English Journal, Vol. 65, No. 5, May 1976

Table of Contents

• Viewpoint: In Defense of Electives

  George Hillocks

• Majority Report: Until Now

  Norma Willson

• The Language Game: Some Thoughts on Writing

  William Reynolds

• Forum: What's Happening to Basic Skills?

• Equal Time: The Publics-On Our Side

  Margaret Early

• Education's Wax Museum-Only a Step Away

  Margaret Verble

• When Kids Are Free to Write

  Daniel Dyer

• 1976 Spring Potry Festival

  Nancy Larrick, editor

• The Me I Should Like Everyone to Know: NCTE Achievement Awards Writing in Indiana, 1964-1974

  Howard K. Nixon

• Violence and the Art of Storytelling

  Joan Sauro

• Boarding at the Plaza Arms, or, Chez a 1976 Conference

  Elaine Greenspan

• Professional Publications: Books About Language-Outside the Mainstream

  Charles Suhor

• Pick of the Paperbacks: Chicano Literature in Paperback

  Lewis Baldwin (Lawana Trout, ed.)

• Multi-Ethnic Literature in America: Mexican-American Short Fiction for the High School Program

  Albert D. Trevino

• In Their Own Words: An Interview with Jay Bennett

  Paul Janeczko

• Books for Young Adults: Reluctantly Yours, Books to Tempt the Hesitant

  Alleen Pace Nilsen, Karen B. Tyler, and Linda Kozarek

• Multi-Media: Making a Videotape-A Group Experience

  Nancy Cromer

• EJ Workshop

• JHS/MS Workshop

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