2 subscribers. It’s been a long time since I’ve been there. And, yet, I was instantly engaged by Neil’s writing, probably because he started sharing about Nancie Atwell. I enjoyed the “voice” his writing had:

Students want to read what they want to read. Each of them are different, and each of their tastes are different. There is no way that I could ever choose a novel that twenty-nine 11, 12, and 13 year-olds are all going to engage in and enjoy. Especially when I ask them to talk about it at regular intervals and interrupt the flow of a good story.

Could you imagine on the weekend if the theatre put up the houselights every twenty minutes for you to answers some comprehension questions, to see if you’re making enough connections, to see if you are inferring in a meaningful way. No, you couldn’t. Have you ever laid out on the beach with a good worksheet?

This type of teaching is swiftly dying in America. Sometimes, I think, using technology to facilitate writing and reading is the only way to keep it alive.

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