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Books and Professional Resources for Teachers:
Midlands Writing Project Summer Reading Selections

Allen, J. (1995). It's never too late: Leading adolescents to lifelong literacy.
     Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Atwell, N. (1998). In the middle: New understandings about writing, reading, and
     learning. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.

Calkins, L.M. (1994). The art of teaching writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Elbow, P. & Belanoff, P. (1989). A community of writers: A workshop in writing.
     New York: McGraw Hill.

Fletcher, R. (1996). Breathing in, breathing out: Keeping a writer's notebook.
     Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Fletcher, R. (1993). What a writer needs. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Fletcher, R. (1998). Craft lessons: Teaching writing k through 8. York, ME:
     Stenhouse Publishers.

Forseth, C.A. (1993). And with a light touch: Learning about reading, writing, and
     teaching with first graders. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Harvey, S. (1998). Nonfiction matters: Reading, writing, and research in grades
     3-8. York, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Harwayne, S. (1992). Lasting impressions: Weaving literature into the writing
     workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

McLean, M. & Mohr, M. (1999). Teacher-researchers at work. Berkeley, CA:
      National Writing Project.

Noden, H.R. (1999). Image grammar: Using grammatical structures to teach
     writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Portalupi, J. (2001). Nonfiction craft lessons: Teaching information writing k-8.
     Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.

Ray, K.W. (2001). The writing workshop: Working through the hard parts (and
     they're all hard parts). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Ray, K.W. (1999). Wondrous words: Writers and writing in the elementary
     classroom. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Romano, T. (2000). Blending genre, altering style: Writing multigenre papers.
     Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.

Romano, T. (1987). Clearing the way: Working with teenage writers.
     Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.


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