182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
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Who am I? This is the question that many adolescents ask during the turbulent middle and high school years. In Worth Writing About: Exploring Memoir with Adolescents, Jake Wizner addresses how searching for the answer to this question leads his students to reflection, to reading, and ultimately to deeper, more meaningful writing. Wizner, a 20-year teaching veteran, believes that a well-designed... Read more
Prologue: The Rice Bowl; Chapter 1: Why Memoir?; Chapter 2: What's Worth Writing About?; Chapter 3: The Reading-Writing Connection; Chapter 4: Fact and Truth; Chapter 5: Story and Understory; Chapter 6: The Sea and the Mountain; Chapter 7: Beginnings, Endings, and Titles; Chapter 8: Assessment and Evaluation; Chapter 9: Struggling Students
Biography
Jake Wizner teaches eighth grade English and social studies at the Salk School of Science in New York City. He is the author of the young adult novels Spanking Shakespeare (Random House, 2007) and Castration Celebration (Random House, 2009) and has spent the past two decades developing and inspiring young writers.
