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Public teaching : one kid at a time / Penny Kittle ; foreword by Donald H. Graves ; afterword by Donald M. Murray.
LIBRA LA2317.K557 A3 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kittle, Penny.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kittle, Penny.
- Teachers--United States--Biography.
- Teachers.
- United States.
- Teaching--Anecdotes.
- Teaching.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Anecdotes.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 133 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Portsmouth, N.H. : Heinemann, [2003]
- Summary:
- With this captivating collection of 19 essays, Penny takes us straight from her classroom to our own hearts. Penny wrests from the teacher's life -- its trials and triumphs, frustration, fury, and fun -- all the emotional data that opens up her mind to good, solid instruction. It also frees her, making her ever-willing to lay herself open to her students. She writes with them, seeks their help, and teaches them by example -- showing them exactly what the function of writing is, and how to think, understand, and read differently as writers themselves. Penny's mentor, Donald Murray, interviews her at the end of her book. He asks how, as a mother, wife, and teacher, she found the time to write and what she has learned as a published writing teacher. Read Penny's stories and be reminded of the importance of your work as a teacher. Think of the stories of your own you could tell. Notice how you will observe your students differently. Cheer for their accomplishments, and your own, as you tackle the difficult work of learning together.
- Contents:
- Of frog legs, crickets, and Superman's cape 4
- Earning my stripes 11
- One parent dies, another lives 16
- Below average 22
- One kid at a time 28
- Beneath white icing 32
- Haunted 37
- Donuts to dollars 45
- Writing with teachers 53
- Pay attention 61
- Demolition derby 65
- Basic training 73
- Watching Joe 82
- Painting 90
- When our lives teach 97
- One for the road 104
- About more than baseball 107
- Home run 113
- Beyond courtship 118
- Afterword: interview with Penny Kittle / Donald M. Murray 126.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-125).
- ISBN:
- 0325005710
- OCLC:
- 50695174
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