English Journal, Vol. 98, No. 3, January 2009

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Issue Theme: Living Authors

• Call for Manuscripts

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• From the Editor

  Ken Lindblom

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• From the Secondary Section: Living Authors Are All Around Us

  William Bass

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  Abstract: Members of the Secondary Section Steering Committee comment on topics of importance to English language arts educators.

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• EJ in Focus: Getting Up Close and Personal with Living Authors

  Alleen Pace Nilsen and James Blasingame Jr.

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  Abstract: Well-known scholars and editors of adolescent literature describe the pleasures and pitfalls of working with real authors during school visits.

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• Teacher to Teacher: How Has Your Own Work as a Writer Helped You as an English Teacher?

  Meaghan Hanrahan Dobson; Joanne S. Gillespie; Andy Fogle

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  Abstract: “Teacher to Teacher” provides a forum for teachers to share ideas, materials, and activities.

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• Student Voices: When and How Has a Teacher or an Assignment Made You Feel Most Like a Real Author?

  Simone Gannage and Krista Mauro

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  Abstract: Students share their experiences and recommendations in short response to this theme.

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• Ways to Join the Living Conversation about Young Adult Literature

  Jennifer Buehler

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  Abstract: Using Web resources and advice from YA authors, Buehler suggests myriad ways to get students engaged in book talks.

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• Local Authors in the Classroom: Bringing Readers and Writers Together

  Karen E. Moynihan

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  Abstract: Have you wanted to invite authors to visit your classroom, but don’t know how? Moynihan is here to help.

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• Reading and Becoming Living Authors: Urban Girls Pursuing a Poetry of Self-Definition

  Kelly Wissman

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  Abstract: Wissman uses the poems of living women authors to help her students develop their own poems.

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• Devising Ensemble Plays: At-Risk Students Become Living, Performing Authors

  Laura Beth Feffer

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  Abstract: Helping alternative high school students write and produce their own plays allows them to experience the joys of authorship.

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• Fact and Fiction: Modeling the Research Practices of Fiction Writers

  Diana Hammond

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  Abstract: Some of the best fiction writing requires careful research. Hammond uses fiction to rethink traditional approaches to teaching research.

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• The Students Are the Living Authors: Publishing Student Work Using Print on Demand

  Zachariah L. Heyer

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  Abstract: When students write for publication, student motivation and concentration improve. Heyer shows you the hows and whys of print-on-demand publishing.

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• Living Authors, Living Stories: Integrating Local Authors into Our Curriculum

  Beatrice Mendez Newman

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  Abstract: Newman shows why it’s important to bring real authors to the classroom and demonstrates a variety of related student activities.

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• Connecting to Conscience: Shakespeare and Woody Allen

  Susan Arpajian Jolley

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  Abstract: Jolley uses two Woody Allen films to breathe new life into the themes of one of Shakespeare’s classics.

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• Literature from the Modern Middle East: Making a Living Connection

  Allen Webb

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  Abstract: Webb and his students suggest books and approaches for helping students better understand the cultures of the Middle East.

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• Wikipedia: Friend, Not Foe

  Darren Crovitz and W. Scott Smoot

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  Abstract: Have you banned Wikipedia from your students’ research papers? Crovitz and Smoot might change your mind.

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• The Grammar Gallimaufry: Teaching Students to Challenge the Grammar Gods

  Jeff House

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  Abstract: House encourages students to learn grammar by meeting it head-on.

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• Poem: Bonesingers’ View

  Muriel Nelson

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• Poem: My Milosz Dream

  Susan E. Oringel

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• Poem: Senses

  Jianqing Zheng

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• Poem: Relaxed Fit

  S.d. Collins

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• Poem: Marge Piercy Reads Morning Poems

  Matthew J. Spireng

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• Poem: The Reading

  Wendell Hawken

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• Challenging Texts: How Teaching Middlesex Challenged Students’ Paradigms

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  Abstract: "Challenging Texts" explores various ways of teaching literary theory to high school and middle school students.

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• Innovative Writing Instruction: Authentic Beliefs

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  Abstract: "Innovative Writing Instruction" publishes new approaches to the teaching of writing in high school and middle school.

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• Mentoring Matters: A Room of One’s Own: The Accidental Mentoring of a Traveling Teacher

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  Abstract: "Mentoring Matters" focuses on effective ways to support new English teachers and student teachers.

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• Off the Shelves: Analyzing Style and Intertextuality in Twilight

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  Abstract: "Off the Shelves" discusses new young adult literature and explores ways of teaching YA texts in middle and high school English classes.

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• Success with ELLs: Writing in the ESL Classroom: Confessions of a Guilty Teacher

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  Abstract: "Success with ELLs" suggests effective approaches to teaching English language learners in ways that can be of benefit to all students in mainstream middle and high school English classes.

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