English Journal, Vol. 79, No. 4, April 1990

Table of Contents

Issue Theme: Transitions/Renewal through Change/Celebration of Diversity/Language in the Environment

• Covering EJ

• This World of English

• EJ Forum/Reclaiming the Canon: A Celebration of Diversity

• When Things Invisible Become Visible: A Writer and Her Readers

  Nancy Krim

• An East German Novel for the English Curriculum

  Barry Kritzberg

• Black Poetry: Versatility of Voice

  Arlene Harris Mitchell and Darwin L. Henderson

• Teaching Mythology: Not the Same Old Thing

  SueAnn Kendall

• EJ Focus 1/Redefining Teachers' Roles in the Study of Literature

• Challenging Students to Think: Shaping Questions, Building Community

  Phyllis A. Muldoon

• Don't Chuck Huck: An Individualized Approach to the Classics

  Paul B. Janeczko and Kim Mathews

• EJ Focus 2/Transitions: Renewal through Change

• Going to Jail: Finding Hospitable Space

  Judy Wenzel

• Transfer to Paradise: From High School to Eighth Grade

  Lynne Kail Gentry

• Down from the Tower: A Professor Teaches High School

  Peter Carino

• The Gift of Writing Groups

  Tom Williams

• Student Teachers: Renewal, Revitalization, Reassurance

  Patricia Spencer

• Safe Passage through the Clashing Paradigms

  Collin T. Wansor

• A Year in Germany: A Sabbatical Dream

  Ellen M. Burke

• A Community of Scholars: An NEH Summer Fellowship

  Elizabeth Carros Keroack

• Renewal through Change: A Postscript

  John Hassett

• EJ Exchange/Language in the Environment

• Readers on Board: Environmental Reading and Writing

  Larry K. Andrews

• Inquiring Minds: Mythology Makes the Tabloids

  Betty Kuhn Johnson

• "Wicked Words": Getting to the Roots of Words

  Jeanine G. Wisniewski

• Professional Materials/Dealing with Bad Ideas: Twice Is Less

  Wayne O'Neil

• The Round Table/Carnie, Hiker, Swimming Instructor: English Teachers' Avocations

• Instructional Materials/Another Hefty Literature Series: Counting the Cost

  Bruce Appleby, Greg Johnson, and Robert M. Taylor

• Books for the Teenage Reader/Top-Notch Books for Older Readers

  Elizabeth A. Belden and Judith M. Beckman

• Booksearch/Readable Research on Teaching

• Books for Teachers/Separate, but Not Equal: Robert Coles' Call of Stories

  Gordon Pradl

• Research in the Classroom/Revitalizing the Classroom: Students and Teachers Researching Together

  Cathy Fleischer

• Poetry

• Editorial Comment/Renewal

• NCTE to You

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