English Journal, Vol. 93, No. 2, November 2003

Table of Contents

Issue Theme: Being and Becoming a Teacher

• On the First Day of Student Teaching

  Faisal Mohyuddin

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  Abstract: The related arts of seeing, teaching, and writing shape this poem, written while the author was student teaching.

  Keywords: Secondary

• Carpe Diem in the Mississippi Delta

  Carey F. Applegate

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  Abstract: High school teaching in the Mississippi Delta has made life “one tremendous adventure” for Carey F. Applegate. She describes the irresistible call of the classroom and her journey to teaching via an alternative certification program.

  Keywords: Secondary

• Mrs. Hanks's Wink: Early Lessons in Being and Becoming a Teacher

  Mindy Berry Hanson

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  Abstract: Through sharing critical episodes, a high school teacher in a rural school reminds us of the importance of relationships and personal reflection in the development of teachers.

  Keywords: Secondary

• Internetworking: Professional Development through Online Connections

  Dawn Hogue

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  Abstract: High school teacher Dawn Hogue details the assistance she received from others on the NCTE-Talk listserv in her creation of Web-based classroom instruction and shows the value of informal, online professional development.

  Keywords: Technology, Secondary

• Teaching as Learning in a Yup'ik Eskimo Village

  Kimberly C. Price

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  Abstract: Learning about and getting involved in the local community are necessary to become a successful high school teacher in Tununak, Alaska. Kimberly Price describes cultural challenges and shares the experiences that have made her a learner as well as a teacher.

  Keywords: Secondary

• Writing to Heal, Understand, and Cope

  Vasiliki Antzoulis

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  Abstract: Student teaching in New York City on September 11, 2001, forced Vasiliki Antzoulis to scrap her carefully planned lessons. Instead, she designed a unit to address the urgent needs of the ninth graders in her care.

  Keywords: Writing, Secondary

• Revising Teaching

  Margaret Treece Metzger

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  Abstract: Teachers improve their presentation of materials and interactions with students when they are able to learn from their mistakes and misconceptions. While there are days that require “an act of survival,” as Margaret Metzger writes, helping adolescents reach the maturity of adulthood keeps her from being “just a teacher.”

  Keywords: Secondary

• Kidsong

  Ruth Ann Dandrea

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  Abstract: “Teachers teach because they love learning,” writes high school teacher Ruth Ann Dandrea. She discusses what it means to be an English teacher today and what motivates her to continue her career.

  Keywords: Secondary

• "Old Dogs, New Tricks": Intersections of the Personal, The Pedagogical, the Professional

  Linda L. Littman

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  Abstract: The author discusses the power of personal narratives to help writers not only improve their writing and understand themselves but also think more critically. Through poetry that grew from her impulse for narrative, Littman reveals her growth as a teacher who was simultaneously learning about students’ growth and change.

  Keywords: Pedagogy, Secondary

• A Call to Action

  P. L. Thomas

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  Abstract: University educator P.L. Thomas recalls the significant figures in his professional life and, drawing from their example, exhorts us to “command the daily events of our own careers.” He outlines specific actions that he believes English language arts teachers must take.

  Keywords: Secondary

• Letters to EJ

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• In Memoriam: Nancy Martin

  Lynn Alvine

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• In Memoriam: Paul Zindel

  Kathy Megyeri

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• From the Editor

  Louann Reid, editor

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• From the Secondary Section: Being and Becoming a Teacher

  Sharon Chaney

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• Snapshots: A Curandera's Blessing (The Four Directions)

  Rudy J. Miera

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• Speaking My Mind: The Intellectual Carnival

  Darryl Johnson

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• Teacher to Teacher

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• Research Matters: Students' Views of Intelligence, Teachers' Praise, and Achievement

  Rick VanDeWeghe, editor

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  Keywords: Research, Secondary

• New Voices: Becoming through Borrowing

  Tiffany J. Hunt and Bud Hunt, editors

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• Teaching English in the World: It's the Students, Stupid

  Kenneth Lindblom, editor

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• English in the City: First-Year Teaching

  Greg Hamilton, editor

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• Personal Reading: Sex, Drugs, and Deception

  Suellen Alfred and Linda Null, editors

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• Bold Books for Innovative Teaching: Nonfiction Books in the Classroom: Undervalued, Underused, and Oversimplified

  Don Gallo, editor

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• Poetry

  James Brewbaker, editor

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