English Journal - Volume 98, Issue 3, 2009

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

Well-known scholars and editors of adolescent literature describe the pleasures and pitfalls of working with real authors during school visits.

“Teacher to Teacher” provides a forum for teachers to share ideas, materials, and activities.

Students share their experiences and recommendations in short response to this theme.

Using Web resources and advice from YA authors, Buehler suggests myriad ways to get students engaged in book talks.

Have you wanted to invite authors to visit your classroom, but don’t know how? Moynihan is here to help.

Wissman uses the poems of living women authors to help her students develop their own poems.

Helping alternative high school students write and produce their own plays allows them to experience the joys of authorship.

Some of the best fiction writing requires careful research. Hammond uses fiction to rethink traditional approaches to teaching research.

When students write for publication, student motivation and concentration improve. Heyer shows you the hows and whys of print-on-demand publishing.

Newman shows why it’s important to bring real authors to the classroom and demonstrates a variety of related student activities.

Jolley uses two Woody Allen films to breathe new life into the themes of one of Shakespeare’s classics.

Webb and his students suggest books and approaches for helping students better understand the cultures of the Middle East.

Have you banned Wikipedia from your students’ research papers? Crovitz and Smoot might change your mind.

House encourages students to learn grammar by meeting it head-on.

“Challenging Texts” explores various ways of teaching literary theory to high school and middle school students.

“Innovative Writing Instruction” publishes new approaches to the teaching of writing in high school and middle school.

“Mentoring Matters” focuses on effective ways to support new English teachers and student teachers.

“Off the Shelves” discusses new young adult literature and explores ways of teaching YA texts in middle and high school English classes.

“Success with ELLs” suggests effective approaches to teaching English language learners in ways that can be of benefit to all students in mainstream middle and high school English classes.