Teacher Linda Rief recounts the result of watching, listening to, and learning from adolescents as she teaches them reading and writing in her classroom.
xvii, 299 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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Includes index
Contents:
From the middle to the edge Preparing for the lesson: Organizing the room, materials , expectations Immersion: Writing and reading Generations: Writing and reading for life Yes! Sometimes we all read the same book Bringing it all together : Reader's-Writer's project Evaluation: Where I am. Where I want to be Finding the value in evaluation: Portfolios Beyond words: The art of literature/The language of the arts Apprenticeship: At four or fourteen-- Afterword
