George Hillocks, Jr. is Professor Emeritus in the departments of Education and English Language and Literature at The University of Chicago. He has taught writing in Chicago schools for over twenty-five years. In 1997 he won the NCTE David H. Russell Research Award for the book Teaching Writing as Reflective Practice. In 2004 he received NCTE’s Distinguished Service Award.
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Level: 6-16
Promoting inference making and interpretation in reading literature
Writing narrative
Writing argument
Critical thinking
Integrating critical thinking, writing and literature
Curriculum development
Grammar usage and language development