English Journal, Vol. 91, No. 6, July 2002

Table of Contents

• Growth Through English Revisited

  Peter Smagorinsky

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  Abstract: Peter Smagorinsky uses the theory from "Growth through English" to discuss "how to embrace a student-centered, personal growth approach,while raising awareness of power relationships so that they are less imposing."

  Keywords: Language, Literature, Pedagogy, Writing

• Engaging Students in the Disciplines of English: What Are Effective Schools Doing

  Arthur N. Applebee

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  Abstract: Arthur Applebee discusses what the research says are the best methods and practices for the English language arts curriculum.

  Keywords: Secondary, Pedagogy

• 2001-2002 Reviewers

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  Keywords: Secondary

• Indexes to Volume 91

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• Metaphor as Renewal: Re-Imagining Our Professional Selves

  Candida Gillis and Cheryl L. Johnson

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  Abstract: Candida Gillis and Cheryl L. Johnson tell us that "metaphor is an ideal starting point" for taking stock of our professional lives, especially in these times of mandated education reforms. How do we imagine ourselves as teachers, what are our classrooms like and what are our roles in those classrooms?

  Keywords: Secondary, Pedagogy, Professional Development

• Austen's Granddaughter: Louise Plummer Re(de)fines Romance

  John Bennion

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  Abstract: John Bennion believes "young people need contemporary authors who maintain the tradition of the classics and who are bridges of understanding to the stories, values, and culture of the greatest writers in the western tradition." He suggests pairings of contemporary novels with British novels such as David Copperfield, Wuthering Heights, Northanger Abbey, and Emma.

  Keywords: Secondary, Literature, Pedagogy

• Living a Literate Life, Revisited

  Douglas Kaufman

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  Abstract: Douglas Kaufman declares in "Living A Literate Life, Revisited," "if I want my students to become passionately literate people, I, too, must be a passionate, literate person, who reads, writes, and learns in front of them."

  Keywords: Secondary, Pedagogy, Professional Development

• The Tactility of Writing

  William T. Akers

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  Abstract: William T. Akers uses a technique he calls "tactile" writing, which is similar to freewriting, to help his creative writing students capture "what fluency and flow feel like" and as an initial step in the writing process.

  Keywords: Secondary, Pedagogy, Writing

• Authentic Intellectual Achievement in Writing

  Kendra Sisserson, Carmen K. Manning, Annie Knepler and David A. J

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  Abstract: What does increased intellectual quality of student work look like in their writing? The authors tell how Authentic Intellectual Achievement, or AIA, can be used to measure this increase when used to evaluate authentic student writing. The article defines and gives examples of using authentic writing, which is vital to attaining this intellectual increase.

  Keywords: Secondary, Assessment, Writing

• Whose Community? Where Is the "YA" in YA Literature?

  Gail Gauthier

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  Abstract: Suggests that educators need to accept that the young adult audience is unique and find a way to deal with it in order to create a literature from which teenagers can expect to gain a satisfying "sense of comradeship among equals."

  Keywords: Secondary, Literature

• Reading the Complex World: Students Approach The Scarlet Letter from Multiple Perspectives

  Lorraine Cella

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  Abstract: Lorraine Cella tells how she teaches The Scarlet Letter through the multiple interpretations of the meaning of the text as seen through a variety of literary theories that may be applied to the text. The article includes suggestions, assignments, assesment, and extension assignments.

  Keywords: Secondary, Assessment, Literature, Reading

• Teaching Beloved: Images of Transcendence

  Vicky Greenbaum

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  Abstract: Vicky Greenbaum recounts her plan for teaching Beloved, with a focus on "imagery and transcendence, investigating how characters live through devastation to find hope."

  Keywords: Secondary, Literature, Pedagogy

• Promoting Academic Literacy with Urban Youth through Engaging Hip-hop Culture

  Ernest Morrell and Jeffrey M. R. Duncan-Andrade

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  Abstract: Ernest Morrell and Jeffrey M. R. Duncan-Andrade present a plan for using hip-hop music and culture to connect students to literature.

  Keywords: Secondary, Diversity, Literature, Pedagogy, Writing

• The Art of Response

  Deborah E. Crone-Blevins

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  Abstract: Deborah E. Crone-Blevins provides a number of ideas for and supporting research on responding to student writing even within the pressures to grade.

  Keywords: Secondary, Pedagogy, Writing

• Speaking My Mind: A Moral Education and Nazi Persecution

  Paul L. Martin

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  Abstract: What do we do when a student writes on a topic that we don't agree with, even abhor?

  Keywords: Secondary, Assessment, Writing

• From the Secondary Section: Growing Professionally, Leading the Way

  Rebecca Bowers Sipe

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  Abstract: Sipe, Chair of the Secondary Section Steering Committee, describes the ways teachers lead by sharing their work through professional development.

  Keywords: Secondary

• Teacher to Teacher: How Do You Make Your Classroom an Inviting Place for Students?

  Connie S. Schmollinger, Kristie-Anne Opaleski, Marcee L. Chapman,

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  Abstract: Connie S. Schmollinger, Kristie-Anne Opaleski, Marcee L. Chapman, Roberta Jocius, and Sherri Bell share their ideas of "How Do You Make Your Classroom an Inviting Place for Students to Come Back to Each Year?"

  Keywords: Secondary, Pedagogy

• Cross Conversations: How Can a Teacher Save a Program That Administrators Want to Cut?

  Ronald T. Sion and Tom Romano

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  Abstract: How to save a worthwhile humanities program from being cut by administrators is the basis of the discussion between Ronald T. Sion and Tom Romano.

  Keywords: Secondary, Pedagogy

• Learning with Technology

  Trevor Owen and Blake Melnick

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  Abstract: Blake Melnick provides an explanation of Knowledge Forum as he uses it to provide a collaborative computer-supported learning environment with his students.

  Keywords: Secondary, Pedagogy, Technology

• Professional Links: Sharing Ideas about the Teaching of Writing

  Connie S. Zitlow

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  Abstract: Zitlow provides a number of resources on the teaching of writing.

  Keywords: Secondary, Pedagogy, Writing

• Talk about Books: Carolina Ghost Woods: Poems

  John Noell Moore

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  Abstract: Noell Moore reviews Carolina Ghost Woods: Poems by Judy Jordan.

  Keywords: Secondary, Literature

• Young Adult Literature: Young Adult Boundary Breakers and M

  Chris Crowe

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  Abstract: Chris Crowe provides a list of books that "pushed back the boundaries, broke the rules, and refefined" young adult literature.

  Keywords: Secondary, Literature

• Cross Conversations

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  Abstract: Describes the Multicultural Advancement Program at the author's school. Illustrates how the teachers within the program sing its praises, but it appears that they are always in a defensive position repeatedly compelled to validate themselves. Presents a response to the teachers' fears, and a final remark by the teacher.

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• LETTERS TO EJ

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• From the Editor

  Virginia R. Monseau

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• FOR FUN: Inflated Language

  Stephen Sniderman

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• English in the News

  Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens, Editor

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• Poetry

  Michael Angelotti, Editor

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