What You Know by Heart

Katie Wood Ray

*In this wise, comforting, intimate book, Katie Ray takes her readers by the hand and brings us home to ourselves. "This is where ideas for teaching writing come from," she says, brushing aside the distracting clutter, quick fixes, and one-size-fits-all panaceas. She hands us a pen, a book, and a reminder of all that matters most. --Lucy Calkins, Founding Director, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Columbia University* Katie Ray goes to the heart of where good ideas for the teaching of good writing originate: from yourself and your own experience. As Katie shows, the most profound and effective curriculum can result from your own deep understanding of quality writing--what you know about writing through your own and others' writings and through your reading. And the best teaching can result from what you can wrap your heart and mind around and communicate to your...

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