Breaking Open the Box: A Guide for Creative Techniques to Improve Academic Writing & Generate Critical Thinking Book

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Writing Well Matters
Chapter 1: Encouraging Creative Frameworks for Critical Thinking and Writing
Chapter 2: The Writer as Critical Thinker

Section 1: Playing with Language
Section 2: Taking Creative Risks to Improve Writing
Chapter 3: Recognizing the Problem

Section 1: A Familiar Scene
Section 2: Why the Essay Genre Presents Such Challenges
Section 3: The Hollow Middle
Section 4: When a Good Student Writes a Bad Essay
Section 5: When a Student Surprises with His/Her Writing
Chapter 4: Outlining Creative Applications to Academic Writing

Section 1: Where to start and how to proceed with instruction in creative techniques and creative choices

Section 2: Applications with Metaphor
Chapter 5: Applications with Prose Poems or Poetic Prose
Chapter 6: Discourse Applications with Poetry
Chapter 7: Applications with Narrative—Story, Dialogue, and the Mini-Script
Chapter 8: Applications with Parody and Satire
Chapter 9: Applications with Musings and Journaling
Chapter 10: Applications with Unusual Vessels and Technology
Section 1: Student Applications with Unusual Vessels
Section 2: Applications with Technology
A: Texting
B: Blogging
Chapter 11: Traditional Looking Essays Incorporating Creative Techniques
Chapter 12: Changing the Landscape of Academic Writing Assignments
and the Classroom Environment
Chapter 13: Making Editing Integral
Chapter 14: Inviting the Common Core Standards into the Classroom and
Recognizing they are First Cousins to Creativity
Chapter 15: Lesson Planning Involving Creative Choice and Techniques
Section 1: Building Creative Techniques into the Writing Lesson
Section 2: Tweaking the Assessment Rubric to Encourage Creativity
Chapter 16: Setting Up Action Research
Section 1: Student Writing Surveys
Section 2: Examining Comparative Data
Section 3: A Procedural Guide—Building Creative Choice
into the Compositional Assignment
Chapter 17: Providing Students with Opportunities for Authentic Audience
Instructional Application and Dedication
Appendix A: A Guide for Parents
Appendix B: A Sampling of Young Writers’ Conferences
Appendix C: Helpful, Creative Resources for Writers and Writing Instruction
Bibliography
Notes