Commenting on Comments: Getting Students to Read and Understand Feedback
This post by NCTE member Anne Mooney was reprinted from her blog Habits of ELA: Reflections of a High School …
The Territory of Literature
2016’s first issue of English Education offers the last article by the late George Hillocks Jr., “The Territory of Literature.” …
Student-led Inquiry
Learners with agency can “intentionally make things happen by [their] actions,” and “agency enables people to play a part in …
Reading That Makes Sense: A Reader Revalued
This post is written by member Susan Warren. “James, what makes your friends good readers?” “They just magically know all …
Powerful Stories
The following post is excerpted from an article by Phil Johnson published in The Council Chronicle (November 2014.) Speaking to …
Creative Writing as a Path to Finding One’s Tribe
Those of us who are writers and part of writing communities know well the truth in Clifton’s quote. And in …
Teaching Resistance in Unjust Times
This post is written by NCTE Historian Jonna Perillo. Like many of you, I took pleasure in reading the many …
Thoughts on Thinking
This is a guest post written by Ellen Shubich. I have been thinking about thinking. It began when the Buckingham tutor …
Mrs. Newman: Reader and Writer
This blog post is written by NCTE member Evelyn Begody. Mrs. Newman, my tenth-grade English teacher, wore her long straight …
Remodeling Your Approach to Assessment
If you missed Wednesday’s #NCTEonAir you can check it out here! Special thanks to Kathryn Mitchell Pierce and Rosario Ordoñez-Jasis …