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Katherine Bomer

Hidden GemsNaming and Teaching from theBrilliance in Every Student’sWriting

“Katherine Bomer willtransform the way weread student work.”— Thomas Newkirk

“�My�hope�is�that�as�teachers�we�can�respond�to�all�students’�writing�with�astonished,�appreciative,�awe-struck�eyes.”

— K at h e r i n e B o m e r

If�you’re� like�Katherine�Bomer,

you’ve grown weary of searching

for what’s wrong in student

writing, and you want better ways

to respond to pieces whose beauty

and intelligence doesn’t shine on

the first read. Now she shares how

she learned instead to search—

sometimes near the surface,

sometimes deep beneath—to

find, celebrate, and teach from

writers’ Hidden Gems.

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In�this�elegant,� �

practical�resource,�

Katherine�Bomer�shares�

how�to�search�students’�

writing—sometimes�near�

the�surface,� sometimes�

deep�beneath—to�find,�

celebrate,�and�teach�from�

writers’�Hidden Gems.

Katherine Bomer

Hidden GemsNaming and Teaching from theBrilliance in Every Student’sWriting

“Katherine Bomer willtransform the way weread student work.”— Thomas Newkirk Katherine Bomer is both a gifted

writer and a gifted teacher of writing. She

uses her writers’ eye to focus on craft not just

an instructional goal but as an instructional

tool that helps writers grow well beyond

the range of most assessments. “You don’t

get true, fire-in-the-belly energy for writing

because you fear getting a bad grade,” she

writes in Hidden Gems, “but because you

have something to say and your own way of

saying it.” An internationally known consultant

and frequent keynote speaker, Katherine

began her consulting career with the Teachers

College Reading and Writing Project. In

addition to Writing a Life, she is coauthor of

the Heinemann title For a Better World and

delivers on-site PD

through Heinemann

Professional

Development

Services.

Through protocols, sample assessments, and demonstrations

with student work, you’ll learn to bring the brilliant facets of

your writers to the surface as you:

◆ spot stylistic gems in unconventional or vernacular

writing

◆ uncover content and organizational gems even when

content isn’t engaging or significant

◆ respond by naming and celebrating writers’ gems

instead of hunting for mistakes

◆ give lasting compliments using the inspiring language

of published writers so students keep writing, revising,

and polishing their gems.

Join Katherine Bomer, “read young, unseasoned writers the

way we would Jimmy Santiago Baca or Naomi Shihab Nye,

and notice the quirky brilliance, the heartbreaking honesty,

and surreal beauty in even the slightest writing.” You’ll

discover that students perform remarkable feats in the craft

of writing, and that you can achieve remarkable results with

them when you uncover their Hidden Gems.