Kelly Gallagher Quotes

#1. Shouldn't schools be the place where students interact with interesting books? Shouldn't the faculty have an ongoing laser-like commitment to put good books in our students' hands? Shouldn't this be a front-burner issue at all times?

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#2. WYTIWYG" (pronounced "witty-wig"): What You Test Is What You Get.

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#3. Authentic interest is generated when students are given the opportunity to delve deeply into an interesting idea.

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#4. I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader.

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#5. To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading.

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#6. What do we mean when we say our school 'values' reading?

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#7. Want to extinguish an adolescent's curiosity? Cover as much material as possible.

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#8. Teach your students real-world writing purposes, add a teacher who models his or her struggles with the writing process, throw in lots of real-world mentor texts for students to emulate, and give our kids the time necessary to enable them to stretch as writers.

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#9. I also talk a lot in Deeper Reading about the importance that confusion plays. When my students come to me, they think confusion is bad. They are wrong. Confusion is the place where learning occurs.

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