Notes from the Middle Level Section: Drawing the Middle School Student’s Voice from the Chasms: Using Teacher Insight Inspired by the Classroom to Share with Others in Print

What makes middle school students special can be harnessed to elicit unique writing voices from the classroom. Ways in which the teacher may accomplish writing success in the classroom are explored in this article as well as avenues that teachers may take to become authors in the classroom or in the world of publication. Lin shares her experiences with the reader to underscore the importance of getting involved as a teacher of writing. Further ways of contributing to the educational realm is also explained as the reader learns about author opportunities and the work of an NCTE committee.