Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers Contributor(s): Newkirk, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 032509215X ISBN-13: 9780325092157 Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books OUR PRICE: $32.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics - Language Arts & Disciplines |
Dewey: 428.007 |
LCCN: 2020050248 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Writing Unbound, Tom Newkirk argues that as a teaching profession, we shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to writing. We fail to take advantage of a huge opportunity that is before us. That opportunity is fiction writing. So if these are our two primary goals, how did they become so disparate? Why is the writing we're asking our students to do so completely opposite from the fiction they enjoy reading? My worry, Tom Newkirk writes, is that we have been asked to buy a lie-or rather a series of them. That analytic writing is somehow a higher form of thinking than story, that creativity is for the talented few, and that fiction writing is unteachable... If we accept these lies, we lose our birthright as English teachers. Through 40 in-depth interviews with student writers as well as teachers of writing, Newkirk builds an argument for bringing fiction back into our writing curriculum as a way to strengthen all writing. He addresses the common obstacles and resistance to fiction and illustrates, through students and teachers' insights, why keeping fiction writing on the outside of school walls is a missed opportunity. If reading fiction is humanizing and valuable, Tom writes, the same, perhaps even stronger, case can be made for writing fiction. |