Elliott (literacy education and research, Purdue U., Indiana) presents teachers of grades 3-8 a brief, thoughtful guide to the use of a writer's notebook as a tool for developing literacy and organiza
English professors Moore (Eastern Kentucky U.) and Miller (Portland State U., Oregon) advise graduate students in English to determine their professional goals early enough that they can use their tim
Golub, a former professor of English education, presents 23 essays on new ways to respond to student writing that take into account both the increased pressures teachers face in the digital age and re
Bruce, Baldwin, and Umphrey (all English, associated with U. of Montana and public schools on the Flathead Indian Reservation) offer English teachers at the high school level a series of lessons and t
The answer for how to teach a play in an English literature or language arts course begins with an understanding of what drama does that is different from prose fiction, says Rocklin (California Polyt
Introduces different kinds of poems, including headline, letter, recipe, list, and monologue, and provides exercises in writing poems based on both memory and imagination
Endo shares her experience of teaching high school students about the detention of Japanese Americans during World War II, emphasizing their reactions and responses to various works of Japanese Ame