
Writing Can Change Everything
Middle Level Kids Writing Themselves into the World
Shelbie Witte(Editor)
National Council of Teachers of English (Publisher)
Published on 16. April 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
118 pages
978-0-8141-7487-6 (ISBN)
Description
Identifying writing as central to what makes us human, editor and teacher educator Shelbie Witte has gathered a diverse group of middle school teacher-writers who open widely the doors of their classrooms to share their approaches to mentoring, modeling, and facilitating middle level writers as they explore their places within our world. Early adolescents might be physically and emotionally in flux, but they are also multidimensional, multitalented creatures of curiosity, always pushing the boundaries of discovery and possibility.
The seven educators whose classrooms are showcased in this book know that being a writer is being part of the world, and they lead their students toward the understanding that writing makes a difference, both in their own lives and in the broader world. Writing Can Change Everything invites all of us to consider how the principles outlined in NCTE's Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing position statement weave throughout the best practices on display as students write through creative self-expression, narrative, inquiry, and project-based learning.
The seven educators whose classrooms are showcased in this book know that being a writer is being part of the world, and they lead their students toward the understanding that writing makes a difference, both in their own lives and in the broader world. Writing Can Change Everything invites all of us to consider how the principles outlined in NCTE's Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing position statement weave throughout the best practices on display as students write through creative self-expression, narrative, inquiry, and project-based learning.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Urbana, IL
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8141-7487-6 (9780814174876)
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Person
Dr. Shelbie Witte is the Kim and Chuck Watson Chair in Education and professor of adolescent literacy and English Education at Oklahoma State University. She is proud to serve as site director of the Oklahoma State University Writing Project and founding director of the Initiative for 21st Century Literacies Research, which recognizes the annual recipients of the Divergent Award for 21st Century Literacies Research as well as provides theory to practice resources for classroom teachers and students interested in implementing 21st century literacies in the classroom.