Across America, in thousands of classrooms, from elementary school to high school, the time-tested sentence-composing approach has given students tools to become better writers. Now the Killgallons pr
This book is a collection of writings by Don Murray (1923-2006), a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and long-time educator in English. Editors Newkirk and Miller (U. of New Hampshire) chose carefully
"The recognition in this volume is that WPA responses to the conditions of work comprise a particular discourse in the academy that itself is constitutive of the very nature of the job and the self-re
This book's focus on the different types of ESL learners, such as students from different countries, students of various academic levels, and Generation 1.5 Learners, is remarkable. It is a very usefu
The recent cases of Doris Kearns Goodwin and Kaavya Viswanathan demonstrate that plagiarism is a hot-button issue. It is also pervasive, occurring in universities, four-year colleges, community colleg
Writing academic essays in college often seems mysterious to students who do not yet understand the process of developing an idea into a finished piece of reasoned prose. Writing Your Way Through Coll
An exceptionally thoughtful investigation of writing in the academic disciplines-one of the best I have ever read. A smart and elegant book. - Mike Rose, author of Lives on the Boundary How do facul
The first edition of A Tutor's Guide helped tutors across the country connect composition theory to the everyday events in their tutoring sessions. This second edition moves further into the practica
Voice as Process looks at how student writers use the voices of home and community to develop an academic voice. Through a thorough textual analysis of student portfolios, copious interviews, and eth
The 1960s: a time of protests and civil rights marches, sit-ins and speak-outs, free-love rallies and anti-establishment Yip-ins. Yet going largely unnoticed was another powerful revolution: the expl
Whether championing the grammatical analysis of phrases and clauses or arguing for the vital importance of sentence diagramming, Mulroy offers a lucid, learned, passionate account of the history, imp
This book is designed to be read on the runbetween periods, while planning, even while teachingto make every minute count in your classroom, to help you work smarter and more effectively.
In this groundbreaking book, Sheridan Blau introduces the literature workshop as the most effective approach to solving many of the classic instructional problems.
Breaking (into) the Circle offers tested methods for utilizing groups in the English classroom, methods that won't lead to anarchy but will lead to a classroom where students cooperate in the pursuit
Pirie teaches high school English in Ontario, Canada. He argues that it's time for educators to address the difficulties of being a male teenager in an English class with the same energy and commitme
Cheville (literacy education, Rutgers U.) watched basketball players over two years to determine how their athletic activity involved different means of learning. She found an ideological gap between
Burke has published previously on teaching English, reading, and grant writing. Here he offers 100 techniques for teaching reading, based on his experiences as a high school English teacher, and usin
Identifies young adult novels with Shakespearean features, analyzes the Bard's major plays and the novels that are based on them, and discusses what life was like for young adults during Shakespeare'
Finkel (The Evergreen State College) offers a deeply democratic pedagogical model, in sharp departure from the usual ways of teaching. Each chapter presents a case study, a story, or a sustained image
Presents information about sustained silent reading programs, including a synopsis of research and an explanation of eight factors necessary for program success, and provides lists of suggested readin
Imbued with Romano's passion for teaching, Blending Genre, Altering Style is an invaluable reference for any inservice or preservice English language arts teacher.
Radical Presence is a book about our lives as well as our work, suggesting that the "secrets" of good teaching are the same as the secrets of good living.
Unlike traditional grammar books that emphasize sentence analysis, this worktext asks students to imitate the sentence styles of professional writers, making the sentence composing process enjoyable
Unlike traditional grammar books that emphasize sentence analysis, this worktext asks students to imitate the sentence styles of professional writers, making the sentence composing process enjoyable
Unlike traditional grammar books that emphasize sentence analysis, this worktext asks students to imitate the sentence styles of professional writers, making the sentence composing process enjoyable
Provides grounding in principles and practices of reading, writing, and language development for teachers in multicultural and multilingual classrooms. Material is based on principles of whole languag
In Reel Conversations, Alan Teasley and Ann Wilder discuss and demonstrate the powerful role film can play in the language arts classroom, both as a subject in itself and as a key dimension of langua
Murray (English, U. of New Hampshire) presents the basic techniques of writing, and the emotional and mental attitudes necessary to write effectively. He discusses developing a writing habit, explori
Weaver extends her philosophy by offering teachers a rationale and practical ideas for teaching grammar not in isolation but in the context of writing.
A richly detailed account of the experiences of teachers, tutors, and students in a university writing center whose main mission was to enable basic and ESL writers to handle college writing demands.
This book counters most of our prevailing views about literacy. It says that literacy, rather than enfranchising people, is violent, ulterior, and uniquely devoted to Western economic ends.
Provides the text of the play accompanied by notes and an introduction. Also includes a section of study questions and a brief biography of Shakespeare.
This book brings together eight years of teaching and research connected with the integrated basic reading and writing course developed at the University of Pittsburgh.
Telling Writing helps students break away from the deadly academic prose fostered by so many writing courses and enables them to write about and from their own experiences.
