Description: Through ideas and practices straight from the classrooms of outstanding teachers, this lively resource illustrates writing that makes an impact on a reader, a writer, or a cause--writing that everyone wants to read. The book is rich with student work that shows how writing can make things happen in the world. The authors provide ready-to-use lessons that include a full range of writing, including poetry, narrative, petitions, proposals, emails, self-reflections, long-term projects, and critical analyses. Book Features: -Incorporates the voices and practices of many talented writing teachers. -Employs an upbeat style with a clear, easy-to-follow framework. -Encourages writing that changes minds, tells stories, calls for action, creates awareness or empathy, touches emotions, or promotes new thinking. -Provides accessible teaching ideas, short exercises, and student models. -Builds on students' experiences with social media and their interest in social issues.
Review Quotes:
"This book challenges writing teachers to look up from the curriculum maps, state standards, and end-of-course assessments that frequently dominate contemporary decisions about writing instruction. The authors consider writing's role in schooling, to be certain, but their gaze is fixed on the real-world power and implications of writing. To that end, their efforts are dedicated to making impactful, authentic writing strategies accessible to secondary educators."
-- "Teachers College Record"