7 Quotes & Sayings By Roy Peter Clark

Roy Peter Clark is a writer, speaker, and teacher. His book "How We Read: What Every Student Should Know" has helped countless teachers broaden the way students read and use what they read. Clark has won numerous awards for excellence in education, including the National Education Writers Association Award, the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award, and the American Library Association's Berenice Abbott Award for Excellence in Children's Book Illustration. He was honored with the National Council of Teachers of English Distinguished Teaching Award in 2002.

Everyone should read, we say, but we act as if...
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Everyone should read, we say, but we act as if only those with special talent should write. Roy Peter Clark
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All of us possess a reading vocabulary as big as a lake but draw from a writing vocabulary as small as a pond. The good news is that the acts of searching and gathering always expand the number of usable words. Roy Peter Clark
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A teacher of mine once said there are no true synonyms. Roy Peter Clark
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The bridge between the words glamour and grammar is magic. According to the OED, glamour evolved through an ancient association between learning and enchantment. Roy Peter Clark
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But doesn't add something to what has come before; but takes something away. At its most daring, it can feel like a Bat Turn, a 180-degree spin int the Batmobile. Make that a But Turn. Roy Peter Clark
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Whether the vessel is a legal document or a rap song, language is often chosen ot exclude. To use a scholarly phrase, "discourse communities" are often gated, so it's the good writer's job to offer readers a set of keys. Roy Peter Clark