Honoring Students’ Interests in Sports to Support Literacy Learning, Part II
This post (the second of two parts) is written by member Alan Brown. Luke Rodesiler wrote the first part. There is …
What You Think Is Not Necessarily What I Need To Think
Intellectual Freedom means just that, the freedom to use our intellects to learn and think about what we want to …
How Students Helped to Discover the Relevancy of Poetry in the 21st Century
This post is written by member Christopher Margolin. Teachers tend to teach poetry because they feel it has supposed to …
The 100th Day of School
The 100th day of school is celebrated in schools around the country, usually near the month of February. The 100th …
Critical Literacy Is Needed Now More Than Ever
This post was written by NCTE member Leigh Patel. In 1996, a group of ten scholars of literacy, semiotics, feminism, …
Poetry and English Journal
During National Poetry Month, we will be posting poems that originally ran in one of the ten journals published by …
Bringing Great Immigrants Comics into Classrooms
In a new NCTE partnership with Carnegie Corporation of New York, teachers will develop lesson plans and teaching resources based …
Wrapping Up: NCTE Reads Week Four
This post was written by NCTE member Vikki Orepitan. I think this week has been my favorite! The conversations in …
NCTE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS IN WRITING FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS
This post is a reprint of a blog by member Kate Walker. Something I learned through PCTELA was that I …
Crafting and Conducting a Successful Socratic Seminar
This post was written by member Megan Grandmont. “I never thought about it that way before.” “I agree with what …