Professional writers have known for years how essential time, ownership, and response are for the success of their writing. Fortunately, we are discovering that these factors are also essential when students write, no matter what their age or language ability. Dialogue journal writing is one way to provide these dynamics for the students in your classroom. If you have no experience with this activity, Joy Kreeft Peyton and Leslie Reed will get you started. Between them, they have 30 years of first-hand experience with dialogue journal writing. Experienced practitioners will find new ideas to revitalize their teaching. Peyton and Reed explain how to effectively start dialogue journal writing with students, how to maintain the dialogue once begun, and how to deal with typical problems that may arise. This handbook is the first comprehensive volume to offer practical advice in an easy-to-use format free of jargon. It is recommended for teachers of nonnative English-speaking students in mainstream, bilingual, or ESL programs, from kindergarten through high school. It also has direct application to native English-speaking, gifted and talented, learning-disabled, and special education students. - from Amzon