Write Beside Them Quotes

“Teachers need to sit with their journal and write in the voice of that teenager. Write and remember. That’s who we teach!”
― Penny Kittle, Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing

“Habits of an empowerED teacher: “read, notice, think, make theories about how writing works, imagine possibilities, write yourself; it isn’t magic, it’s just slow, creative work.”
― Penny Kittle, Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing

“Good writing makes writers want to write.”
― Penny Kittle, Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing

“What power--what importance--lies in the blank lines of an open notebook. Go and fill yours. Then share.”
― Penny Kittle, Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing