Is there a way we can print out or read the chapter you're talking about? Where do I find it? Thanks!
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Beverlee Paul <beverleep...@gmail.com>wrote: > I've often been accused of using too many words. Well, for once, I'm > speechless! What an incredible evening I've had. I received the e-ad for > Thomas Newkirk's new book, Holding On to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones - > Six Literacy Principles Worth Fighting For from Heinemann. Gave it a > glance > and almost accidentally decided to print out the sample chapter. I read it > tonight - OH MY GOSH, as morning show radio DJs would say! I was > immediately transported to those first years when Donald Murray and Donald > Graves and Thomas Newkirk and Nancie Atwell and Lucy Calkins first sprung > into my life. > > This chapter, "Finding a Language for Difficulty - Silences in Our Teaching > Stories," is one of the most powerful pieces of inspired writing I've read > in years, perhaps decades. His writing takes you right into his head and > into the "small moments" he describes. He "gets it." He doesn't teach > what > I do, he doesn't work with students the age of mine, his climate is far > different than mine, his state was a different color than mine...and yet > Thomas Newkirk can cut through all the differences and zoom into your very > heart and soul. > > I can't tell you how intense the chapter is, but what I can tell you is > that > none of you out there would find this chapter irrelevant or unimportant. I > can't help wanting to shout it from the rooftops, "He gets it. He gets it. > He gets it!" I can't wait to talk about it with someone. > > What a night! I "heart" you, Thomas Newkirk! > > Bev in Nebraska > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
