[This book] is irresistible. . . . I just wish I had put all of Shelley's ideas into practice yesterday. Thank you, thank you, Shelley. How ever did you find the time-to create the school itself and write so wonderfully about it?

—Deborah Meier
Author of The Power of Their Ideas

"With wide readership, this book could change... more

For the first time, Shelley Harwayne shares her own writing minilessons with you. Combining her passion for reading adult literature with her commitment to supporting students' efforts to produce powerful and effective writing, Harwayne presents fifty-seven lessons for upper elementary and middle school that take teaching with exemplar texts in a dynamic new direction.

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The kind of book one can't stop reading. On the other hand, one must stop, for this is not only a good read, it is also crammed with the kinds of ideas you'll want to adapt to your own classroom.
—Teaching K8

Personal in approach and comprehensive... more