false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178996885m/863062.jpg 863062 1 <ul><P><I>This is by far the best writing on the conference I have read. It is a book that is far superior to the other texts-including my own.</I><br /> - Donald M. Murray</ul>Our one-on-one talks with students during writing workshop offer us perfect opportunities to zero in on what each student needs as a writer. As Lead Staff Developer for the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Carl Anderson has provided hundreds of teachers with the information and confidence they need to make these complex conferences an effective part of classroom practice. Finally, in <i>How's It Going?</i>, Anderson shares his expertise with the rest of us.<p>For Anderson, the key to a powerful writing conference lies in understanding that it is a conversation with a clear purpose and a predictable structure. This is the best lens through which to view the task of talking about writing. To that end, Anderson shows how we can take what we already know about having effective conversations and use that knowledge. Sample transcripts of conferences with elementary and middle school students in both urban and suburban settings walk us through the process step by step, providing new insight into how ambitious conferences unfold.<p>Above all, <i>How's It Going?</i> is a practical book. Written in a conversational style, it's filled with lots of useful advice, including an in-depth discussion of the teacher's role in conferences, strategies for teaching students to take an active role, ways to weave in literature, minilessons, classroom management strategies, and responses to the most frequently asked questions about conferring. Along the way, readers will learn new ways of thinking, develop effective techniques, and perfect straightforward strategies. At the same time, they'll grasp the art and logic of conferring, and with this learning in mind, discover for themselves how to confer well. 848489 21 2 2000 How's It Going?: A Practical Guide to Conferring with Student Writers total:9|5:2|4:6|3:1| 9 37 21 3 3 1 false false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 07:50:52 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 07:50:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Mar 08 03:42:54 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 05:26:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 20 20:29:52 -0800 2008 Tue May 26 15:06:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 15:08:35 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 15:08:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 13:27:43 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 13:27:58 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 18 08:26:58 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 08:27:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 18:40:32 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:46:13 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 18:40:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 16:56:57 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 18:22:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 03 13:58:02 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 13:58:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 14:02:55 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 14:02:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 01:00:55 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 01:00:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 25 08:20:10 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 08:20:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 05 21:50:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 10:10:55 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 21:50:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 15:14:31 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 15:14:31 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 21 18:26:15 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 18:26:16 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 02 14:54:23 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 14:54:49 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 29 14:28:20 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 14:28:20 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Apr 18 06:00:21 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 06:00:21 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Mar 20 11:32:58 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 11:33:06 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Mar 18 08:50:58 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 08:51:10 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=863062