In The Middle Second Edition by Nancie Atwell

In The Middle New Understandings About Writing, Reading and Learning 2nd Edition by Nancie Atwell. Grades 6-10. ISBN-13: 978-0867093742 ISBN-10: 0867093749 Normal book wear. When first published in 1987, this seminal work was widely hailed for its honest examination of how teachers teach, how students learn, and the gap that lies in between. In depicting her own classroom struggles, Nancie Atwell shook our orthodox assumptions about skill-and-drill-based curriculums and became a pioneer of responsive teaching. Now, in the long awaited second edition, Atwell reflects on the next ten years of her experience, rethinks and clarifies old methods, and demonstrates new, more effective approaches. The second edition still urges educators to "come out from behind their own big desks" to turn classrooms into workshops where students and teachers create curriculums together. But it also advocates a more activist role for teachers. Atwell writes, "I'm no longer willing to withhold suggestions and directions from my kids when I can help them solve a problem, do something they've never done before, produce stunning writing, and ultimately become more independent of me." Writing workshop, teach writing, mini lessons, literacy, evaluation, reading poetry, sample writing.