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Featuring
NCTE Principles of Adolescent Literacy Reform
 | This document delineates the problems of adolescent literacy and outlines reforms NCTE has identified as necessary to address them. |
Educational Policy Collection: Adolescent and Young Adult Literacy
| This NCTE collection gathers important studies, descriptions of key literacy initiatives, useful program and practice guidelines, and practical teaching and curriculum resources for school leaders and secondary teachers. |
Teaching Resources
Vampires! Ghosts! Monsters! Reading Books with Bite!
| Next week is Teen Read Week (G), so it's a great time to plan for reading activities. This year's theme, "Books with Bite @ your library," encourages teens to visit their library to find books and graphic novels that explore action, adventure, and fun -- including books on vampires, monsters, and animals. Here are some resources that will lead to fun reading in the classroom. |
Newspapers in the Classroom
| Choose your classroom activities for National Newspaper Week, October 5-11. Journalism is a vital part of the English language arts and composition curriculum, as confirmed in NCTE's 2004 Resolution on the Importance of Journalism Courses and Programs in English Curricula. The following resources provide options for using newspapers in the classroom at all educational levels. |
Reading Banned Books
| Banned Books Week, which runs September 27 to October 3 this year, draws attention to the issue of censorship and how it can best be combated. These resources explore ways to discuss censorship issues with students as well as ways to respond to text challenges in your school. |
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 Announcements
2008 Richard W. Halle Award Winner
2008 Edwin A. Hoey Award Recipient
Yvonne Siu-Runyan Is New NCTE Vice President; See the 2008 NCTE Election Results
Leadership
Middle Level Blog
Call for Nominations for NCTE Section, CEE, & TYCA Offices
Middle Books
Guidelines for the Preparation of Teachers of English Language Arts, 2006 Edition
 | The 2006 version of the Guidelines, prepared by the NCTE Standing Committee on Teacher Preparation and Certification, outlines the basic foundational elements of effective English teacher preparation programs and describes how these programs might provide support for candidates when they graduate into their own classrooms. NOTE: This document is available as a FREE, printable PDF. Hard copies are not available for purchase.
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Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel
 | Edited by James Bucky Carter, this collection of essays by classroom teachers demonstrates how to pair graphic novels with classic literature (including both canonical and YA lit) in ways that enrich students' understanding of both and that thoroughly engage them in literacy. |
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