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Out of the Box
VM: Volume 9, Number 1, September 2001. Baines describes a multimedia project utilizing visual and auditory prompts to help remedial students edit their scripted poetry projects. The project, Baines says, was "out of the box" of traditional process writing, which has a two dimensional framework that presupposes prior topical knowledge and mastery of syntax and vocabulary.
Lessons from a Vocabulary Journal
Voices from the Middle, Vol. 7 No. 4, May 2000. Describes how one middle school teacher was inspired by Janet Allen's book, "Words, Words, Words," to significantly change the way she thought about and taught vocabulary. Describes several strategies and activities that engaged students in activating background knowledge; making meaningful connections; learning new concepts and applying them to their lives; and remembering definitions beyond the next day or week.
Going beyond the Book: A Multicultural Educator in the English Language Arts Classroom
Voices from the Middle, Volume 12, Number 1, September 2004. It’s not enough to present students with multicultural literature. The potential impact of such literature stems from honest and deep discussion, and that can only take place in a room where respectful, trusting relationships have been built.
Writing and Neighborhood Voices: "It depends on where you grow up at"
Voices from the Middle, Volume 12, Number 1, September 2004. A teacher with vivid memories of a childhood of poverty in Appalachia helps launch a community-based, participatory action research project with adolescent girls from the same background.
Windows to the World
Voices from the Middle, Volume 12, Number 1, September 2004. Using an Around the World unit to introduce students to over 30 nations, Wilson proposes “trail mix” over “melting pot” as a metaphor for multiculturalism.
Crossing Cultures with Multi-Voices Journals
Voices from the Middle, Volume 12, Number 1, September 2004. As eighth graders write journals from the perspectives of fictional characters they’re reading about, their sensitivity to issues of diversity is heightened.
confessions
Voices from the Middle, Volume 12, Number 1, September 2004. A student who confesses he is gay and a teacher who must hide her sexual identity make us question how much has changed in the past few years and what we need to do hasten change now.
I Started Out by Not Talking to Anyone. . .
Voices from the Middle, Volume 12, Number 1, September 2004. Fishback describes the positive impact on his school when, with the support of the administration and other teachers, he comes out to his students. An interview with him follows the article.
EDITOR'S MESSAGE: Handmade in the USA
Voices from the Middle, Volume 12, Number 1, September 2004. Abstract unavailable.
A HAND UP: Who You Callin' Diverse?
Voices from the Middle, Volume 12, Number 1, September 2004. Crutcher reminds us that diversity isn’t just about race or sexual preference or physical limitations; it’s about knowing that every student in your classroom is “different” in some way. In the end, teachers must address issues of competency, power, and belonging to reach each one.
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