But How Do You Teach Writing?: A
Simple Guide for All Teachers by
Barry Lane
Fun, Witty, Useful & Empowering
Through anecdote, classroom vignette, and his own experience as a writer
and teacher, Barry encourages teachers of any grade level to start a
writing program tomorrow and not wait until they have attained perfect
understanding. Barrys motto: Lets learn along the way! For use with
Grades K-12.
Personal Review: But How Do You Teach Writing?: A Simple
Guide for All Teachers by Barry Lane
Simple means Simple. And that's exactly what this book is, simple: Simple
to read, to understand, to implement. You can tell Lane had way too much
fun writing this thing. And I had too much fun reading it. It really leaks
Barry Lane. Being a third grade teacher and writing consultant for the
Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project, I find this book comforting.

You know, like a fresh shirt out of the dryer. I've read all the great authors
on the subject: Fletcher, Caulkins, Romano, Graves, just to name a few.
Barry Lane brings it here. He brings the heat. He brings the human
element, the element missing in today's schools. This book spoke to me in
many ways. However, the recurring theme throughout the book, is that we
need to teach kids on their turf, in their backyard. He truly believes that
everyone can find their writing voice, given the freedom to look for it,
EVERYWHERE.
I've recommended this book to all first year teachers and teachers new to
Writing Workshop. It's blue collar in nature, but the message? Deep.
Read it, dude.
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