January 4, 2007

Free Access to Online Text

Right the writing wrongs in your secondary classroom! In his new book Teaching Adolescent Writers, Kelly Gallagher shares instructional strategies that focus on key needs: ample practice, teacher modeling, reading great writers, topic choice...

This free online book preview will help you:

  • motivate young writers;

  • see the importance modeling plays in building young writers (modeling from both the teacher and from real-world text);

  • understand how providing choice elevates adolescent writing (and how to allow for choice within a rigorous curriculum);

  • help students recognize the importance of purpose and audience;

  • assess essays in ways that drive better writing performance.

  • I'm a big fan of free previews. Those of you looking for ideas about teaching writing should check this out.

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