Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

10.18.13 Syntax Play: Trading Ideas with David Didau

Just had a really nice Twitter exchange with UK blogger/teacher David Didau in which we mutually geeked out on the importance of teaching writing by teaching the craft of idea development one sentence at a time– an idea I like to call “Art of  the Sentence” and which is going to get a big fat clump…