false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170731924m/70378.jpg 70378 2 <ul><i>The best way to teach is to learn together with the students. One of the rare breed of teachers who do know this is Nancie Atwell.</i><br /> - The New York Times</ul><ul><i>Reading this book can be revolutionary. . . . Atwell leads us to new understandings of teaching and learning in a workshop classroom.</i><br /> - Voices from the Middle</ul>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.<p>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."<p>More than 70 percent of the material is new, with six brand-new chapters on genres, evaluation, and the teacher as writer. There are also lists of several hundred minilessons, and scripts and examples for teaching them; new expectations and rules for writing and reading workshops; ideas for teaching conventions; new systems for record keeping; lists of essential books for students and teachers; and forms for keeping track of individual spelling, skills, proofreading, homework, writing, and reading.<p>The second edition of <i>In the Middle</i> is written in the same engaging style as its predecessor. It reads like a story - one that readers will be pleased to learn has no end. As Atwell muses, "I know my students and I will continue to learn and be changed. I am resigned - happily - to be always beginning for the rest of my life as a teacher." 494897 11 2 1998 In the Middle: New Understanding About Writing, Reading, and Learning (Workshop Series) total:186|5:88|4:59|3:34|2:5|1:0| 186 788 246 24 5 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Fri Dec 14 19:43:57 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 14 19:57:54 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Mar 31 05:42:28 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 09 20:19:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 26 14:47:18 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:43:25 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 14:47:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 10:36:55 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 10:38:20 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 15 07:25:15 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 08:03:37 -0800 2007 Dan Rothermel simplified Atwell's approach for his middle school classes and wrote Starting Points: How to Set Up and Run a Writing Workshop (Paperback) descri...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 13 19:57:18 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 19:58:53 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Apr 14 19:26:56 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 19:28:36 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sun Nov 09 06:52:49 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 06:56:27 -0800 2008 3 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Feb 01 04:05:35 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 04:07:15 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Wed Jul 11 09:50:03 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 09:54:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 18:43:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 18:43:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 19:54:54 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 19:56:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Mon Jun 22 12:25:50 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 12:26:41 -0700 2009
It is all about choice, baby, choice...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Aug 29 23:42:10 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 23:42:10 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 19:39:33 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 19:40:54 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 18:18:26 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 18:18:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 18:01:15 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 05:31:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Sep 14 07:07:12 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 07:19:38 -0700 2007 I couldn't implement it in it's entirety, but I sure wanted to. ]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 26 00:27:52 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 00:29:19 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Dec 05 18:51:57 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 05:24:19 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=70378