Enticing hard-to-reach writers / Ruth Ayres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ayres, Ruth, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching--Psychological aspects.

English language.

Composition (Language arts)--Study and teaching--Psychological aspects.

Composition (Language arts).

Creative writing--Therapeutic use.

Creative writing.

Education--Biographical methods.

Education.

Narrative therapy.

Children with social disabilities--Education.

Children with social disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Portland, Maine : Stenhouse Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

In her moving and personal book Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers , Ruth Ayres weaves together her experience as a mother, teacher, and writer. She explores the power of stories to heal children from troubled backgrounds and offers up strategies for helping students discover and write about their own stories of strength and survival. She shares her own struggles and triumphs and hard-earned lessons from raising a family of four adopted children. Her experience is invaluable to any teacher whose has met children living in poverty, in unstable households, or in fear of abuse. Ayres explores brain research and the ways trauma can change the brain and how encouraging all students to write can help offset some of these effects. She believes that all students benefit from revealing their stories, by communicating information and opinion that allows darkness to turn to light in the lives of children. In the last part of her book she offers up practical suggestions for enticing all writers, regardless of their struggles. Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers invites you on a journey to become a teacher who refuses to give up on any student, who helps children believe that they can have a positive impact on the world, and who--in some cases becomes the last hope for a child to heal.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Holding on in the Hard: Understanding Kids Who Need to be Enticed to Write

Chapter 1: Stories Save

Chapter 2: Altered Brains

Chapter 3: Take Time

Chapter 4: Healing Happens

Chapter 5: See Their Stories

Chapter 6: Getting the Heart Right: Social Media and Stories

Part II: Setting the Stage to Entice Students to Write

Chapter 7: What Writing Has to Do with Teaching Writers

Chapter 8: Writing Always Gives More Than It Takes

Chapter 9: Everyone Hates Writing

Chapter 10: Is Writing Essential?

Chapter 11: Writing Workshop is Essential

Chapter 12: Developing Faithful and Fearless Writers

Part III: Moves to Entice Students to Write

Chapter 13: Leaps of Faith

Chapter 14: Cultivate a Celebration Mindset

Chapter 15: Individualizing the Writing Process

Chapter 16: Writing Projects That Make You Want to Write

Chapter 17: Stretch Mentors to Meet Needs

Chapter 18: Simplify Conferring

Chapter 19: Expand Feedback Beyond the Teacher

Chapter 20: Tap Technology

Closing Thoughts: Press On

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-84388-3

1-03-268109-8

1-003-84100-7

1-62531-091-9

9781032681092

OCLC:

1403568809