Getting It in Writing

The Quest to Become Outstanding and Effective Teachers of Writing

Deborah M. Stankevich

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13 May 2011

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Contents

Sixteen teachers. Sixteen journeys. All on a quest to become outstanding teachers of writing. All taking different paths to acquire and hone those skills that make a teacher effective. From kindergarten to college, teachers are faced with the daunting task of instilling the art of writing in their students. From creative writing to research, the art of writing incorporates the writing process to create the inking of our thinking. These 16 teachers from across the nation have traveled a long and arduous path to seek and to reach for the methods and strategies that will make them successful writing teachers. These are their stories.

Foreword; Christian Z. Goering.

Chapter 1. The Journey to Discovery; Deborah M. Stankevich.
Chapter 2. The Sonata Allegro of a Writing Teacher; April Brannon.
Chapter 3. Teaching the Art of Writing: A Journey to Learn How; M. P. Cavanaugh.
Chapter 4. My Journey: Teaching All Students the Joy of Being Writers; Cheryl Cormier.
Chapter 5. The Journey to Become a Writer Then a Teacher of Writers; Helen Eaton.
Chapter 6. To Write Is to Know; Jessica Fragale.
Chapter 7. The Journey; Gary French.
Chapter 8. To Be a Good Writer; Anne Smith Gleason.
Chapter 9. My Quest From Personal Journals to Non-Fiction Extravaganza; Kim Kendrick.
Chapter 10. Revolution and Evolution: My Career as Writer and Teacher; Sharla Keen-Mills.
Chapter 11. Finding the Writer; Carol Malaquias.
Chapter 12. Show Me a Cover Story: Forays Into Teaching Writing to Reluctant Writers; Faith-Ann McGarrell.
Chapter 13. Journey of a Lifetime; Vickie Moriarity.
Chapter 14. Teacher, Writer, Rebel: A Parallel Journey; Elaine J. O'Quinn.
Chapter 15. The McEssay: Choking the Voice Out of Student Writers; Kurt Reynolds.
Chapter 16. Writing Workshop: One Teacher's Journey; Deborah L. Smith.
Chapter 17. No Bad Writing; Deborah M. Stankevich.
Chapter 18. Those Who Made the Journey.