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Linda Rief

Linda Rief is the author or coeditor of five Heinemann titles, including Inside the Writer's-Reader's Notebook (2007), The Writer's-Reader's Notebook (2007), Adolescent Literacy (2007), Vision and Voice (1999), and Seeking Diversity (1992), as well as the author of 100 Quickwrites (2003). She is an eighth-grade teacher at Oyster River Middle School in Durham, New Hampshire, and an instructor in the University of New Hampshire ’s Summer Literacy Institute. She is also a national and international consultant on issues of adolescent literacy. In 2000 she was the recipient of NCTE’s Edwin A. Hoey Award for Outstanding Middle School Educator in the English/Language Arts. Her classroom was featured in the series Making Meaning in Literature produced by Maryland Public Television for Annenberg/CPB.

 
 

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Clock Watchers authors Stevi Quate and John McDermott find out just how dramatic an effect the Six C... How to Reach Your Clock Watchers

Tom Romano, author of Crafting Authentic Voice and Zigzag, and Penny Kittle, author of the NCTE awar... Can voice be taught?

Steve Zemelman and Harry Ross (authors of 13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment) interview two teachers wh... 13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment