Using Writing to Explore Social Class
This post is an excerpt from the English Journal article “Using Writing to Explore Social Class” by NCTE member Katelynn …
June #NCTEchat: What Should Juneteenth Mean to Us?
Join us Sunday, June 18, at 8:00 p.m. ET, on Twitter for the June #NCTEchat, “What Should Juneteenth Mean to …
English Teachers as Contemporary Shamans
I am always behind in my reading, so today, I finally picked up the Winter 2017 edition of The ALAN …
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 …
Teachers, the Students Right to Write, and the Law
We know that to write well, students have to write. We also know that the process of writing, in the …
On the Menu: Quinoa and Cervantes
This post is written by NCTE member Michael Guevara. Before it became all the rage as a super grain for …
Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing
“Just as the nature of and expectation for literacy has changed in the past century and a half, so has …
Which Childhood Experiences are “Appropriate,” and Says Who?
What happens when the objecting adult is a colleague imposing their own ideas about text appropriateness while shutting down that …
The Power of Storytelling: Using Narrative to Develop Speaking and Listening Skills
This post was written by NCTE members April Brannon and Jill Lomheim. Undoubtedly, narrative writing is a valuable part …
President Barack Obama, a Poet?
Americans made history in 2008 by electing Barack Obama as the nation’s first Black U.S. president. In addition to his …