Creating Conversations and Classrooms Where Students Want to Write
English should be the class students talk about over lunch -- the one they are excited to come to each day. This site includes lessons, reproducibles, and activities to engage your students in writing activities that will use classic texts in contemporary conversations.
We write...
"I don't know what I think until I see what I say." (Edward Morgan Forster)
"Being told is the opposite of finding out." (Jimmy Britton)
"Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers." (Hans Christian Anderson)
"Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man." (Sir Francis Bacon)
"To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make." (Truman Capote)
Essential reading for teachers
GOING WITH THE FLOW
ACTION STRATEGIES FOR DEEPENING COMPREHENSION
READING DON'T FIX NO CHEVY'S
ENGAGING READERS AND WRITERS WITH INQUIRY
MECHANICALLY INCLINED
EVERYDAY EDITING
WRITE BESIDE THEM
Chris Rock writes on how one word can change it all. Great lesson for our students
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