Writer Quotes by Kelly Gallagher

“When students are taught to approach argument through inquiry, good things happen: they choose topics worthy of arguing, they gain ownership (through choice) of…

— Kelly Gallagher

Authentic interest is generated when students are given the opportunity to delve deeply into an interesting idea.

— Kelly Gallagher

“That is to say, the process of working through an argument is the process of inquiry” (2011, xxii; emphasis in original). The approach Hillocks…

— Kelly Gallagher

“writing can be used as a vehicle to express ourselves as we negotiate the journey through our lives.”

— Kelly Gallagher

I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader.

— Kelly Gallagher

“In other words, in an age of great shifts in education, very little has shifted when it comes to the teaching of adolescent readers.…

— Kelly Gallagher

“the teacher should model by writing—and think out loud while writing—in front of the class.”

— Kelly Gallagher

“Valuing reading” is often a euphemism for preparing students to pass mandated multiple-choice exams, and in dragging students down this path, schools are largely…

— Kelly Gallagher

To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading.

— Kelly Gallagher

Want to extinguish an adolescent's curiosity? Cover as much material as possible.

— Kelly Gallagher

“When we think about how to move our students into deeper levels of reading, it is helpful to remember an expression that has been…

— Kelly Gallagher

I also talk a lot in Deeper Reading about the importance that confusion plays. When my students come to me, they think confusion is…

— Kelly Gallagher