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Touchstone Texts: Fertile Ground for Creativity

Irma Sturgell

When state and local standards drive instruction, teachers often worry about compromising their creativity for a prescriptive curriculum with predictable outcomes. It is possible for creative teaching to flourish by using touchstone texts, or mentor texts, that engage both teacher and student in exploratory yet purposeful learning.

Abstract from Sturgell, I. (2008, February). Touchstone Texts: Fertile Ground for Creativity. The Reading Teacher, 61(5), 411–414. doi: 10.1598/RT.61.5.5