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Purposeful Writing Genre Study in the Secondary Writing Workshop

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ISBN-10: 0325009554

ISBN-13: 9780325009551

Edition: 2006

Authors: Rebecca Bowers Sipe, Tracy Rosewarne

List price: $42.67
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The strains on high school writing classrooms are endlessexternally imposed curriculum requirements, everincreasing expectations, high-stakes accountability assessments, and looming pressures for studying genres ranging from college-entrance essays to workplace English. Purposeful Writing can help you make sense of these competing demands and create an instructional framework that's flexible enough to help every student in the classroom but strong enough to stand up to the weight of standards and whole-class needs. Writing workshop is that framework. Rebecca Bowers Sipe and Tracy Rosewarne take you inside a diverse, urban high school to find out how purposeful writing instruction looks,…    
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Book details

List price: $42.67
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 8/21/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.20" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Rebecca Bowers Sipe teaches writing and methods courses at Eastern Michigan University where she is Codirector of the Eastern Michigan Writing Project. A former secondary teacher, she coordinated the K-12 English/Language Arts Program for the Anchorage School District in Alaska for many years. She is currently the Chair of the Secondary Section of the National Council of Teachers of English, a frequent presenter at state and national conferences, and contributor to professional journals. Her research interests focus on supporting the growth of young writers with special attention to those who struggle.

Tracy Rosewarne teaches at Community High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. As a teacher consultant with the Eastern Michigan Writing Project, she frequently engages in professional and curriculum development projects as well as in teacher research. She contributed to They Still Can't Spell as well as numerous other articles in professional journals

Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Community of Learners
A Framework for Learning
Establishing a Workshop Culture
Getting Started
Settling In
Thematic Focus on Nonfiction
Crafting Texts That Are True
Nonfiction Unit
Nonfiction Unit
Nonfiction Unit
Shaping Original Works of Nonfiction
Nonfiction Unit
Nonfiction Unit
Nonfiction Unit
Emerging Drafts
Nonfiction Unit
Nonfiction Unit
Nonfiction Unit
Teaching Through Self-Selected Reading and Writing Experiences
Claiming Power
Choice Unit
Choice Unit
Choice Unit
Invitations to Feed Our Writing
Choice Unit
Choice Unit
Choice Unit
Emerging Drafts
Choice Unit
Choice Unit
But Does This Really Work?
What About the Curriculum, Standards, and Tests?
What About the Growth of the Writer?
What About Attitudes About Writing?
What About Engagement with Writing?
Was There Evidence of Transfer from Skills and Craft Lessons?
What About Self-Reflection and Self-Assessment?
How Does Workshop Work for the Teacher?
From Teacher-centric to Workshop
Building Audience, Increasing Individualization, Decreasing the Teacher Load
Final Thoughts
NCTE Beliefs and Standards
Tools
Syllabus and Expectations for Reading and Writing Workshop
Works Cited
Index