Using Literature to Shatter Our Entrenched Views, Part I
Pulitzer-Prize–winning journalist Sonia Nazario was the keynote speaker at NCTE’s 2014 Annual Convention. What follows is her reflection three years …
Sneak Peek: July 2017 English Journal
This post is written by members Julie Gorlewski and David Gorlewski, editors of English Journal. The work of teaching illustrates …
What Happened to Carlos?
This post is written by member Erin O’Neill Armendarez, NCTE’s Higher Education Policy Analyst for New Mexico. One semester years …
Listing the Difference
This post is written by member Donna Brown. As educators, we are constantly being asked to do more and perform …
MLA 8: We Are Here, But Should We Have Come?
(American Attitudes toward the New Version of the Popular Documentation Style) This post is written by member Beth Gulley. I’m …
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 …
Writing Language and Culture
This is a guest post by Ellen Shubich. Language changes, as do the “rules” related to its usage. My sixteen-year-old …
Grading Practices That Grow Writers
This is a guest post by Arina Bokas. Two years ago, I started to question my grading practices and what …
What Writers Really Need: A Trifecta of Teaching Moves That Revolutionize Writing Instruction
This post is written by member Patty McGee. A few questions for you: Have you noticed that when you correct …
Sneak Preview of May EJ: Textual Revolution: Reading and Writing the Word and the World
The following post is by Julie Gorlewski and David Gorlewski, NCTE members and editors of the English Journal. Words matter. …