Creating a classroom conducive to raising engaged readers, writers, listeners, speakers, and thinkers continually led Kelly and Penny back to closely examining their decision-making process. And teaching the units they designed meant paying attention throughout the unit to what students were learning. That led to unforeseen lessons that had to be taught (or retaught). Their hope is that by reading about the decisions they made as they planned together, you will be inspired to reimagine the beautiful possibilities for your teaching.
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Kelly Gallagher teaches at Magnolia High School in Anaheim, California. He is the author of several books on adolescent literacy, most notably Readicide and Write Like This. Kelly is the former co-director of the South Basin Writing Project at California State University, Long Beach and the former president of the Secondary Reading Group for the International Literacy Association.
As a professional development coordinator for the Conway, New Hampshire, School District, Penny Kittle acts as a K-12 literacy coach and directs new-teacher mentoring. In addition, she teaches writing at Conway’s Kennett High School and in the Summer Literacy Institutes at the University of New Hampshire.
Penny is the author of numerous books including Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers; Children Want to Write (coauthored with Thomas Newkirk); and Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing.
