Back and Forth is for every teacher who dreads the next story about the winning goal or another retelling of a student's favorite book. It shows how to push writers to do great work by giving yourself a title change during writing time-from teacher to classroom editor. From writing teacher to editor Editors are the crucial, unseen collaborators of published authors. Lee Heffernan describes how by adopting that role she helps student-authors dig in and produce dramatically better writing. Relying on both student-centered pedagogy and the experiences of numerous professional writers and editors, Lee gives you a highly practical blueprint for modeling some of your classroom writing time after the operation of a small publishing house. This model helps kids see that you are more than their teacher and motivates them to create finely tuned finished products. Three keys to success Lee shows how as classroom editor a commitment to three key principles can make all the difference: <ul>
<li>Relationships: Establishing a partnership where your expectation for high-quality revision is explicit as is your honoring of a writer's purpose and intentions</li> <li>Texts: Making bold suggestions for improvement while respecting the writer's ownership of the work</li> <li>Readership: Always keeping audience in mind, and conveying to the writer how the reader's expectations influence revision suggestions.</li> </ul>
Your students' won't only improve their writing but also produce books that your school community will value. Increased motivation for revision Do you wish that students would take your revision suggestions more seriously? Or that everyone in your classroom would internalize your high expectations for revision? Then take Lee Heffernan's classroom-proven suggestions. Try Back and Forth, and you might never again have to hear "I like it the way it is."

Back and Forth: Using an Editor’s Mindset to Improve Student Writing

Education & Teaching

Heffernan, Lee

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann

Discover the potential of children's literature as a tool to teach critical literacy in K-6 classrooms. This book tells the story of eight teachers who work in a variety of schools serving diverse populations. These educators used critical literacy discourse to frame classroom conversations about children's literature, prompting students to critically examine the meaning of the texts they read. By putting this critical edge on children's talk about books, the teachers enabled students to examine and act on social issues that emerged from their conversations. The book shows critical literacy in action through many classroom vignettes and offers a variety of other resources that are the hallmarks of the Kids InSight series, including Reflection Points, examples of students' work, annotated booklists, and information boxes. 
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Vasquez, Vivian Maria

Muise, Michael R.

Adamson, Susan C.

Chiola-Nakai, David

Intl Literacy Assn

Robbie Williams tells her story of growing up a young lady of the South and marrying a much older Augusta attorney. Not content to be a golf widow whose function was to look pretty at social events, Williams took lessons on the sly and became a crack golfer able to beat many of the men in Augusta. She and her daughter Lee Heffernan, who also learned golf in Augusta, offer dozens of revealing anecdotes about Augusta and its golfing brethren.

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Sports & Outdoors

Williams, Robbie

Golf

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