The Confident Writing Teacher: Cultivating Meaningful Writing in Middle School

by Shelley Barker and Penny Kittle

"If you are currently a member of the teaching profession, it is very likely that you were never taught to write. Shocked? Think about it. Certainly, we wrote, but what did writing instruction look like when you were a kid? Do you remember receiving any? I do not remember being taught to write. My language arts teachers focused on those things that could be measured and counted as right or wrong, like parsing sentences, identifying linking verbs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325021686
• ISBN13: 9780325021683
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.2"