Inside Out

by Kirby, Dawn Latta

• ISBN13: 9780325005881
• ISBN10: 0325005885
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-13
• Publisher: Greenwood-Heineman

Summary

The long-awaited third edition of Inside Out is at hand, this time with the addition of Dawn Latta Kirbys insightful work based on nearly 30 years of experience in teaching writing. Together the three authors have thoroughly updated Inside Out with the latest information on technology, a substantial reference section on resources, and loads of new examples.

Author Biography

A former high school English teacher, DAN KIRBY has been a professor for over 30 years at the University of Georgia, the University of Central Florida, the University of Arizona, and the University of Colorado at Denver, from which he recently retired. He is the author of another book from Heinemann, Mind Matters: Teaching for Thinking.A former high school English teacher as well as a department chair, DAWN LATTA KIRBY has taught college classes in English methods, young adult literature, qualitative research methods, and writing in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Arizona. She is currently a professor in the Department of English at Metropolitan State College of Denver.Just retired as the Language Arts Supervisor of the Dougherty County School System in Georgia, TOM LINER has taught writing for nearly 40 years. He now teaches part time at Darton College and is codirector of the Southwest Georgia Writing Project at Georgia Southwestern State University. He and his wife Myrna live in Albany, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1. Thoughts on Becoming an Effective Teacher of writing	1	(13)
2. Notes on Writing Processes
Processes	14
Our Model of Writing	1	(1)
Teaching Writing	1	(19)
Teaching Writing Processes: One Way to Begin	20	(4)
3. The Classroom Environment	24	(18)
The Way the Room Looks	24	(2)
The Way the Room Feels	26	(1)
A Writing Preserve	26	(1)
Beginnings	27	(3)
Invitations for Peer Dialogue	30	(4)
Creating Visual Portraits	34
Creating Metaphors of Self	3	(35)
Beyond the Classroom	38	(3)
Alternatives to Leaving the Classroom	41	(1)
Final Thoughts on the Writing Environment	41	(1)
4. Getting It Down	42	(19)
Personal Writing	42	(4)
The Journal	46	(2)
Getting Personal Writing Started	48	(9)
Who Owns the Writing?	57	(1)
Pulling It All Together: The Life Map	57	(4)
5. The "J"	61	(15)
Why the Journal Works	62	(1)
What's in It for You?	63	(1)
Four Journals	64	(6)
Reflections on the "J"	70	(1)
Suggestions for Using the Journal	71	(1)
Responding to and Evaluating the Journal	72	(1)
Problems with the Journal	73	(3)
6. Different Voices, Different Speakers	76	(16)
Hearing All of the Voices	78	(1)
Tuning Your Voice	79	(1)
Mad Talking, Soft Talking, Fast Talking	80	(3)
Talking Back to Yourself	83	(2)
Trying on Other Voices	85	(1)
Contrasting Voices	85	(1)
Getting into Another Speaker	86	(1)
Collecting Dialogues	87	(1)
On the Phone	87	(1)
Who Owns the Voice?	88	(1)
Multifaceted Self-Portraits	89	(1)
Final Thoughts on Voice in Writing	89	(3)
7. Growing Toward a Sense of Audience	92	(10)
Talking Directly to an Audience	95	(1)
Anticipating Audience Response	96	(1)
Personalizing an Audience	97	(1)
Rewriting or Different Audiences	98	(1)
Writing for Younger Children	98	(1)
Audience Adaptation	99	(1)
Real Audiences	100	(1)
A Final Note	100	(2)
8. Responding to Student Writing	102	(12)
Responding as a Person	103	(1)
Looking for the Good	104	(2)
Teacher's Response	106	(2)
Developing Effective Writing Response Groups	108	(1)
Students as Responders	109	(3)
Some Final Thoughts on Responding to Writing	112	(2)
9. What Is Good Writing?	114	(17)
What Makes Good Writing Interesting?	118	(5)
What Makes Good Writing Technically Skillful?	123	(6)
Thriving as a Teacher of Writing in an Atmosphere of High-Stakes Testing	129	(2)
10. Revision: The Student as Editor	131	(17)
Thoughts on Revision	132	(11)
Keeping It Going	143	(1)
Elaboration: First Revision Options for Personal Narrative	144	(1)
Crafting: Second Revision Options for Personal Narrative	145	(1)
A Word About the Computer and Revision	146	(2)
11. Writing Poetry	148	(25)
Writing Poetry: Tings to Remember	150	(15)
Sometimes You Get One Like That: Teaching the Exceptional Student Poet	165	(5)
Final Thoughts: More About Poetry	170	(3)
12. Writing About Literature	173	(20)
Things to Think About When Your Students Write About Literature	174	(1)
Other Things to Think About When Your Students Write About Literature	175	(1)
Tracking Literature Selections	176	(2)
Writing Responsively About Literature	178	(5)
Alternatives to the Book Report	183	(6)
Integrating Literature an Writing	189	(1)
A Literary Conversation: A Literature /Writing Lesson	190	(1)
Final Thoughts on Writing About Literature	191	(2)
13. Crafting Essays	193	(22)
Topic	195	(1)
Form	196	(1)
Voice	196	(1)
What's to Be Done?	197	(18)
14. Grading and Evaluating	215	(26)
General Principles for Grading Writing	216	(2)
A Little Self-Evaluation	218	(1)
The Nongrading Approach	219	(1)
A Performance System	220	(1)
Holistic Grading Strategies	220	(2)
Holistic Guide for Evaluating Student Writings	222	(1)
Portfolios	223	(4)
Analytic Scales	227	(4)
Checkpoints	231	(3)
Evaluation by Peers	234	(3)
Self-Evaluation	237	(2)
Conferences	239	(2)
15. Publishing Student Writing With and Without Computers	241	(15)
Computers and Writing	241
Publishing Students' Writing	24	(229)
Cautions About Publishing Student Writing	253	(3)
16. Resources	256
by Karen Hartman
Should I Set Up a Writing Workshop and How Do I Do It?	256	(2)
How Do I Encourage Kids to Begin Writing?	258	(1)
How Do I Help My Students Think and Write About Important Topics?	259	(1)
How Do I Help My Students Sustain Their Writing?	260	(2)
How Do I Confer with Individual Writers?	262	(1)
How Can I Help My Students Write with Clarity?	263	(1)
What Is Memoir?	264	(1)
How Can I Get My Students to Write Research with Voice and Passion?	265	(1)
How Do I Teach Grammar in the Writing Classroom?	266	(1)
How Do I Respond to and Evaluate Student Writing?	267	(2)
What About Theory?	269	(3)
Which Books Should I Buy First?	272