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Is It Done Yet? Teaching Adolescents the Art of Revision

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ISBN-10: 032501096X

ISBN-13: 9780325010960

Edition: 2007

Authors: Barry Gilmore, Barry Lane

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Beyond all the wise and practical advice Gilmore offers, there is another reason why I love this book- it's funny and fun to read. Though the author writes with great authority, he never places himself above the reader. Indeed, he uses humorous anecdotes from his personal life and classroom to humble himselfsand create a sense of joy even as he tackles a subject of dread for most English teachers. - Barry Lane Author of After the End s Why do so many students resist revision? Maybe because it feels to them like starting over, like an indictment of their first draft, or a rejection of their ideas. Encouraging teens to see revision as process rather than criticism, as the bridge between…    
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List price: $35.73
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 2/7/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.20" long x 0.32" tall
Weight: 0.594

Learn more about Barry Gilmore's PD offerings Barry Gilmore is the Middle School Head at Hutchison School in Memphis, Tennessee.nbsp; A National Board Certified Teacher, he taught English and social studies for nearly twenty years.nbsp; Barry is the author of six literacy books and former president of the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English.nbsp; Awards for his teaching have come from NCTE, TCTE, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Tennessee Holocaust Commission.

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