Getting It Right Fresh Approaches to Teaching Grammar, Usage, and Correctness

MICHAEL W. SMITH, professor in the College of Education at Temple University and former high school teacher for 11 years, has written eight books, including Authorizing Readers: Resistance and Respect in the Teaching of Literature (with Peter Rabinowitz) and Understanding Unreliable Narrators. His previous collaborations with Jeff Wilhelm include Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men and Going with the Flow: How to Engage Boys (and Girls) in Their Literacy Learning. JEFFREY D. WILHELM is the author or coauthor of 15 books for teachers, including Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys (winner of the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research) and Improving Comprehension With Think Aloud Strategies. He was a middle and high school teacher for 13 years, and currently serves as professor of English Education at Boise State University and Founding Director of the Boise State Writing Project. He also teaches each year in middle school as part of a professional development school.Smith, Michael W. is the author of 'Getting It Right Fresh Approaches to Teaching Grammar, Usage, and Correctness', published 2007 under ISBN 9780439669337 and ISBN 0439669332.