Five Reasons Teachers Love Student Choice
In Wentzville, Missouri, some high school teachers changed how they taught reading, and after seeing the results, they report they …
Build Your Stack: Eight Metaphor-Rich Poetry Recommendations
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Screenwriting as an ELA Exercise
Our November 2015 English Journal offers the article “Lights, Camera, Write: How Scene Writing Can Help Students Write in Multiple …
English Studies Reimagined
This post was written by NCTE member Bruce McComiskey. I’ve been called for jury duty four times in …
What’s New at #NCTE18?
This year’s Convention gives us an opportunity to celebrate student voice. As teachers dedicated to literacy learning, we know the …
What Does Cherry Picking Have to Do With Literary Analysis?
This post is written by member Christina Lovdal Gil. I’ve been thinking and reading a lot recently about the various …
Mrs. Stuart Goes to Washington: The Last Word
Before I begin my tour of the museums here in DC, I want to take a minute to extend my …
Disciplinary Literacy
Do you collaborate with colleagues in different disciplines when developing curriculum? Do you have conversations with your peers about how …
Building a Vibrant Classroom Library without Breaking the Bank
This post is written by member Haley Moehlis. The research is clear: if we want students to read, we must …
The Powerful Words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In honor and celebration of a writer and orator whose words changed the world, we offer four short quotes from …