English Journal, Vol. 92, No. 5, May 2003

Table of Contents

Issue Theme: The Power of Imagination

• "There’s Nothing to Eat!” A Half-Dozen Ways to Find Writing Ideas

  W. David LeNoir

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  Keywords: Writing, Secondary

• Imaginative Departures with Two Shakespearean Plays

  Mary Maloney Toepfer and Kara Haubert Haas

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  Keywords: Literature, Secondary

• Imagine the Possibilities: A Student-Generated Unit to Inspire Creative Thought

  Wendy J. Glenn

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  Keywords: Secondary

• Imaginative Response: Teaching Literature through Creative Writing

  Christian Knoeller

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  Keywords: Literature, Writing, Secondary

• The Value of Art in the English Classroom: Imagination, Making the Tacit Visible

  Mary Bellucci Buckelew

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  Abstract: This author describes how a “foray into the world of art” provides her students with a clear language to talk about their reading and writing, ultimately transforming her classroom into a community of writers, readers, and thinkers.

  Keywords: Literacy, Secondary

• A Failure of the Imagination

  Barbara Osburg

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• Teaching Fantasy: Overcoming the Stigma of Fluff

  Melissa Thomas

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• Building Community through Poetry: A Role for Imagination in the Classroom

  Chapman Hood Frazier

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  Abstract: Methods such as the circle poem, the "poetic interview," the found poem, and the poetic field trip are just some used by the author to create an atmosphere of mutual support and enable students to initiate "imaginative possibilities."

  Keywords: Secondary

• LETTERS TO EJ

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• From the Editor

  Virginia R. Monseau

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• EJ Extra

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• Speaking My Mind: The Problem with the Power of Imagination

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• From the Secondary Section: A Dose of Thematic Teaching

  John Gaughan

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  Keywords: Pedagogy, Secondary

• FOR FUN: Bound By Sound

  Stephen Sniderman

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• Teacher to Teacher

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• English in the News

  Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens, editor

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• Learning with Technology

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  Abstract: Wondering how to incorporate technology into your classroom without spending a lot of time on training? The author suggests that you view Weblogs, or “blogs” as instant online publishing systems available for use by teachers and students. “Blogging” encourages sharing or collaboration among students and can keep a discussion going long after the class has ended. The author of this brief article discusses the many uses of blogs in the classroom and provides a list of sites with free or inexpensive blogging software, as well as some interesting sites that further discuss the use of blogs in education.

  Keywords: Technology, Middle, Secondary

• Poetry

  Michael Angelotti, Editor

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• Professional Links: Imagining New Possibilities in Teaching English

  Connie S. Zitlow, editor

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• Talk About Books

  John Noell Moore, editor

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• Young Adult Literature: Monsters' Ink: How Walter Dean Myers Made Frankenstein Fun by Nathan Phillips

  Chris Crowe, editor

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