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Title: In the Middle : New Understanding About Writing, Reading, and Learning by Nancie Atwell ISBN: 0-86709-374-9 Publisher: Boynton/Cook Pub. Date: 11 February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $32.03 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic teaching strategies given by Nancie Atwell
Comment: I very much enjoyed Nancie Atwell's book. Nancy's style of writing allows for easy reading. She presents many useful strategies for teaching reading and writing at the middle school and high school levels (the use of journals to discuss literature). Nancie joins the aspects of reading and writing in the English program to create an almost no-fail system to teaching literature. Great emphasis is placed on the idea that the more students are exposed to reading, writing, and literature, the more appreciative of literature they will become. Students will gain a sort of respect for literature if they are exposed to a steady, constant stream of reading.
One aspect I really did enjoy in Nancy's book were her anecdotes and stories of her own experiences about learning and becoming a teacher. These stories gave a "real flavor" to the book. Nancy's book wasn't about presenting teachers with boring, mechanical information on how to teach reading and writing. Her book presented real strategies for real teachers and real students.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great resource for middle school Language Arts teachers!
Comment: Nancie Atwell gives encouragement and ideas to middle school Language Arts teachers, especially those who might be using the whole language approach or those who would like to enliven their current writing and reading classes. Atwell lists ideas for mini-lessons, writing topics, and reading choices. Atwell's pulse on today's youth is accurate, and her thoughts work - and will work if given a chance. I should know. I was very much against whole language a short time ago. Now with Atwell's book as my reference, I can walk into the classroom more confident about writing and reading workshops.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent!
Comment: A book that helped inspire me to become a teacher. Some other reviewers may not find it totally "practical" for them to adopt, but anyone with common sense would know that you take what works best for you from as many legitimate resources as possible and adapt.
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Title: Lessons That Change Writers by Nancie Atwell (Author) ISBN: 0867095067 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 26 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $62.00 |
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Title: The Art of Teaching Writing by Lucy McCormick Calkins ISBN: 0435088173 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 04 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Teaching Reading in Middle School (Grades 5 & Up) by Laura Robb ISBN: 0590685600 Publisher: Scholastic Professional Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The English Teacher's Companion : Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession by Jim Burke ISBN: 0325005389 Publisher: Heinemann Pub. Date: 30 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.00 |
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Title: Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding by Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis ISBN: 1571103104 Publisher: Stenhouse Pub Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $28.13 |
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