Includes bibliographies.

"This book is about writing-how students use writing to explore and develop their own thoughts and interests, and how students and teachers can work together to understand each other and the world through their writing. The authors examine journal writing from various perspectives:
as a powerful stimulus for curriculum and teacher change;
as a forum for discussing the meaning and form of literary texts and the journal texts themselves;
as a bridge to other kinds of academic writing;
and as a window into students' developing language.

Teachers of native and nonnative English speakers, teachers of deaf students, teacher trainers, and curriculum specialists will find applications for ESL, bilingual education, composition, writing across the curriculum, writing research, literacy development, and deaf education." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Introduction

PART 1: Journal Writing and the Curriculum

Chapter 1: The Dialogue Journal: Reconceiving Curriculum and Teaching
/ Bonnie Meath-Lang

PART II: Classroom Approaches to Journal Writing

Chapter 2: The Missing Link: Connecting Journal Writing to Academic Writing
/ Lauren Vanett and Donna Jurich

Chapter 3: Interactive Teaching of Reading: A Model
/ Margaret Walworth

Chapter 4: A Context for Collaboration: Teachers and Students Writing Together
/ Lauren Vanett and Donna Jurich

PART III: Implications for Students' Learning

Chapter 5: Dialogue Journal Writing and the Acquisition of English Grammatical Morphology
/ Joy Kreeft Peyton

Chapter 6: Personal Journal Writing as a Classroom Genre
/ Tamara Lucas

Chapter 7: Coherence in Deaf Students' Writing
/ John Albertini

Contributors