Shape Learning, Reshape Teaching
Informal writing ebook reviews

Here are some comments on Shape Learning, Reshape Teaching: An English Teacher's Guide to Using Informal Writing with Teens and Adults from folks who saw before publication and managed to over look the typos and editing-at-4am glitches.

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Given weak prompts, students tend to produce poor writing. In 68 pages, Aragoni provides model writing-to-learn activities and prompts, explains how to test prompts, and shows how to use informal writing for assessment. Writing teachers at any level (and their students) can benefit from this compact, classroom-tested guide to best practice.

~Cecelia Munzenmaier, M.Ed.
Des Moines, IA
Writing-Resources.us
Author: Write More, Stress Less

Shape Learning, Teaching Reshape is a book for everyone who loves good writing. With clarity and real life activities, the book displays techniques of how to learn the mechanics of writing properly in and outside the classroom using the informal writing used by today's teens and young adults. Its content is something that students not only will understand, but will help them break the barrier between teacher and student.

~Milton Ramirez, Ed.D.
New York City, NY
Author, Global Voices Online
Editor, Education & Tech | GeeksRoom

This guide takes a very different approach from the usual writing improvement books. It accurately focuses on the questions and problems that teachers of writing frequently encounter. It also focuses on the most essential writing mechanics that students don't easily master through the traditional exercises. It is a clear and straightforward writing guide which I would highly recommend to any English teacher.

~Tom Guadagno, M.S. Education
http://tomsdailyenglishhelp.blogspot.com/

Shape Learning, Reshape Teaching lives up to its title by focusing on effective (and ineffective) formative assessment. As the most powerful technique for teaching, formative assessment requires thought and preparation. This brief book helps teachers fine tune their assessment through informal writing. The book provides many examples of what works, what doesn't work, and how to improve the quality of assessment. If you teach grammar and want to know if your students understand, these activities assure quality teaching and learning.

~Deborah A. Brady, Ph.D.
Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning
North Middlesex Regional School District
Pepperell, MA

In Shape Learning, Reshape Teaching, Linda Aragoni teaches how to use informal writing prompts to improve student writing (or learning in any subject). Her creative strategy is interactive, flexible, and actively engaging. There is no chance for passive learning! Linda’s informal writing prompts are sure to help all your students become better writers. You need to read this book.

~Livia N. McCoy, M.Ed.
Director, Professional Growth,

The New Community School, Richmond, VA
Learning Specialist & Blogger
Author When Learning is Painful