Write to Be Read: Informed Methods for Engaging Students as Writers [Paperback]

Write to Be Read is meant to inspire educators to be designers of engaging curriculum, specifically targeting ways to improve the teaching of writing in schools today. Students tend to write in response to literature; whereas, the focus of this resource is to help students write material, fiction and non-fiction, that they want to read. Students often engage in writing that is more about pleasing the teacher or ticking a homework or assignment box. This book challenges many assumptions with reference to traditional models for teaching writing. A rich assortment of engaging examples are presented in this book to prompt educators to adapt and construct their own meaningful writing units of study

Barbara J. Smith, PhD, is a passionate educator who promotes critical and creative thinking in the design of schools and school curriculum.
Hope Blecher, EdD, is a literacy expert who encourages and inspires educators and schools to engage students in deep learning in and outside the traditional school classroom.

Hope Blecher and Barbara Smith have over 80 years of experiences as teachers, teacher leaders, academic leaders and authors ... and it shows. At a time when the buzz is about the advent of AI writing bots as a challenge to education, here is a book brimming with practical strategies that can be used in the classroom on a daily basis. What shines through here is a discernible passion and love for the craft of writing, a celebration of the development of authentic voice in learners, and a clear admiration for those charged with teaching these learners each day. Mike Crowley, Assistant Director, Middle School Head, The International School of Brussels., PhD

The Professional Conversation Starters are GOLD! You do much of the organization work for your readers so we can focus on the message. I wish more authors would do this! You have certainly given teachers what they are looking for: well-developed and ready-to-use tools backed up with pedagogicaló(