Clearing the Way : Working with Teenage Writers

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Summary: Helpful Tool for Teaching Effective Writing to Teens
Review: Romano's book has some valuable and practical methods of "inspiring" writing to teenagers. If I taught writing to teens based on what I learned (during the sixties and seventies), I would be a disastrous failure, not prompting young people to truly expand their talents. I found myself craving Romano's student examples, reading them over and over, and amazed at what teens are capable of, provided a nuturing, supporitive teacher, not a directive, tunneled, self-absorbed instructor. Romano's work will surely affect me if I someday teach. Teachers today would surely benefit if Tom were to update this book, revising it for the 21st century, though most of the book is timeless.

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Summary: Inspirational
Review: Tom Romano knows high school students. His book is inspirational and pragmatic. He provides stories of his students as writers and gives some great insight into the art of reading student papers for the good things that are there. I heard him speak last summer - the man knows his stuff. I liked the book even more after listening to him.