I. Foundations
1. It’s a Wonderful Life
2. This I Believe
3. How Writing Units Work Together
Student Focus: Josh
II. Collecting Thinking
4. The Writer’s Notebook
5. Quick Writes
III. The Opportunities in a Writer’s Workshop
6. The Opportunities in a Writer’s Workshop
7. Workshop Time
8. Closing Each Class Period
Student Focus: Kelsey
IV. Thinking Through Genre
8. The Art of Story
9. The Art of Persuasion
10. Seeking Balance: Writing About Literature and Writing About Life
11. Finding Form for Ideas: Blending Genres
Student focus: Aaron
V. Mechanics
12. Grammar, Punctuation, and What Keeps Me up at Night
Student Focus: Kristen
VI. Assessment
13. Leading Students to Reflection and Independence
14. In the End, What Writing Is For
APPENDIX (ON DVD)
Study Guide
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Teaching Writing
Professional Development
Student Samples of Writing You Can Use in Class as Model Texts
“Of Time and Rivers” by Josh Bossie
“House on the Hill” by Elizabeth Howland
“To the Editor” by Logan Dwight
“Unworthy Charity” by Elizabeth Howland
“Three Day Trip” by Kayla Locke
“Last Will and Testament” by anonymous
“The Perfect—not-so-perfect—Woman” by Hattie Perkins
“14 Black Birch Lane” by Shaina Procopio
“Chemical Equations” by Sarah Morrison
“What Boys Are Like” by anonymous
“Little Pink Shoes” by Marissa Maitland
Williams College Reference
Letter by Kathleen Maynard
“The Garden, Sisterhood, and Growing Up” by Jackie Savard
“The North Country” by Sean Donovan
“Collection of a Pianist” by Sarah Chant
Penny Kittle Writing Used in Class During the Work on This Book
“What Remains” (student focus: Josh chapter)
“Combing Through” (sentence combining and in writers’ group)
“What Forty Cents Can Buy You in November” (argument)
“Warrant Article #7” (argument)
“High School” (quick writes lesson on DVD)
“Spinning Wheels” (used in narrative unit)
“Yamhill Street” (used in place narrative unit)
“Cynthia” Multigenre project
Reproducible Forms I Use in My Workshop
Qualities of Writing by Genre
Writing Argument Qualities
Writing Commentary (Op-Ed) Qualities
Writing Narrative Qualities
