English Journal, Vol. 75, No. 3, March 1986

Table of Contents

• Editors' Page

• News and the English Profession

• Facets: Learning from Teachers Abroad

  Denny Wolfe, Lynn Langer Meeks, John S. Simmons, Nancy Thompson

• Dartmouth and Beyond

  Robert E. Shafer

• English in the Eighties: A Midpoint International Perspective

  Ronald T. LaConte and Betsy S. Barber

• Sixteen Years of Teaching Abroad: Reflections and Insights

  James Bell and Angela Purcell

• American Children's Literature Down Under

  Wayne Sawyer and Ken Watson

• English in Nigeria: 1914-1985

  Osayimwense Osa

• Bilingual Education in France, or English as the Other Language

  John E Larner

• Visiting Englishes of the World

  Holly O'Donnell

• Reflections on the NATE Conference

  June Rose Richie

• Epiphany: The First Step Toward Change

  Michael J. Vivion

• Eighth Graders Look at Book Burning

  Jerome Smiley

• Gaining Control through Commentary

  Lin McKay

• "Patients Is a Verchew"

  Barbara J. Rebbeck

• First Amendment Protection for the High School Punster and William Shakespeare

  Haig Bosmajian

• Grammar: Good Wine before Its Time

  Jean Sanborn

• What Will They Really Write?

  Terry O. Phelps

• Sharing the Spotlight: An Experiment in Student-centered Writing

  Anne Wescott Dodd

• Who the Hell Is John Steinbeck?

  Donald Small

• Our Readers Write: Admirable YA Books

• Recommended: Nathanael West

  Patricia A. Mesch

• Too Good to Miss

  Henry J. Lindborg

• Departments

• A Mixed Bag of Treats

  Patricia P Kelly and Edrie Bays

• Wars and Rumors of Wars

  Beth Nelms and Ben Nelms

• China as a Traveling English Teacher Saw It

  C. Anne Webb

• Through the Eyes of Another Culture: New Short Films Made Outside the United States

  Carole Cox

• Using an Experimental Design-Just the Thing for That Rainy Day

  Dan Donlan

• Poem: Dickinson and Faulkner-A Short Study in Literary Parallels

  Millen Ellis

• Poem: Finally, One for Frost (to Mary Burgess)

  Daniel Henry

• Poem: On Making a Difference

  R. J. Larbes

• Poem: Vote with Your Feet

  Barbara R. DuBois

• Poem: Nuclear Holocaust (William Shakespeare's Warning)

  Juilene Osborne-McKnight

• Poem: A Former Teacher Said It Is Not Easy to Become a Poet

  Carolyn Kreiter-Kurylo

• Poem: Mortal

  Lois Shapley Bassen

• Poem: Angel

  Karen Braithwaite Lopez

• Poem: Dear Robert

  Cindy S. Henderson

• Poem: Birthday Forenoon

  Vincent J. Brown

• Poem: Solatio

  Fr. Gary Young C. R.

• Poem: To the Writing Teacher

  Carole Johnston

• Poem: What I Learned in the Five Minutes between Classes

  Sally Tucker

• Poem: Accountability

  Tom Romano

• Poem: The Death of Excellence

  Charles Suhor

• Poem: Elegy for My Pet, Gerard Turtle Hopkins

  Diane Kendig

• NCTE to You

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