"An outstanding publication on the latest developments in writing
instruction." - Language Arts
When Lucy Calkins wrote the first edition of "The Art of
Teaching Writing," the writing workshop was a fledgling idea,
piloted by a few brave innovators. Now, as she brings us this new
edition, the writing workshop is at the foundation of language arts
education throughout the English-speaking world. This new edition,
then, could easily have been a restatement, in grander, more
confident tones, of the original classic. Instead, it is an almost
entirely new book.
Clearly, during the time in which Calkins's original ideas have
spread like wildfire, her focus has not been on articulating and
defending those ideas, but on developing and rethinking them.
Respecting and responding to the questions which have arisen as
thousands of teachers establish writing workshops in their
classrooms, and drawing upon the latest knowledge in the field and
her own intimate understanding of classroom life, Calkins has
re-thought every line and every facet of her original text.
In this new edition, Lucy has major new chapters on assessment,
thematic studies, writing throughout the day, reading/writing
relationships, publication, curriculum development, nonfiction
writing and home/school connections. More than this, she has
deepened her understanding of the writing process itself:
"When I wrote the first edition, I saw writing as a process of
choosing a topic, turning the topic into the best possible draft,
sharing the draft with friends, then revising it. But I've come to
think that it's very important that writing is a process not only
of recording, but also of developing a story or an idea. Now,
inthis new edition, I describe writing episodes that do not begin
with a topic and a draft but instead with something noticed or
something wondered about. When writing begins with something that
has not yet found its significance, it is more apt to become a
process of growing meaning."
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