Clearing the Way is written for English teachers whose job is to help teenagers become better writers.Clearing the Way is written for English teachers whose job is to help teenagers become better writers.Hide synopsis
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Romano walks the reader through his teaching style and the goals that he has as an English teacher, which center on student engagement. The main way of doing this, he says, is to make the assignments valid to them. Teachers need to allow the creative juices to flow and let student's individual voices emerge. By fostering creative writing, students are motivated to put pen to paper and the ideas flow from there. In addition to using examples from his own classroom, Romano cites several pieces of research to show that his techniques are a necessity, not the latest fad.
I think every English teacher should read Romano because he has excellent ideas for teaching literature as well as expository writing. In addition, a lot of his techniques are easy to implement and enjoyable for students.
This book set in motion my realization that teaching secondary English is my calling. It wasn't until I picked up this book that I realized this is what I should be doing with my life. Before this, I was lost in the world of elementary education, not being able to find my place in that world. I finally realized that my world is secondary, not elementary. I guess you could say this book "cleared the way" for an epiphany of sorts. :o)
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