Narrative Writing : Learning a New Model for Teaching

by Hillocks, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780325008424
• ISBN10: 0325008426
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-09
• Publisher: HEINEMANN (T)
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Summary

Learning to Teach Narrative Writing to Adolescentsshows you how focusing your classroom activities on producing content, rather than form, boosts students' engagement, making them active learnersnot passive recipients of knowledge. Hillocks demonstrates that breaking any learning task into small, doable pieces allows students to master these tasks and prepares them for more complex learning. In Learning to Teach Narrative Writing to Adolescentshe shares the results of many years of teaching narrative writing in culturally and economically diverse Chicago schools. You'll see how "at-risk" kids' competencies increase significantly as they are taught, step-by-step, how to complete important writing tasks, such as: incorporating detail and figurative language creating dialogue expressing inner thoughts portraying people and action writing about scenes and settings combining it all and revising.

Table of Contents

Why and how to teach narrative	p. 1
What makes a good personal narrative?	p. 14
Getting started	p. 30
Incorporating detail and figurative language	p. 43
Creating dialogue	p. 57
Transforming dramatic scripts into narrative	p. 68
Writing about inner thoughts, feelings, and sensations	p. 81
Writing about people and action	p. 100
Writing about scenes and settings	p. 111
Teaching students how to revise	p. 125
Evaluating the impact of teaching	p. 139
An assessment of teaching narrative in Inner-City schools	p. 145
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