Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

03.21.13 The Art of the Sentence

Over the past few years I’ve come to believe more and more strongly in the power of the sentence as a tool for developing proficiency in reading and writing.  The fundamental problem, for students who don’t write or read as well as they could, is often that they aren’t good enough at creating sentences that capture…