Place-Based Writing in Action: Opportunities for Authentic Writing in the World Beyond the Classroom

This text presents a variety of ways for students to meet traditional instructional goals in writing while also learning how writing can help them become stewards of the natural world and advocates for their own communities. Built on a foundation of emerging research and theory and grounded in the lived reality of teachers, this book explores the material and virtual worlds as places that can be equally productive as sources for authentic writing. Readers will find place-based writing activities, lesson ideas, and samples of student work in every chapter. With practical and classroom-tested ideas, Place-Based Writing in Action is a useful text for preservice and in-service English teachers, as well as any educator who wants to move the act of writing beyond the four walls of the classroom.

Rob Montgomery is Professor of English and English Education at Kennesaw State University. He has worked with the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project and the Georgia Film Academy. Rob is also the co-author of A Place to Write: Getting Your Students Out of the Classroom and Into the World (2021).

Amanda Montgomery is a teacher at Park Street Elementary School in Marietta, Georgia. She works with the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project and is also the co-author of A Place to Write: Getting Your Students Out of the Classroom and Into the World (2021).