Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Lesson Plans; Acknowledgements; 1 The Teacher of Writing: Becoming joyfully literate; 2 The Writing Classroom: Conditions for writers to flourish; 3 From the Head to the Page: Getting it down; 4 Personal Expressive Writing: I've got something to say; 5 Tapping into Universal Experiences: Nurturing awareness; 6 Memoir: The polished lens of memory; 7 Observing and Noticing: Describing what we see; 8 Inside or Outside: Describing the place; 9 Character Portrait: Describing people
10 Writing across the Curriculum: Writing to learn and writing to share our learning11 Using Models: Where texts might lead us; 12 Nurturing our Teaching: Fostering our own literacy; References; Index