English Journal, Vol. 93, No. 4, March 2004

Table of Contents

Issue Theme: Teaching the Many Conventions of Language

• "Walk with Light": Guiding Students through the Conventions of Literary Analysis

  Judith Burdan

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  Abstract: An experienced secondary and postsecondary teacher, Burdan shares some common misconceptions surrounding literary analysis and describes activities that help students understand “the play of language.”

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• Call for Manuscripts

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• In Memoriam: G. Robert Carlsen

  Ben F. Nelms

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• From the Editor

  Louann Reid

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• From the Secondary Section: Can English Language Learners Acquire Academic English?

  MaryCarmen Cruz

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• Snapshots: Maybe They'll Remember

  Brian White

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• Speaking My Mind: Let's Hear It for Memorization

  Ted Hipple

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• EJ Extra: The Semicolon

  Ron Watkins

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• Don't Keep Them in the Dark! Teaching Metaphors to English Language Learners

  Yu Ren Dong

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  Abstract: The author details the challenges of teaching metaphorical language to English language learners. Yu Ren Dong shares lessons to provide students with “opportunities and resources to gain this language and thinking power.”

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• Conventions of the Heart: When Content Dictates Form

  Aaron Levy

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  Abstract: Teaching the “conventions of respect for those whose lives and stories interact with our own” may be more difficult and more important than anything else we do. Through telling the story of a student, a former high school teacher poses pedagogical and ethical questions about teaching and writing.

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• The Craft of Writing: Breaking Conventions

  Cornelia Paraskevas

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  Abstract: When writers think of conventions as falling along a continuum from syntactic to rhetorical choices rather than as absolute rules, they better understand the roles conventions can play in communicating meaning. Using examples from popular publications, Cornelia Paraskevas argues for productively flouting conventions.

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• Automated Scoring Technologies and the Rising Influence of Error

  Julie Cheville

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  Abstract: The use of automated essay scoring tools is growing in tandem with the push for standardized testing. As Julie Cheville reminds us, these automated assessments can lead to curricular changes that benefit private industry and conflict with research on language, writing, and correctness.

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• Reflections of an AP Reader

  Jeffrey Schwartz

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  Abstract: Drawing from his experience as a reader for the Advanced Placement Language and Composition exam, Jeffrey Schwartz addresses some questions raised by the reading and discusses limitations of timed, standardized writing.

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• In Defense of Harry . . .But Not His Defenders: Beyond Censorship to Justice

  Perry L. Glanzer

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  Abstract: Discussions of controversial literature should include both an understanding of the power of books and the reader’s ability to understand those texts. Perry L. Glanzer argues the need for “alternative voices and worldviews” in the classroom.

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• "A World Full of Bones and Wind": Teaching Works by James Welch

  Jim Charles

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  Abstract: Through a detailed examination of works by James Welch, the author shows how Welch’s poetry and prose can be used to overcome stereotypes of Native Americans and explore themes of identity, family, and love. Jim Charles urges readers to consider, along with Welch’s characters, “the redemptive act of overcoming the seemingly insurmountable distances between peoples.”

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• The Epic inside Us: Using Intuitive Play to Teach Beowulf

  J. Beth Haase Menzies

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  Abstract: J. Beth Haase Menzies argues that intuitive play is underutilized in secondary schools. She describes a project compatible with brain research in which high school students created sculptures from found objects and, as a result, were better able to address the complexity of the concept of evil in Beowulf.

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• Research Matters: "How's It Coming?" Homework and Struggling Learners

  Rick VanDeWeghe, Editor

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• New Voices: The Conventions of Conventions

  Tiffany J. Hunt and Bud Hunt, Coeditors

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• Teaching English in the World: A Texas Yank in King Arthur's Classroom

  Kenneth Lindblom, Editor

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• English in the City: Wass'up, Mrs. Stern?

  Greg Hamilton, Editor

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• Personal Reading: Out of the Valley Dark below Us

  Linda Null and Suellen Alfred, Coeditors

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• Bold Books for Innovative Teaching: Bold Books: How to Find Them

  Don Gallo, Editor

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• Poetry

  James Brewbaker, Editor

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