New directions in teaching writing
Subtitle: memoir
By: Dawn Latta Kirby, Dan Kirby.
Contributors: Kirby, Dan.
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780325006680
Subjects: Autobiography -- Study and teaching; Biography as a literary form -- Study and teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Memoir as genre; title: Contemporary memoir; title: Types of memoir; title: Teaching memoir; title: Final thoughts on memoir; title: Studio-style teaching; title: Tenets for teaching contemporary memoir; title: Our journey to the concept of the studio classroom; title: Applying studio methodology to memoir; title: Theoretical grounding of work within the studio classroom; title: Establishing studio classroom values; title: Final thoughts on studio classroom; title: Explorations in memoir writing; title: Exploring the territory of memoir as genre; title: Exploring the memoir framework; title: Getting started with the memoir framework : the pieces; title: Further explorations in memoir writing; title: The snapshot piece; title: The boundaries (or map) piece; title: Adding to the pieces on your own; title: Principles for reading like a writer; title: Writing memoir pieces; title: First steps : establishing routines and rituals in the studio classroom; title: Drafting the memoir pieces; title: Revising the memoir pieces; title: Using effective writers' groups; title: Finding a scheme; title: What is a scheme?; title: Answering the "so what?" question; title: Determining a personally relevant scheme; title: Sample schemes; title: Exploring forms and formats; title: The role and message of format in writing; title: Considering stylistic elements; title: Final thoughts; title: Assembling the memoir; title: Presentational aspects of finished memoirs; title: Layout options for the final memoir; title: Alternate forms of memoir and how to write them; title: Triptych; title: "So what?" stories to illustrate a personal theme; title: Multigenre memoirs; title: Memoir blends; title: Final thoughts; title: Tracking memoir writing processes; title: Collecting the invisible information : writers' reflections; title: Reflections before writing; title: Reflections during writing; title: Reflections after writing; title: Final thoughts; title: Evaluating memoir writing; title: What testing is not; title: What evaluation can become; title: A word about grading; title: A bit of terminology; title: Mapping the assessment territory; title: Tracking the visible information: assessing, evaluating, and grading work; title: Grading and evaluating the final memoir product; title: A word about portfolios; title: A teacher's reflective log; title: Bibliographies in memoir; title: Bibliography of suggested memoirs; title: Themed memoirs and memoir pairings; title: Author studies : memoirs plus; title: Memoir blends; title: Memoiresque books for use with younger writers.