Going Bohemian: How to Teach Writing Like You Mean It

by Lawrence Baines, Anthony Kunkel

You want everyone in your classes to learn to love literature, to become avid readers for the rest of their lives, to become accomplished writers and thinkers, to show tolerance for each other, and to work with indefatigable enthusiasm every day. You have no time to waste. You've decided to go Bohemian. With these words, you enter the updated edition of an award-winning collection of writing strategies that have sparked true enthusiasm for writing in adolescent students-including reluctant students, English-language learners, and gifted writers. Bohemian writing lessons rely on unconventional strategies, art and multimedia, competitive games, and indirect approaches to teach some of the difficult lessons of writing. You too can watch your students' talents emerge as they engage in lessons such as The Delicate Art of Sarcasm, A Playlist for Holden, Adagio in Your Back Pocket, and Pensive Pirates! Half of the lessons in Going How to Teach Writing Like You Mean It (2nd edition) are brand new and relate to crucial topics such as the fundamentals of writing, connecting writing to reading, building vocabulary, using visuals to spark creativity, and applying writing in real life. All of the 42 lessons in this book are classroom proven and can be worked into you current curriculum immediately. Lessons include reproducibles to use in your own instruction and student examples that show you what's possible. Go Bohemian! And instill in your students high literacy standards, an artistic sensibility, and an unshakable belief in the power of words-leading them, ultimately, to increased success. The International Reading Association is the world's premier organization of literacy professionals. Our titles promote reading by providing professional development to continuously advance the quality of literacy instruction and research. Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better. Some of the many areas we publish in -Comprehension
-Response To Intervention/Struggling Readers
-Early Literacy
-Adolescent Literacy
-Assessment
-Literacy Coaching
-Research And Policy

Genres: Teaching

214 pages, Paperback

First published June 20, 2010

Reviews

[Claudia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the premise of this book...CARE about what you teach, TEACH with your creativity and passion on display. Go 'bohemian', go underground...be a rebel. And then I remember...End of Instruction tests, benchmark tests, common assessments. Test prep...these have all sucked the life and joy out of teaching.

This book is a way to sneak some of that joy back. Some of the activities could easily fit in the English curriculum as ways to introduce and reinforce those pesky standards and objectives. Some of them are awesome ways to get to know our students, find out what really matters to them.

I wanted more...I'm just a greedy person by nature, I suppose. But what's there is very well organized and planned. Each lesson is self-contained, most with handouts, some with student models. That makes the book even more valuable for busy teachers who want to go bohemian but don't have the time.

This is a great new addition to my professional library.

[Guida Al·lès · Rating 3 out of 5]

El llibre Going Bohemian, de Lawrence Baines i Anthony Kunkel, publicat per l´International Reading Association, conté propostes per treballar l’escriptura creativa a l´aula de secundària. Encara que té alguns aspectes millorables (avaluació, organitzadors gràfics, tot són tasques breus) tenen el valor de ser el fruit de tota una vida dedicada a investigar com ensenyar a escriure per gust (un d´ells és professor d´institut i l´altre d´universitat) i d´integrar l´escriptura amb les arts. Un llibre pràctic que fa moltes ganes de ser a l´aula per aplicar tot el que proposa.