Writing Through the Tween Years: Supporting Writers, Grades 3-6

By Bruce Morgan and Deb Odom

It's not easy being a tween. A lot of us are either in a tunnel or a bridge. A lot of us don't know who we are. Instead of following Barney's advice, we end up doing what popstars do. --Kelley, age 10... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571104062
• ISBN13: 9781571104069
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Bruce Morgan Is a REAL Teacher

Bruce Morgan's book, Writing Through the Tween Years, is a lot of fun to read. Can you say that about a professional text? Not usually. But somehow Bruce is able to take the wacky world of working with tweens and make it come alive on the page with a real classroom. To top it off, you learn a lot about mentor texts, living books (writer's notebooks), and that your kids aren't the only ones who act that way or don't pay attention. Bruce has real kids in his classroom and real human reactions, but most of all he is able to be a reflective, ever-improving REAL teacher, so that from time to time the good stuff happens. And happen it does. It gave me some fresh air and, as he says, kids ten years from now are not going to thank me for my detailed lesson plans or how many grades I took, but from the real experiences of learning and discovering with each other. We teach because we love it. If you forgot, let Bruce remind you.