This adapted excerpt from Every Kid a Writer offers insight into how giving writers an audience of real readers can reignite passion and interest.
December 18, 2023
Adapted from The Joy of Reading, Donalyn Miller and Teri Lesene explore some suggestions for how to find motivation for reading, even in difficult times.
December 8, 2023
The study of 100-word stories teaches students to identify a story’s intrinsic architecture.
November 8, 2023
Read-aloud time is an opportunity to mentor children in the mindset, habits, and strategies of proficient readers.
June 23, 2023
The Complete Comprehension: Fiction expansion pack gives your students more choice in what they read for assessment, and you more options for matching students’ interest with their assessment book.
December 2, 2022
In this audiobook preview, Tom describes the vast opportunity found in fiction writing, and what we lose when we don’t embrace that opportunity in our classrooms.
January 20, 2022
Heinemann is pleased to announce the latest addition to our growing line of audiobooks, Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers by Thomas Newkirk.
January 18, 2022
When’s the last time your students got to write creatively? Or craft a piece of fiction that was entirely their own?
November 18, 2021
Learn why Tom Newkirk, author of Writing Unbound, believes he is not the ideal person to explore adolescent fiction writing but feels compelled to do it anyway.
March 30, 2021
If we want students to develop a love of books and writing, we need to bring fiction back to our writing curriculum,
March 25, 2021
Finding ways to bring fiction writing into the curriculum from Tom Newkirk, author of Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers.
March 17, 2021
Here you'll find answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Assess phase of Complete Comprehension.
August 29, 2019
While a whole book assessment is still a part of Complete Comprehension as it was IRA, there are numerous updates and improvements worth noting.
March 11, 2019
We are Readers and Writers! Setting Up a Literacy-Rich Summer
May 23, 2017
Cultivating a Love for Reading Through Fantasy Book Clubs
May 16, 2017
Nonfiction For Middle School: True Vs. Fictional Stories
March 17, 2016