Penny Kittle lives by her words, "When you stand next to beautiful writing, your writing is just kind of set free." Penny shares how her latest book, Micro Mentor Texts: Using Short Passages From Great Books to Teach Writer's Craft offers a process for studying and teaching on the shoulders of incredible authors as mentors to transform student writing.

Ep. Mentions:

• Donald Murray
• Donald Graves
• Thomas Newkirk
• Tom Romano
• Book Love Foundation
• Matt de la Peña
• Kelly Gallagher-180 Days & Four Essential Studies
• Andrea Davis Pinkney
• Rebekah O'Dell
• Kwame Alexander (My Mother's Fried Chicken Was a Link to My Past—and My Daughter's Future)
• All Parents are Cowards 
• Sarah Zerwin-Point-Less
• Ezra Klein 
• Chris Crutcher
• Peter Elbow
• Jacqueline Woodson

Penny's Recommendations:

• Writing with Mentors: How to Reach Every Writer in the Room Using Current, Engaging Mentor Texts 
• The Teacher You Want to Be: Essays about Children, Learning, and Teaching  
• Craft and Process Studies: Units That Provide Writers with Choice of Genre 

Penny's Selected Writing:

• On Joy, Teaching, and the Deep Satisfaction of Writing
• NCTE Speech: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in Teaching 
• Engaged in Young Adult Literature: A Collaborative Conversation

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• via Website 
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