Notes
1. Techniques to create a voice in writing also include organization; but this is covered so extensively in my next unit, it is not included in this unit.
2. Peter Elbow, "Voice in Writing Again: Embracing Controversy," 7.
3. Langston Hughes, "Thank You, M'am" in The Language of Literature, 31.
4. Robert Frost, Collected Poems, Prose and Plays, 664-666.
5. Peter Elbow, Writing with Power, 281-303.
6. Ibid., 304-313.
7. Julia Alveraz, "Names/Nombres" in The Language of Literature,39.
8. Walker Gibson, "The "Speaking Voice" and the Teaching of Composition," in Elbow, Landmark Essays on Voice and Writing, 11-17.
9. Steve Peha, "The 'Teaching that Makes Sense' Organizer" in The Organizers, 20.
10. Annie Dillard, "An American Childhood" in The Language of Literature, 577.
11. Ibid., 574-575
12. Steve Peha, "Looking for Quality in Student Writing: Learning to See the Things Kids Can Do So We Can Teach Them to Do the Things They Can't" in Teaching that Makes Sense website.
13. Jerry Spinelli, "Knots in my Yo-Yo String" in The Language of Literature, 574
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid., 575
16. www.ttms.org. I highly recommend all of the pdf documents on his site and they are FREE. For more in depth explanations of each of the six strategies expert readers use, read "Read like a Reader; Read like a Writer."
17. Steve Peha, "The 'Teaching that Makes Sense' Organizer" in The Organizes, 20.
18. Ibid.
19. Peter Elbow, Writing with Power, 304-313.
20. Langston Hughes, "Theme for English B," lines 1-4.
21. Ibid., lines 17-18.
22. Ibid., lines 26-40.
23. Julia Alvarez, Something to Declare, 148, 159-160.
24. Ibid., 162.
25. Definition: Thinking about thinking
26. Fairly clear directions on how to make a tetra-tetra-flexagon are available at http://www.artistbooks.com/flexagons/flexmake.html
27. Using think alouds really helps students through this process. This is a practice by which the teacher makes their thought process overt by voicing their ideas as they complete a task. For more information visit http://www.teachervision.fen.com/skill-builder/problem-solving/48546.html.
28. There is no need to have a pair of scissors per child. They will only need them for two minutes at the most and can share them between four students.
29. A practice by which the teacher makes their thought process overt by voicing their ideas as they complete a task. For more information visit http://www.teachervision.fen.com/skill-builder/problem-solving/48546.html.
30. Steve Peha, "The 'Teaching that Makes Sense' Organizer" in The Organizes, 20.
31. Alpha, the first letter in the Greek alphabet and Delta, the letter symbolizing change in chemical reactions.
32. A practice by which the teacher makes their thought process overt by voicing their ideas as they complete a task. For more information visit http://www.teachervision.fen.com/skill-builder/problem-solving/48546.html.
33. Brochure, poster and submission agreement available at http://thisibelieve.org/educationoutreach.html
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