{"product_id":"hidden-gems-katherine-bomer-9780325029658","title":"Hidden Gems: Naming and Teaching from the Brilliance in Every Student's Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Open Katherine Bomer's staggeringly beautiful, generous book-you may realize that you have never before see your students' writing at all.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -\u003cstrong\u003eLucy Calkins\u003c\/strong\u003e, Author of \u003cem\u003eUnits of Study for Teaching Writing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHidden Gems will transform the way we read student work.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Newkirk\u003c\/strong\u003e, Author of \u003cem\u003eHolding On to Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou don't get true, fire-in-the-belly energy for writing because you fear getting a bad grade, but because you have something to say and your own way of saying it.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Bomer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you're like Katherine Bomer, you've grown weary of searching for what's wrong in student writing, and you want better ways to the respond to pieces whose beauty and intelligence doesn't shine on the first read. Now she shares how she learned instead to search-sometimes near the surface, sometimes deep beneath-to find, celebrate, and teach from writers' \u003cem\u003eHidden Gems\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"My hope is that as teachers we can respond to all students' writing with astonished, appreciative, awe-struck eyes,\" writes Katherine. Through protocols, sample assessments, and demonstrations with actual student work, she shows how to bring the brilliant facets of your writers to the surface as you: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003espot hidden stylistic gems in writing that is unconventional or vernacular\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003euncover content and organizational gems even when you don't find the subject matter engaging or significant\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003erespond by naming and celebrating writers' gems instead of hunting for mistakes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003egive lasting compliments using the inspiring language of published writers that motivate students to keep writing, revising, and polishing their gems.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccept Katherine Bomer's invitation to read work \"by young, unseasoned writers the way we would inquire our way into a poem by Nikki Giovanni, Jimmy Santiago Baca, or Naomi Shihab Nye and to notice the quirky brilliance and humor, the heartbreaking honesty, and surreal beauty in even the slightest bits of writing.\" You'll soon discover that student writers often perform remarkable feats in the craft of writing, and that you can achieve remarkable results with them when you uncover their\u003cem\u003eHidden Gems\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Bomer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0325029652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780325029658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heinemann Educational Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.30w x 0.40d","brand":"Katherine Bomer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913723216127,"sku":"9780325029658","price":37.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2a3e9b5b-025b-44d9-bec8-848a89cfb373.jpg?v=1680621871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hidden-gems-katherine-bomer-9780325029658","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}