Write Thing

Kwame Alexander

Description

Imagine having a Newbery Medal-winning author in your classroom as an advisor and a friend, providing personal and practical advice on how to teach writing workshop in the modern-day classroom. With The Write Thing, you can do just that! Kwame Alexander is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Crossover. With more than 10 years of experience conducting writing workshops in schools, Alexander shows how to shake up the "traditional" writing workshop and make writing fun again! His magnetic personality, infectious enthusiasm, and love of teaching come through to inspire all students to write. The Write Thing teaches you how to move students step-by-step from ideas, to drafts, to finished works. Not only will you successfully motivate your students to write, you'll take that motivation one step further by providing guidance on how to create student-driven publications of their work. The confidence students will attain when they see their writing authentically published will be off the charts! The book has three parts: Writing, Publishing, and Presenting. The Writing section features Lessons in Action that teach students to produce writing that is worthy of being published. With a focus on poetry, Alexander's writing workshop uniquely meets the needs of reluctant writers. The Publishing section focuses on how to prepare and print digital and physical copies of students' work. The Presenting section provides suggestions to help students confidently present their poetry and other written pieces. Other exciting features include KwameTime! videos for both teachers and students that bring Alexander into the classroom. Kwame's QuickTips feature easy-to-implement ideas that have worked for Alexander. With an insightful foreword by author Kylene Beers, teacher success stories, and the most helpful appendix ever written, this essential resource will teach you how to tailor writing workshop to meet the particular needs of your students.

Informations

• Publié par: Shell Education
• Date de parution: 02 juillet 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780743922357
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

K wame Alexander
F oreword by K ylene Beers, E d.D.
 

Con tributing Authors
Chris Colderley , Teacher , Ontario, Canada
Ann Marie Stephens, T eacher, Manassas City P ublic Schools, Virginia
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word whisperer, dream maker, friend, Somethin’ Else
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T a b le of C o nt ent s
Ackno wledg ment s ............................................................ .............................................. ........... 5
Foreword : Discovering t he Neglec ted Genre
........................................ ................................... 7
Pre face: A n Unconvent ional, Uncommon Wri ting Workshop
....................................... ........... 9
Intr oduct ion: Finding Y our Writ ing Groove
....................................... ..................................... 13
Cr e at ing a S tude n t- Run P ubli shing En te r pr is e
........................................ .................... 14
Helpi ng Students F ind Their Voices
........................................ ..................................... 17
How to Us e The Writ e Thi ng
........................................ ............................................. .... 17
P a rt 1: W r it ing
Chap te r One — Se t t ing t he S t a ge : Wh y S t ar t wi th P oe tr y? ...................................... ............. 23
The Essen ti al Joy of Poetry
........................................ ............................................. ..... 26
The T ra nsform ativ e Power of P oetr y
........................................ ..................................... 28
Vision and Valid ation
....................................... ............................................. .............. 32
Chapter Two — L aunching the Wr itin g Workshop
......................................... ......................... 35
Beg i n with a Th ril l
........................................ ............................................. .................. 35
Pu l l a Poem Out of Y our Poc ket
........................................ ............................................ 38
The Stud ents Are t he C urri cu lu m
......................................... ........................................ 41
The Im por ta nce of F ree Writi n g
...................................... ............................................. . 46
The Ma gic Between the Lin es
........................................ .............................................. 47
Chapt er Thr ee — P repar ing to Wri te
........................................ ............................................. . 49
Em otio ns , Mean in g, an d M ore
........................................ ............................................. 49
The R u les ( an d How to Ben d Them )
........................................ ..................................... 62
Chapter F our—Writ
ing t he D raft ................................................................... ............ . ... ......... 65
Form a nd Structu re ......................................................................... ............................ 65
Steal in g Words a nd C hoos in g a T opi c
........................................ .................................. 80
Lights ! Camera ! A ction !
....................................... .............................................. ......... 81
Chap te r Fi ve —Re v isin g Is Re- En v isi onin g
........................................ ................................... 83
One S ize Does Not Fit All
........................................ ............................................. ........ 83
Purposefu l Revi sio n
........................................ ............................................. ............... 85
Literar y E xcellence
........................................ ............................................. ................. 91
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P a rt 2: P u blish ing
Chapt er Six — Mak ing S tuden t-Run Publis hing a Prior it y ............. ........................................ 95
Why Pu bl is h in the C la ssroo m ?
......................................... ........................................... 95
E xpl or ing P ublishing A l te r nat iv e s
....................................... ......................................... 98
Creat in g a Cla ssroom Pu bli sh i n g Cente r
....................................... ............................ 10 4
Chapt er Seven — St ep- by- S tep Book Publi shing
....................................... ......................... 10 7
Step 1 : Select the Poe ms
........................................ ............................................. ...... 10 7
Step 2: Prod uce th e Fin al Ma nu scri pt
....................................... ................................. 10 8
Step 3 : Ch oose a Titl e
........................................ ............................................. .......... 10 8
Step 4 : Pu bli sh the B ook
........................................ ............................................. ...... 110
Step 5: Explore Pr in ti ng Opt ions
........................................ ........................................ 114
Celebratin g Y our P ubl ished Au thors
....................................... ................................... 11 6
Givin g S tudents Voice
....................................... .............................................. .......... 11 6
P a rt 3: P r es ent in g
Chapt er Eigh t— Presen t ing St uden t Work ............................................. ............................. 12 1
The Joy of Present in g !
....................................... .............................................. .......... 121
Bri ng Writ in g to Life: Metho ds f or Present i n g Poetr y
....................................... ........... 126
Ha rness Y our In ner Greatn ess
........................................ ........................................... 1 31
A ppendixe s
A ppen di x A : T eacher Re so urc es ................................................................. .......................... 13 6
A ppen di x B: Po et r y For m Mini - Le s so ns
....................................... ........................................ 14 4
Ap pendix C: Book Pub lishing Resour ces
........................................ ...................................... 17 2
Ap pendix D: Re ference s
......................................... ............................................. .................. 19 4
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A c k n o wled g m e nt s
I l ik en t he process of de vel opi ng a nd f i ne-t un in g the wr it in g work sho p to
jazz . S ur e, I ’ m th e ba nd lead er , but t he l i te rary magi c th at’ s been c reate d
on e leme ntary , m id dl e, an d hi gh sch ool stag e s ove r th e past 2 5 years o f m y
l it eracy wor k i s th e produ ct of a n orc hestra of wr it ers, edu cat ors, l i brari ans ,
an d li tera cy ad vocat es jam mi ng t o the sa me m issi on : Getti ng y ou ng peop le
ex ci ted a bou t, a nd en gag ed w it h, wr it in g.
S i nce t he i nce pt io n of my Boo k -in-a-Da y wr it i ng a nd p ub li sh in g wor ksh ops, o n
whi ch The Write Thing is l arg el y based , I ’ve p la n ned , perfect ed , an d ri ffed o n
proc es ses and i mp lem en tat io n wi th a wo nderfu l com mu ni t y of wor k i ng wri ters
an d ar ti sts. Ther e was ce r ta i nl y pl an n i ng, b ut I ’v e a lwa ys been a be li ever , l i ke
M il es Davi s, “tha t yo u don ’t pl ay wh at’ s t her e, y ou p la y wh at’ s not t here . ” And ,
so i n most of my w orksho ps, i n th e quest t o f i nd th e wri te g roov e, spon tane ity
ha s al ways tr um ped p lan n i ng. Th an ks t o th e tal en t, tr ust , in sig ht, a nd cr eat ive
en ergy of my poe tr y an d Book -i n-a -Day co l leag ues — Ti nesh a Dav is, Dea n na
N ik ai do , Ja ni ce Sap igao , Joan na Cr ow el l , R uby V eri d ian o, An ge l Wood , and
Ti ti l ay o Ngwen ya ( who , fi tti ng ly , ha ppen s to b e an ac comp l is hed jazz s in ger ) —
th ousan ds of st ude nts h ave d isco ver ed and s hare d th ei r powe rfu l voi ces.
T . S . E li ot sai d, “ I mm atu re poets i m itat e, mat ure poe t s stea l. ” Wh i le I am
pro ud o f the u ni qu eness of th e Book -i n-a- Day w orks hop , I al so kn ow t ha t it
d id no t com e ou t of a v ac uu m. M y fi rst for ma l wri t in g wo