The unstoppable writing teacher : real strategies for the real classroom /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cruz, Maria Colleen
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2015]
Subjects:	English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Composition (Language arts) > Study and teaching > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Creative writing > Study and teaching > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Handbooks and manuals. Composition (Language arts) > Study and teaching. Creative writing > Study and teaching. English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching.

Table of Contents:

A teaching mindset
"I don't know what to teach this student. He's a much better writer than I am"
I can't seem to get my students to stay writing unless I'm sitting beside them"
I'm not sure how to work with students new to English"
"I'm finding some student writing repetitive and boring"
"I don't feel prepared to work with a student with such big challenges"
"I never have enough time"
"I need more resources"
"I teach grammar but my kids don't learn it"
"I feel alone in my work. No one else I know teaches using the writing workshop model"
"I have trouble getting families to understand writing workshop"
"I want kids to write about what they care about, but so much of what they care about feels brainless and superficial to me"
Name your monster
Five shockingly easy ways to constantly outgrow yourself as a teacher of writing.