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English Journal - Volume 95, Issue 1, 2005
Volume 95, Issue 1, 2005
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From the Secondary Section: The Top Ten Reasons to Join Us in Pittsburgh
Author(s): Agathaniki (Niki) LocklearMembers of the Secondary Section Steering Committee comment on topics of importance to English language arts educators.
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Snapshots:Convention Memoir: Bringing a Little "Significance" Back to the Trenches
Author(s): Janet Ewell“Snapshots” offers insights about teaching and learning through teacher stories about a particular classroom event.
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Speaking My Mind: Orwell Farmed for Education
Author(s): Tracy Sutherland“Speaking My Mind” invites readers to speak out about controversial issues relevant to the teaching of English language arts.
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Teacher to Teacher: What Play by a Playwright Other Than Shakespeare Has Been Especially Effective with Your Students?
“Teacher to Teacher” provides a forum for teachers to share ideas, materials, and activities.
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Why We Need Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers
Author(s): Nathan Coates“Teacher to Teacher” provides a forum for teachers to share ideas, materials, and activities.
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Teaching Literature and Language through Guided Discovery and Informal Classroom Drama
Author(s): Gina DeBlaseGina DeBlase describes how two teachers use collaborative dramatic activities to help students make connections to the text and become empowered by language. The activities can be used with plays as well as other types of literature.
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The Transformative Power of Drama: Bringing Literature and Social Justice to Life
Author(s): Allison L. DowneyAllison L. Downey uses dramatic tableaux to help students think critically about literature as well as social and historical episodes. Students move to more abstract thinking, going beyond plot to an understanding of theme and metaphor.
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Give Me Moor Proof: Othello in Seventh Grade
Author(s): Eileen LandayEileen Landay describes a project for drama study that culminates in a performance not of the play but of the writing and interpretive work the students completed. Immersed in art, students used “performance work to support the development of cognition, language skills, and a sense of agency as meaning makers.”
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Reading between the Lines: Strategies to Discover Meaning from a Text
Author(s): Anna QuinnAnna Quinn describes her use of dramatic activities for interpreting texts along with other techniques to help improve college reading skills. Students demonstrated measurable increases in reading levels as a result.
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Challenging Normative Sexual and Gender Identity Beliefs through Romeo and Juliet
Author(s): Paula ResslerDrawing on classroom and workshop experience, Paula Ressler discusses ways to approach “the most renowned example of heterosexual romance and tragedy” through an LGBTQ lens.
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Beyond the Page: Students as Actor-Readers
Author(s): Claudia Klein FelskeWith the aid of a guest workshop leader, high school teacher Claudia Klein Felske created a vital dramatic experience in the classroom. She presents three activities that helped students “experience the intensity of language and discover the ramifications of words” in Othello.
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Using The Original Approach to Teach Shakespeare
Author(s): Claudia Klein FelskeBy using a teaching method simulating the experience of the actors of the Elizabethan stage, Bruce Robbins brought to the classroom a fresh approach to teaching Shakespeare. Close attention to structure and individual words helped students find cues from the text to enhance their understanding.
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Wrighting: Crafting Critical Literacy through Drama
Author(s): Joseph M. ShoshJoseph M. Shosh shows how he made writing central in a drama class to build critical literacy. He describes writing tasks such as creating scenes from personal observations and using acting journals as well as writing projects necessarily involved with play production.
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Using Process Drama to Deconstruct A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Author(s): Gustave WeltsekRequired in his new teaching position to teach A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gustave Weltsek turned to process drama to avoid passing on traditional views and interpretations of the play. By first using improvisations to get students talking about issues important to them, he helped the class to see relevance in Shakespeare’s text.
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Using Improvisational Workshop to Explore Gender Issues in ”The Untold Lie”
Author(s): Patricia ZumhagenBy attempting to develop a film update of Sherwood Anderson’s story, Patricia Zumhagen was able to highlight the gender inequities present in older literature. Through discussions and improvisation, students learned to see how stereotypes operated in the literature and in their lives.
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Performing the Drama of the Poem: Workshop, Rehearsal, and Reflection
Author(s): Steven Z. AthanasesSteven Z. Athanases describes a unit of studying poems through performance where students spend time looking deeply into a single, chosen poem. The processes of preparation and reflection result in increased understanding of the poem’s meanings.
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Rediscovering the Joy of Poetry
Author(s): Katherine KeilTo overcome the fear of poetry in students and the teacher, Katherine Keil developed an approach that went beyond simply teaching poetry to creating classrooms that celebrate poetry. She encourages students to play with language, publishes student works to a Web site, and models the writing process through her own writing.
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2004 Honor List
Author(s): Alleen Pace Nilsen, James Blasingame Jr and Ken DonelsonThis year’s Honor List, selected by the authors from numerous lists of the year’s best books for young adults, features several titles that expand the borders of traditional young adult literature.
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Volumes & issues
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Volume 114 (2024)
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Volume 113 (2023 - 2024)
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Volume 112 (2022 - 2023)
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Volume 111 (2021 - 2022)
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Volume 110 (2020 - 2021)
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Volume 109 (2019 - 2020)
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Volume 108 (2018 - 2019)
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Volume 107 (2017 - 2018)
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Volume 106 (2016 - 2017)
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Volume 105 (2015 - 2016)
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Volume 104 (2014 - 2015)
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Volume 103 (2013 - 2014)
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Volume 102 (2012 - 2013)
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Volume 101 (2011 - 2012)
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Volume 100 (2010 - 2011)
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Volume 99 (2009 - 2010)
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Volume 98 (2008 - 2009)
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Volume 97 (2007 - 2008)
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Volume 96 (2006 - 2007)
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Volume 95 (2005 - 2006)
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Volume 94 (2004 - 2005)
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Volume 93 (2003 - 2004)
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Volume 92 (2002 - 2003)
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Volume 91 (2001 - 2002)
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Volume 90 (2000 - 2001)
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Volume 89 (1999 - 2000)
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Volume 88 (1998 - 1999)
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Volume 87 (1998)
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Volume 86 (1997)
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Volume 85 (1996)
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Volume 84 (1995)
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Volume 83 (1994)
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Volume 82 (1993)
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Volume 81 (1992)
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Volume 80 (1991)
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Volume 79 (1990)
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Volume 78 (1989)
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Volume 77 (1988)
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Volume 76 (1987)
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Volume 75 (1986)
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Volume 57 (1968 - 1986)
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Volume 74 (1985)
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Volume 73 (1984)
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Volume 72 (1983)
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Volume 71 (1982)
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Volume 70 (1981)
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Volume 69 (1980)
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Volume 68 (1979)
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Volume 67 (1978)
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Volume 66 (1977)
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Volume 65 (1976)
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Volume 64 (1975)
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Volume 63 (1974)
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Volume 62 (1973)
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Volume 61 (1972)
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Volume 60 (1971)
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Volume 59 (1970)
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Volume 58 (1969)
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Volume 56 (1967)
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Volume 55 (1966)
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Volume 54 (1965)
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Volume 53 (1964)
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Volume 52 (1963)
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Volume 51 (1962)
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Volume 50 (1961)
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Volume 49 (1960)
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Volume 48 (1958 - 1959)
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Volume 1 (1912)
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