Taking Blackout Poetry to the Next Level
This post was written by NCTE member JM Farkas. About 2,220,000 hits in 0.50 seconds. These are the results …
Experiencing Discovery and Surprise through Poetry
This is an excerpt from Chapter 5, Catching Tigers in Red Weather: Imaginative Writing and Student Choice in High School, by …
Decolonizing the Classroom: Step 1
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member Michael Seward, a member …
The Ways of a Challenge
A book challenge is personal. A teacher hears someone telling them that their values—the values that led to their use …
Changing the Conversation on Assessment with Administrators
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Assessment This blog was written by Bobbie Kabuto, a member of the NCTE …
What College Faculty Can Learn from Teaching High School Students
This post was written by NCTE members Paula Patch and Greg Hlavaty. As first-year writing teachers, our primary experience …
Doing Digital Advocacy
From the NCTE Assembly on Computers in English (ACE) This post was written by NCTE member Mary Rice, a member of …
The Pen Is Mighty Indeed
Why else would people take writing so seriously? Some think writing so powerful that their children will turn into sorcerers …
Humor in the Classroom
Bruce A. Goebel, author of Humor Writing: Activities for the English Classroom, says that incorporating humor writing into the classroom …
Building Diverse Collections of LGBTQ-Inclusive Children’s Literature to Expand Windows and Mirrors for Youth
From the NCTE LGBTQ Advisory Committee This post was written by Stephen Adam Crawley, a member of NCTE’s LGBTQ Advisory Committee. …