The English Teacher?s Companion Fourth Edition by Jim Burke

The English Teacher?s Companion Fourth Edition by Jim Burke ISBN-13: 9780325028408 ISBN-10: 0325028400Verified PurchaseWhile this reinforced my thoughts on education it gave little information for me to be able to apply many of the ideas in my classroom. High school teachers would likely find it more helpful, but being on the lower end of the grades, I would have to heavily modify much of the information. In addition, I feel like Burke complains that one flaw of teachers is the ?aboutitis? where we teach about something more than actually teaching it, however I feel that is what most of this book is.It did help me visualize more conversations occurring in my classroom and how to better frame reading through discussion, which is why I went up to 4 stars. The journey was worth it, but not the most effective it could be.