The Confident Writing Teacher ― Cultivating Meaningful Writing in Middle School

Barker, a middle school writing teacher, shows middle school teachers how to help students improve their writing. She asks teachers to first reflect on their writing experiences, then addresses myths about writing teachers and explains how to prepare an environment for middle school writers, create lessons and experiences that will improve composition skills, evaluate writing to help students move forward, and celebrate their increased skills and confidence, with examples. There is no index. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Shelley Barker is a National Board Certified writing teacher with twenty-three years of teaching experience, all at the middle level. She resides with her husband, three teenage children and two dogs and teaches at Centennial Middle School in Snohomish, Washington.