English Journal - Volume 100, Issue 2, 2010

Members of the Secondary Section Steering Committee comment on topics of importance to English language arts educators.

What are ten ways to reduce educational barriers, raise expectations, and improve learning for all students?

A teacher and her students discover together some insights about being human.

How can new technologies and different views of knowledge and language stretch concepts of “normal”?

Here are some general “rules” for teaching and two writing activities: one an authentic research project and one a creative project.

When students see a real-world connection to the literature they’re reading, they learn more about the literature—and the world.

What can analyzing a popular animated film teach students about society’s view of disability?

A high school teacher and a college teacher help students explore critical questions about stereotypical depictions of disability in literature, films, TV shows, and websites.

What happened when students with reading difficulties blogged with a prize-winning graphic novelist?

These authors provide recommendations and activities for teaching films that include people with disabilities.

A teacher with a disability and her students learn something valuable from each other.

Two teacher educators describe lessons that expand literacy options in English language arts.

From teaching her son, a teacher learns some lessons about using all students’ individual strengths and learning styles.

A teacher and mother learns what works as she watches her daughter finally find success in school through writing and sports.