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The Teen-Centered Writing Club Constance Hardesty

The Teen-Centered Writing Club By Constance Hardesty

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Build your teen community with a program that's irresistible-a teen writing club.

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The Teen-Centered Writing Club: Bringing Teens and Words Together by Constance Hardesty

Build your teen community with a program that's irresistible-a teen writing club. Teens have primal urges to create and to connect. Now you can tap into those urges with the help of this comprehensive, step-by-step guide to creating a teen writing club in the school or public library. Featuring creative writing activities, with detailed planning advice, coaching tips, and culminating in performance/publishing ideas, this book makes it easy for you to create a place where teen writers connect with one another through words-written, spoken, sung, or even howled. Grades 6-12

The Teen-Centered Writing Club Reviews

In this follow-up to The Teen-Centered Book Club (2006), Hardesty provides a step-by-step guide to getting a teen-centered writing club up and running. . . . This would be a valuable resource for anyone interested in beginning a teen writing club or wishing to invigorate a current club. - Booklist
Hardesty encourages librarians to listen to teens and assist them in their search for identity through the written word. . . . An essential resource for planning or presenting writing clubs.' - School Library Journal
The purpose of this comprehensive guide is to provide librarians with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to create teen writing clubs in public and school libraries. The writing is clear and contemporary, supportive and knowledgeable. This guide fills a unique niche in young adult library programming and is a companion volume to The Teen-Centered Book Club. - VOYA
Hardesty shares her experiences with writing clubs in clear, easy-to-follow, detailed instructions that can be adapted to one's individual situation. . . . Librarians looking for ways to give young people creative outlets for writing might want to purchase this title and start a creative writing group in their school or public library. - Catholic Library World
This title will be a very useful addition to any school or public library that is doing young adult programming. . . . Providing detailed information on a variety of written formats along with the technology to motivate even the most uninterested teen, this book will be a wonderful guide for the librarian who wants to touch base with teen clientele. - Library Media Connection

About Constance Hardesty

Constance Hardesty is a YA programming and book club specialist with more than 20 years' experience working with teens and adults in educational and recreational settings. From writing workshops for middle schoolers to CE courses for educators, she focuses on connecting people with ideas through the written word. She is the co-author of The Teen-Centered Book Club (Libraries Unlimited, 2006). Her writing has received several awards from the American Booksellers Association, National Parenting Publications Awards, Associated Press, and others.

Table of Contents

Figures Series Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: What's a Teen-Centered Writing Club? Chapter 2: Nothing to It: Getting Started Chapter 3: The Four Roles of Facilitator Chapter 4: Core Elements of the Writing Club Chapter 5: Writing Clubs for All Chapter 6: The You Are What You Write Nonfiction Club Chapter 7: Getting Crafty with Fiction Chapter 8: Online Joins the Mix Chapter 9: Grand Finales and Finishing Touches Chapter 10: Measure Up! Evaluating the Program

Additional information

CIN1591585481G
9781591585480
1591585481
The Teen-Centered Writing Club: Bringing Teens and Words Together by Constance Hardesty
Used - Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2008-09-01
196
N/A
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