Radical Reflections: Passionate Opinions on Teaching, Learning, and Living
by Mem Fox
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Read this for a college class whose goal was to teach me to teach writing. I've always been of the mind that you can't teach writing--you either got it, or you don't. To a certain extent, this book changed my mind on that. Now, talent is talent, whatever the field. And there's no denying that. But this book focuses much more on teaching kids to love language and to embrace the many different roles in can play in your life. It addresses the very basics of learning to write (for instance, le...more
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Read in January, 2006
recommended to Tawny by:
Professor Elizabeth Wahlquist
Favorite lines:
1. "Giving unreal writing activities to our students is about as useful as giving occupational therapy for stroke victims to people who are in perfect health."
2. "My writing, I'm realizing, nearly always has the socially interactive purpose of either creating relationships or ensuring that established relationships continue."
3. "The view that writing might be fun, or amusing, or relaxing is not, I imagine, widely held, and we teachers must be to blam...more
1. "Giving unreal writing activities to our students is about as useful as giving occupational therapy for stroke victims to people who are in perfect health."
2. "My writing, I'm realizing, nearly always has the socially interactive purpose of either creating relationships or ensuring that established relationships continue."
3. "The view that writing might be fun, or amusing, or relaxing is not, I imagine, widely held, and we teachers must be to blam...more
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one of my all time favorite teaching books.
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