1. The Tao of Writing Circles
Thirteen Steps to Quality Writing
What's the Teacher Doing?
Drawing the Circle: Community-Building Strategies
Low-Risk Writing Activities
6. The Writing Circle Notebook
The Notebook as Accountability and Management Tool
The Notebook as Writing History
Thinking Back on Writing Circles
7. Writing Circle Minilessons
Writing Topics, Skills, and Craft
Management and Group Dynamics
Types of Low-Risk Responses
9. Enjoyable Ways Kids Can Share Writing with the Whole Class
Ways of Inviting Whole-Class Sharing
Role Descriptions and Forms
Publication and Celebration
11. Smooth Operators: Assessment, Evaluation, and Management
Self-Assessment Portfolios
Group Process Self-Evaluations
12. Writing Circle Variations
Content-Area Writing Circles
13. Epilogue: The End Is Also the Beginning
