Teaching the Neglected "R": Rethinking Writing Instruction in Secondary Classrooms

Thomas Newkirk is the bestselling author of Minds Made for Stories along with numerous other Heinemann titles, including Writing Unbound, Embarrassment, The Art of Slow Reading, The Performance of Self in Student Writing (winner of the NCTE's David H. Russell Award), and Misreading Masculinity. He taught writing at the University of New Hampshire for thirty-nine years, and founded the New Hampshire Literacy Institutes, a summer program for teachers. In addition to working as a teacher, writer, and editor, he has served as the chair of his local school board for seven years.

Richard Kent coedited the Heinemann title Teaching the Neglected "R" (2007, with Thomas Newkirk) and authored Beyond Room 109 (2000) and Room 109 (1997). He is the director of the Maine Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project, and an assistant professor of literacy at The University of Maine. Along with his books on writing, portfolios, and independent-study projects for secondary students, Rich has written A Guide to Creating Student-Staffed Writing Centers, 612 (2006).