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Annotated Bibliography “Boys’ Writing: A ‘Hot Topic’ … but what are the strategies?” Education-Today.net. 18 June 2010 < []  >. This article declares that boys are falling further behind girls in writing than in other English targets. It then goes on to explore a case study on a male student; teachers worked closely with this student in the classroom, along with other boys in order to help improve their writing. The findings discover that the development of handwriting and the importance of journal writing are helpful in developing the students’ voice and in assessing their progress. “Boys’ achievement in secondary schools” Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). 18 June 2010 < []  >. This document discusses the main findings and background information on boys and their thoughts/process with writing. It also talks about a survey, the differences between boys and girls writing, and draws conclusions about what it all means for the future. Goiran-Bevelhimer, A.F. (2008). Boys and writing:implications for creating school writing curriculum and instruction that is boy friendly. Journal for the Political Arts and Sciences, 13(1), Retrieved from [] . This article talks about boys’ attitudes about writing and strategies for helped them to get interested in the writing process. It also give the difference about girls and boys in the English classroom. Pirie, B. (2002). Teenage boys and high school english. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. This book gives insight into how boys think and instead of trying to change their way of thinking embracing it to get them to read and write. It gives real life examples about lessons that you can use to encourage boys to use their thoughts and feelings and turn them into pieces of writing. Shaughnessy, M. (2006, October 26). An Interview with ralph fletcher: on boys writing. Retrieved from [] . This interview helped the reader to see what topics boys are interested in when it comes to writing. Fletcher encourages teachers to give boys more freedom in their writing and shares why it is so important. He believes that teachers tend to make the boys’ voice disappear overtime instead of using it to their advantage.