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