Developing young writers in the classroom : I've got something to say / Gail Loane with Sally Muir.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Lesson Plans -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The Teacher of Writing: Becoming joyfully literate -- 2. The Writing Classroom: Conditions for writers to flourish -- 3. From the Head to the Page: Getting it down -- 4. Personal Expressive Writing: I've got something to say -- 5. Tapping into Universal Experiences: Nurturing awareness -- 6. Memoir: The polished lens of memory -- 7. Observing and Noticing: Describing what we see -- 8. Inside or Outside: Describing the place -- 9. Character Portrait: Describing people -- 10. Writing across the Curriculum: Writing to learn and writing to share our learning -- 11. Using Models: Where texts might lead us -- 12. Nurturing our Teaching: Fostering our own literacy -- References -- Index.