Embracing Popular Literary Adaptations as Educational Tools
This post is by guest writer Lissette Lopez Szwydky-Davis and member Sean P. Connors. Is it acceptable to teach a …
Lost in the Past
This blog is written by seventh grader Grace Higgins, a student of NCTE member Joe Pizzo. Joe Pizzo’s introduction: When …
When Learning Gets Personal, Part 5: The Graduation
This post is written by NCTE’s North Carolina P12 Policy Analyst Bryan Christopher. It is the fifth part of a …
What’s a Book For? Some Things to Consider when Planning for Conversations
This post is written by NCTE member, Richard Meyer, who will be participating in a symposium at the Whole Language …
The Day They Came to Get Two Books
This blog was written by Courtney Kincaid, recipient of the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award Honorable Mention. I …
“What Work Is”: Writing about Work in First-Year Composition
This post is excerpted from Christian Aguiar’s article “ ‘What Work Is’: Writing about Work in First-Year Composition” in the December …
Writing Personal Memoirs: An Opportunity for Differentiation in the Classroom
This post by NCTE member Jennifer Kirsch was published first in 2016. My 5th graders spend their first …
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. …
Embracing Diverse Perspectives in Young Adult Literature
This post is written by NCTE member, Sybil Durand. As a former 10th-grade English teacher and current assistant professor in …
#NCTEchat: Teaching Controversial Works of Literature
Hosted by: Jim Brooks, @TeachGoodThings Join us for a lively conversation about the challenging texts we choose to use in the classroom. …