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Direct linkWilhelm, Jeff, Ed. – Voices from the Middle, 2012
Students need to develop five kinds of knowledge to be successful in any kind of specific reading or writing task. These kinds of knowledge can be developed through five different kinds of composing that lead to deep understanding of how texts are constructed with specific content to create particular effects and meaning. Following this process…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Academic Standards
Yolen, Jane – Voices from the Middle, 2010
Jane Yolen, the award-winning author of over 300 books, shares her writing process and invites us to understand the differences between writing for picture books, writing narratives, and collaborating on a graphic novel, as she experienced while writing her first graphic novel Foiled. The relationship between the illustrations and the text is…
Descriptors: Design, Picture Books, Cartoons, Writing Processes
Peer reviewedHobbs, Will – Voices from the Middle, 1996
Describes events and mountain places that influenced the writing of the author's young adult novel "Beardance." (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Books, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMyers, Walter Dean – Voices from the Middle, 2001
Describes how the author's life has been one long adventure with language, and how the distinction between reading and writing blurs into a continuum of words, images, and ideas. Describes his first ventures towards reading, which began by engaging in the spoken word with his mother. Describes his writing processes, and the six-part story form he…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Books, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBryant, Ellen Huntington – Voices from the Middle, 1997
Presents an interview with award-winning author Karen Hesse, discussing her writing for children and young adults. Discusses how ideas for particular books arose, as well as the research and writing processes that went into them. Appends reviews of nine books by Karen Hesse. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
