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Becoming a Teacher Who Writes

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Becoming a Teacher Who Writes: Let Teaching Be Your Writing Muse addresses the vital need to create more English teachers who are able, willing and prepared to engage in the life-long process of becoming writers and, ultimately, becoming teacher/writers. Facing the reality that most English teachers are not writers themselves, this book holds as its central premise the belief that a teacher does not have to be a writer to begin teaching writing. Here English teachers can discover the joy of creative expression and the heart and art of their own teaching by becoming teachers who write – and do so while they teach their students to write.

Emphasizing that it’s never too late to begin a process of becoming, Becoming a Teacher Who Writes illustrates through poetry, memoir, testimony of students and writers, and practical classroom-based stories, one possible way of making the journey. The book is interactive, suggesting reflection and written responses from the teacher-reader in the For Your Journal section at the end of each chapter. By encouraging writing along with the reading of the text, this book aims to help teachers discover both the creator within and the writer within. At the same time, each chapter concludes with a practical application lesson, For Your Students. By encouraging simultaneous application in the classroom along with the reading of the text, this book aims to help teachers discover and also create themselves as writers and writing teachers.

Becoming a Teacher Who Writes: Let Teaching Be Your Writing Muse holds as its primary aim the transformation of the personal and professional life of the English teacher. It strives to encourage teachers to touch the joy that is the heart of their teaching and become teachers who write while they teach their students to write.

Published: Jul 1, 2024

Series


Section Chapter Authors
Prelims
Series Editor’s Preface Martha Pennington
Prelims - Prologue
The Grasshopper in the Window or What Keeps Me Teaching Nancy S. Gorrell
Foreword
Musings on a 10th Muse by Mark Gutkowski Nancy S. Gorrell
Introduction
Becoming a Teacher Who Writes Nancy S. Gorrell
SECTION ONE: THE TEACHER SELF
1. Works in Progress Nancy S. Gorrell
2. It Takes Creativity and Windows Nancy S. Gorrell
3. It Takes Courage Nancy S. Gorrell
4. Knowing Where You Come From: Writing Memories Nancy S. Gorrell
5. Discarding Baggage: Reframing Myths Nancy S. Gorrell
6. Knowing Where You Are Going: The American High School Nancy S. Gorrell
7. Knowing Your Students: Times of Transition and Transformation Nancy S. Gorrell
8. Knowing the Creatively “Gifted” Student Nancy S. Gorrell
9. Balancing Freedom and Structure: The Paradox of Boundaries Nancy S. Gorrell
10. Breaking Boundaries Within Your Discipline Nancy S. Gorrell
SECTION TWO: THE WRITER SELF
11. Discovering the Creative Writer Within Nancy S. Gorrell
12. Discovering the Poet Within Nancy S. Gorrell
13. Discovering the Professional Writer Within Nancy S. Gorrell
14. Discovering the Power of Audience Nancy S. Gorrell
15. Discovering the Creative Process Nancy S. Gorrell
SECTION THREE: THE TEACHER-WRITER SELF
16. Discovering the Teacher-Writer Within Nancy S. Gorrell
17. Writing About Your Students and Your Discipline Nancy S. Gorrell
SECTION FOUR: THE TEACHER-ARTIST SELF
18. Discovering the Teacher-Artist Within Nancy S. Gorrell
Epilogue
“The Students in the Window” Poetry and Prose from the Pandemic Nancy S. Gorrell
Conclusion
2023 Nancy S. Gorrell
Afterword
On Musings Nancy S. Gorrell
Appendices
Appendix A: Poetry Watch and Hawk Watch Resources (Chapter 2) Nancy S. Gorrell
Appendix B: “The Weight of Nothing,” by Amy Uyematsu (Chapters 3 and 8) Nancy S. Gorrell

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