David Lee Finkle – Page 2

Sometimes, there isn’t one right answer. Sometimes it’s okay to admit we don’t know.

What does healthy literacy look like? What does a healthy reading life look like? What does Writing Health look like?

I thought, There must be a key to good endings. It must be a skill – a teachable, practice-able skill.
The answer: Irony.

Rubrics tend to be about compliance, not thinking…

What does Stephen Sondheim have to do with writing instruction? The answer: Everything.

Great student writers, the ones whose work I can’t wait to read, notice what writers do and begin to see how it all works together.

Closeup elements are how the story is told. Big Picture elements are the story itself.

“…in many writing classrooms, students are learning to write by not being allowed to do any of the things “real” writers do: make choices.”

The experience of writing a novel together didn’t inhibit individual creativity – it made them all want to go home and write more on their own.