The Best-Kept Teaching Secret: How Written Conversations Engage Kids, Activate Learning, Grow Fluent Writers . . . K-12 (Corwin Literacy)

The Best-Kept Teaching Secret: How Written Conversations Engage Kids, Activate Learning, Grow Fluent Writers . . . K-12 (Corwin Literacy)

<p><strong><em>Your fast-track to student engagement<br /> <br /> </em></strong>Everywhere Smokey Daniels speaks, there’s one teaching strategy that teachers embrace above all others. That single method for transforming students from passive spectators into active learners . . . for evoking curiosity, inspiring critical thinking, and <em>building powerful writers along the way</em>. Now, that best-kept teaching secret is revealed: Written Conversations. Smokey and coauthor Elaine Daniels describe how to leverage these “silent writing-to-learn discussions” structure by  structure </p> <ul> <li>Mini-memos </li> <li>Dialogue journals </li> <li>Write-arounds </li> <li>Digital discussions</li> </ul> <p> . . . with detailed descriptions, lessons, and annotated student samples—making this the most practical teaching book in recent memory.</p>