{"product_id":"in-the-middle","title":"In the Middle","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith 80 percent new material\u003ci\u003e, In the Middle,\u003c\/i\u003e Third Edition brings Nancie Atwell’s methods up to date. Nancie guides newcomers to a rich, satisfying practice while sharing her latest innovations and refinements with those who have made \u003ci\u003eIn the Middle\u003c\/i\u003e their teaching touchstone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrounded in her classroom practice and in response to questions and requests from twenty years of professional development workshops, Nancie provides:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003edetailed procedures for organizing the classroom for workshop teaching and a first-week launch sequence\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ehundreds of minilessons and reproducibles that make workshop teaching inviting and doable\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ehundreds of new pieces of student writing to use as mentor texts—many are national prize winners\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003enew, detailed genre studies of poetry, memoirs, reviews, essays, reportage, humor and homage, and short fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ea new look at writing conferences, including \u003ci\u003ered flags\u003c\/i\u003e to notice and strategies for responding to them\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003etechniques for conferring with individuals about the books they're reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ea revamping of her widely-adopted literary letters as \u003ci\u003eletter-essays\u003c\/i\u003e that more than satisfy today’s standards for critical reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the chronicle of Nancie Atwell’s courageous, compelling journey. Just as the second edition documented her evolution from 1987, this book shows how she continues to shape and refine her teaching, based on her perceptions of what students need and her growing knowledge of literature and the craft of writing. As Nancie describes it, “The third edition of \u003ci\u003eIn the Middle\u003c\/i\u003e is everything I’ve learned over the past three decades that makes writing-reading workshop the only logical way to teach English.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46287503130862,"sku":"9780325028132","price":108.91,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780325028132.jpg?v=1781671609","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/in-the-middle","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}