, Evaluating, and Grading	219	(20)
PART V. WRITING TO LEARN
Integrated Activities for Learning Subject Matter	239	(17)
Collaborative Research and Term Papers	256	(12)
Looking Ahead	268	(5)
Appendix: Teachers Who Contributed Ideas to A Community of Writers	273	(2)
Bibliography	275	(8)
Index	283