A Tip for Teaching Challenging Texts: Position Yourself as a Learner
An excerpt from this article by Jill Tridgell appears in the March 2019 Council Chronicle. What do you do …
Leading with Vulnerability
The March issue of The Council Chronicle, available online now, looks at a dazzling range of ways in which English language …
It’s Time We All—Students and Teachers Alike—Start to Speak for Ourselves
This post was written by Susanne Rubenstein, author of Speak for Yourself: Writing with Voice (NCTE, 2018). I started …
The Peritextual Literacy Framework as a Teaching and Critical Thinking Tool
This post was written by Shelbie Witte, Don Latham, and Melissa Gross, editors of Literacy Engagement through Peritextual Analysis (ALA …
Reclaiming the Experience of Poetry
This post was written by NCTE member Kyle Vaughn, author of Lightning Paths: 75 Poetry Writing Exercises (NCTE, 2018). Poetry …
Giving Students Opportunities with the Reader Response Notebook
This post was written by NCTE member Ted Kesler, author of The Reader Response Notebook: Teaching towards Agency, Autonomy, and Accountability (2018, …
Happily Imbalanced
This essay by Shea Kerkhoff is reprinted from the July 2018 issue of English Education. Becoming an academic and …
Composition and Its Constituents in the June 2018 Issue of CCC
This post was written by member Jens Lloyd, editorial assistant for College Composition and Communication. College Composition and Communication …
Meeting the New Mainstream: How ELA Teachers Can Help Bilingual Students Succeed in the Writing Classroom
Christina Ortmeier-Hooper was interviewed for NCTE by freelance writer Trisha Collopy. For the English teachers in Christina Ortmeier-Hooper’s workshop, …
Sneak Peek at the May 2018 English Journal
This sneak peek comes courtesy of Julie Gorlewski’s “From the Editor” column in the May 2018 issue of English Journal. …