Study Driven

by Ray, Katie Wood

• ISBN13: 9780325007502
• ISBN10: 0325007500
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-19
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

No matter what grade you teach, what state your school is in, and what level of diversity is present in your classroom, students have the right to be shown real-world examples of the kinds of writing they're asked to produce. For Katie Wood Ray, this foundational idea is also the beginning of an important way of approaching rigorous writing instruction.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
SECTION ONE Grounded Understandings	1	(106)
Two Snapshots of Studies in Action	3	(19)
Making a Case for Study	22	(13)
Before Revision, Vision: What Have You Read That Is Like What You're Trying to Write?	35	(18)
Understanding the Difference Between Mode and Genre	53	(11)
The World Is Full of Writing: Finding Texts for Teaching	64	(14)
Deciding What to Study from a World of Possibilities	78	(17)
Selecting Texts to Anchor Close Study	95	(12)
SECTION TWO Informed Practice	107	(80)
Setting the Stage	109	(15)
Reading Immersion and Close Study	124	(16)
Turning Talk into Text: The Language of Specific Curriculum	140	(11)
Writing Under the Influence in All Phases of Study	151	(13)
The Predictable Rhythm of Process Studies in Writing Workshop	164	(15)
The Tension of Time, the Promise of Depth	179	(8)
SECTION THREE Resource Sections	187	(82)
Introduction	189	(3)
Study Possibilities Memoir	192	(77)
Short Stories of Realistic Fiction	196	(3)
Historical Fiction	199	(2)
True Stories from History: Historical Narrative	201	(2)
Crafting Family Stories into Literature	203	(2)
Poetry	205	(4)
Journeys of Thought: The Essay	209	(6)
Features Articles and Literary Nonfiction	215	(5)
Practical How-to Writing	220	(2)
Informative How-to Writing	222	(2)
Advice Writing	224	(3)
Feature Articles Based on Interviews	227	(3)
Exploring Possibilities: List Articles	230	(2)
Biographical Sketches and Profiles	232	(3)
Editorials, Commentary, and All Things Op-ed	235	(3)
ABC Texts	238	(1)
Reviews	239	(4)
News Reporting	243	(2)
Photo Essay	245	(2)
Slice-of-Life Writing	247	(4)
Topical Writing	251	(2)
Survey of Different Kinds of Writing in the World	253	(1)
Multigenre Writing	254	(1)
How Writers Use Punctuation as a Crafting Tool	255	(2)
How Illustrations and Graphics Enhance Meaning	257	(1)
How Writers Make Paragraphing Decisions	258	(2)
How Writers Craft Texts in Interesting Ways	260	(2)
How to Craft Using Obvious Text Structures	262	(3)
The Work of Author's Notes in Texts	265	(2)
How Writers Decide on Titles	267	(2)
Appendix A	269	(2)
Works Cited	271	(8)
Index	279