Confessions of an English Teacher: All About the Teaching of Writing in the High School

Confessions of an English Teacher: All About the Teaching of Writing in the High School is the fourth in the series of writings about the teaching of English at the secondary level. The author shares his views on the teaching of writing, drawing on his extensive experience teaching writing at several high schools and six community colleges.

The author offers essential suggestions for teaching writing to both new and experienced English teachers. Teaching writing requires the English teacher's close involvement with their students. Teaching writing requires modeling the kind of writing students are aiming to achieve. Teaching writing is about helping students learn to write by guiding them through the writing process. Once an English teacher has taught students the writing process, they can apply it to the following paper they have to write.

The book is filled with ideas from a long tenure as a writing teacher at two different educational levels: high school and college. English teachers can benefit from the wisdom in the remarks on teaching writing and learn to apply them in their own classrooms. The author believes that several of the ideas will be transformative for the school's English teachers.