Transnational Parents as Biliteracy Observers to Support Literacy Education
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment This post was written by NCTE member Idalia Nuñez, a member …
Top Ten Lesson Plans Visited on ReadWriteThink.org in 2014
2014 is on its way out, and it’s nearly 2015! With the winter break almost here we hope you get …
What Do We Mean by Text?
“If you are struggling to find the time in class to read, it can be helpful to broaden the definition …
Build Your Stack: Two Books for the African American Read-In
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,® a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …
Alleviating the Summer “Monkey Mind”
This post is written by NCTE student member Kristeen Cherney. That first week after classes were over, I had a …
Literacy is More than Just Reading and Writing
From the NCTE Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by NCTE member Amber Peterson, a member of …
Recognizing International Women’s Day
In 1977, when the women who would establish the National Women’s History Alliance began planning a women’s history week, they …
Art and Ingenuity: Teaching Literature Through Arts Integration
This post is written by member Stacey Dallas Johnston who is serving as a 2016 Teaching Ambassador Fellow at the …
Young Adult Literature, Advanced Placement, and “Rigor”
This post is by NCTE member Cody Miller. As stated in an earlier post, my English Honors I course is …
Sneak Preview of May EJ: Textual Revolution: Reading and Writing the Word and the World
The following post is by Julie Gorlewski and David Gorlewski, NCTE members and editors of the English Journal. Words matter. …