English Journal, Vol. 75, No. 8, December 1986

Table of Contents

• Editors' Page

• News and the English Profession

• Facets: The Joys and Frustrations of Writing Textbooks

  Harold B. Allen, James W. Ney, Margaret J. Early, Miles Olson

• But a Language Shouldn't Change That Fast

  William W. West

• The Past Is Now: Approaches to the Secondary School Literature Curriculum

  Philip M. Anderson

• The Mountain Lion: An Initiation Story for Both Sexes

  Carolyn Plummer

• In Praise of the Paper Clip

  Sandra S. Tracy

• Eva March Tappan (1854-1930): An English Teacher Who Made a Difference

  Margaret Ferry

• Publishing Coordinator: Not Just Another Fancy Title

  Suanne Huffman

• Limitations of Free Writing

  Deborah Fox and Charles Suhor

• Our Readers Write: Veteran Teachers Reminisce

• Recommended: Larry McMurtry

  Don Melichar

• Too Good to Miss

  Gail L. Ward

• Departments

• Knowing It All-Or at Least Looking Like You Do

  Leila Christenbury

• A Whole Language Unit for Ninth Graders

  Linda Green Horton

• 1986 Books for Young Adults Poll

  John W. Conner and Kathleen M. Tessmer

• Using Television and Radio in English Classes

  Lyon Rathbun

• If You Become a Researcher, By Your Students You'll Be Taught

  Mara Casey

• Please Don't Repeat the Question

  LaNelle C. Stiles

• NCTE to You

• Indexes

• Poem: How to Report on What You've Seen or Read

  Frank Barone

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