Three Key Practices to Revitalize Reader Response Notebooks
A portion of this article by Lorna Collier appears in the September 2019 Council Chronicle. Reinvigorating the Reader Response …
Books Beyond the Boundaries
As educators, we are continually reaching beyond our own boundaries, and we encourage our students to reach beyond themselves, too, …
The Importance of Talking Points in Literacy Education
This post is by long-time members Deborah MacPhee and Sally Brown, editors of Talking Points. As we were scrolling through …
Observations on Teaching and Learning with English Language Learners
This post was written by NCTE member Haley Moehlis. An ESOL teacher and I co-teach a section of composition. …
A Recipe to Pair with Sandra Cisneros’s “My Lucy Friend Who Smells like Corn”
A story and a batch of cornbread created classroom community for Brent Peters and his students at Fernville High School …
Celebrating Shakespeare with NCTE
On April 23 in 1564, William Shakespeare was born. It’s been said that Shakespeare’s complete works consist of 884,647 words …
Moving from “Them” to “Us”
This month’s English Leadership Quarterly includes Christina Saidy’s article “Moving from Them to Us: Making New Arguments about Teaching and …
Build Your Stack: Curating a Menu of Mentors
This blog post was written by NCTE member Lynsey Burkins. It’s part of Build Your Stack,® an NCTE initiative focused exclusively on helping …
Field Notes: NCTE in Action
Last week NCTE had three different programs underway in the span of five days. (Who says teachers take summers off?) …
October 2021 #NCTEchat: Teaching LGBTQ History in ELA and Literacy Curriculum
Join us on Sunday, October 17, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #NCTEchat where NCTE members Ileana Jiménez (@feministteacher) and …