Here's the link that I found to the chapter. http://books.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources%5CE02123%5CNewkirk02123REV_sample.pdf
Regards, Philena > > Today's Topics: > > 1. WOW! WOW! WOW! Newkirk! (Beverlee Paul) > 2. Re: WOW! WOW! WOW! Newkirk! (Heather Green) > 3. Re: WOW! WOW! WOW! Newkirk! (Waingort Jimenez, Elisa) > 4. Re: WOW! WOW! WOW! Newkirk! ([email protected]) > 5. Re: WOW! WOW! WOW! Newkirk! ([email protected]) > 6. Re: WOW! WOW! WOW! Newkirk! (Stewart, L) > 7. Re: Vocabulary help (Carol Carlson) > 8. Re: Vocabulary help (Ruth Devoll) > 9. Re: WOW! WOW! WOW! Newkirk! (Kieman Holland-Anderson) > 10. Re: Vocabulary help (Carol Carlson) > 11. Re: Vocabulary help (kelley dean) > 12. Re: Vocabulary help ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 23:00:01 -0700 > From: Beverlee Paul <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOSAIC] WOW! WOW! WOW! Newkirk! > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 06:38:03 -0500 > From: Heather Green <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] WOW! WOW! WOW! Newkirk! > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Is there a way we can print out or read the chapter you're talking about? > Where do I find it? Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] 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.
