附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Book One : Teaching English upside down. Why try? -- Why write? -- What is it possible for us to teach? -- The five doors -- Here and now -- What shall I write? -- Now that you have something on paper -- The raw material of the writing game -- Is it a poem? -- Building blocks for prose writing -- A story is a structure -- Capsule lessons in writing -- -- Book Two : Experiments that worked or didn't work but might. Teacher exchange -- Writing teachers write -- Teacher-student experiments in learning to write -- Grading -- that required abomination -- Let's talk pictures -- We write to be read -- Letters are not dead yet -- The identity thing -- Luring students to read -- Helping students tell a story -- Using those beloved, obstreperous machines -- Ready-made patterns -- When all else fails -- For teachers only.