| Record Number |
18321 |
| ISBN |
0867093749 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| 9780867093742 |
| Location |
428 ATW |
| Author |
Atwell, Nancie |
| Title |
In the middle [2nd ed]: new understandings about writing, reading, and learning / Nancie Atwell. |
| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Published |
Portsmouth, NH : Boynton/Cook, c1998. |
| Collation |
xiv, 546 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
First ed. published as :In the middle : writing, reading, and learning with adolescents, 1987. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-536) and index. |
| Contents Note |
Foreword / Donald H. Graves -- Sect. I. Always Beginning. Ch. 1. Learning How to Teach Writing. Ch. 2. Learning How to Teach Reading. Ch. 3. Making the Best of Adolescence -- Sect. II. Writing and Reading Workshop. Ch. 4. Getting Ready. Ch. 5. Getting Started. Ch. 6. Minilessons. Ch. 7. Responding to Writers and Writing. Ch. 8. Responding to Readers and Reading. Ch. 9. Valuing and Evaluating -- Sect. III. Teaching with a Capital T. Ch. 10. Taking Off the Top of My Head. Ch. 11. Call Home the Child: Memoir. Ch. 12. Hanging with Big Sis: Fiction. Ch. 13. Finding Poetry Everywhere. Ch. 14. Taking Care of Business -- App. A. Materials for Writing, Reading, and Publishing -- App. B. Ways Student Writers Can Go Public -- App. C. Kinds of Writing That Emerge in Writing Workshop -- App. D. Writing Survey -- App. E. Reading Survey -- App. F. Student Writing Record/Sample Record -- App. G. Student Reading Record/Sample Record -- App. H. Personal Spelling List/Sample List -- App. I. Weekly Word Study/Sample Study -- App. J. Peer Writing Conference Record -- App. K. Editing Checksheet -- App. L. Favorite Adolescent Literature -- App. M. Favorite Collections of Poetry -- App. N. Quotes for the Walls of a Writing-Reading Workshop -- App. O. Final Self-Evaluation of Writing and Reading -- App. P. Weekly Homework Assignment Sheet -- App. Q. Recommended Resources for Teachers of Middle School Writing, Reading, and Literature. |
| Summary Note |
"When first published in 1987, this seminal work was widely hailed for its honest examination of how teachers teach, how students learn, and the gap that lies in between. In depicting her own classroom struggles, Nancie Atwell shook our orthodox assumptions about skill-and-drill-based curriculums and became a pioneer of responsive teaching. Now, in the long-awaited second edition, Atwell reflects on the next ten years of her experience, rethinks and clarifies old methods, and demonstrates new, more effective approaches."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Language arts (Secondary) -- United States |
| English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States |
| English language -- United States -- Composition and exercises |
| English language -- Composition and exercises |
| English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) |
| Language arts (Secondary) |
