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 …
A Community Literacy Project
Literacy education advocacy isn’t always about politics. Sometimes it’s about starting a community literacy project right in your own backyard. We …
ReadWriteThink.org A-Z, Part 2
In Part 1, we took a look at RWT from A to C. In this post, we will cover D-H. …
What Happened In Your State This July?
This is the next in a monthly series to inform members about what is going on in your state. This …
Three Things I Know Are True
This post comes courtesy of the “Editorial” column by Melanie Shoffner in the October 2021 issue of English Education. …
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 …
Looking Back at the “1984” Macintosh Super Bowl Commercial
The “1984” commercial launched Apple’s Macintosh personal computer in the United States in January, 1984. The 45-second ad, which aired …
Unmasking the Mythical Narrative Surrounding the Five-Paragraph Essay
This post was written by NCTE member Anastasia Gustafson. During my first year of college, I was sitting in …
The Results are In!
America’s favorite novel ever has been named: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. More than four million votes were cast …
“Should We Censor What Teens Read?”
“NO!” responds Peter Brown Hoffmeister in his recent HuffPost blog. He took up the subject after another teacher questioned his …