Write Like This Quotes

“I want my students to understand that the ability to evaluate and judge is not a school skill; it is a life skill.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“rewriting is where good papers emerge.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“It is modeling revision—taking a rough draft and moving it to a better place—that is critical if our students are to sharpen their writing skills.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“If I want my students to work toward becoming real-world writers, I need to shift the focus of my writing instruction toward real-world writing purposes.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“Writing has become foundational to finding meaningful employment across much of the workforce.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“How do we get students to understand that the hard work and frustration that comes with learning how to write well is worth it? How do we get students to see the importance writing can play in their adult lives? How do we change the fact that seven out of ten students are leaving high school without adequate writing skills?”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“writing can be used as a vehicle to express ourselves as we negotiate the journey through our lives.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“Teach your students real-world writing purposes, add a teacher who models his or her struggles with the writing process, throw in lots of real-world mentor texts for students to emulate, and give our kids the time necessary to enable them to stretch as writers.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“I don’t tell them how to draft their papers; I show them how I draft my papers.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“the teacher should model by writing—and think out loud while writing—in front of the class.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“When a writer has chosen a topic, he or she has really chosen numerous topics.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts