English for today (Bk. 1)

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Words, Language & Grammar

National Council of Teachers of English

While sustainability--meeting today's needs without jeopardizing the interests of future generations--has become a dominating force in a range of disciplines, it has yet to play a substantive role in English studies. Derek Owens argues that, in light of worsening environmental crises and accelerating social injustices, we need to use sustainability as a way to structure courses and curricula, and that composition studies, with its inherent cross-disciplinarity and its unique function in students' academic lives, can play a key role in giving sustainability a central place in students' thinking and in the curriculum as a whole. Owens draws on student writing to articulate a pedagogy that gives students opportunities to think and write in three zones of inquiry: place, work, and future. This approach allows for the creation of a variegated course wherein students write neighborhood portraits, critique their work experiences, reflect on their majors, investigate alternative theories of education, compose oral histories, construct narratives about their futures, and design their own assignments--all from the perspective of sustainability. These writings are juxtaposed with observations from writers in architecture, ecological economics, future studies, planning, sociology, sustainable business, and urban studies. The appendixes include a wealth of environmental statistics, as well as a detailed description of Owens's composition course, with assignments ready to use or adapt.

Composition and Sustainability: Teaching for a Threatened Generation (Refiguring English Studies)

Derek Owens

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Activities for an Interactive Classroom

Jeffrey N. Golub

In this age of peer production, new technologies allow students, teachers, and writing program administrators to talk to and write with one another and assess writing in transformative ways. Teaching and learning are changing, as learning transcends the classroom walls, facilitating new networks, connections, and collaborations.This qualitative study traces efforts to use social software and peer-production tools to engage graduate students, adjuncts, and faculty at a large state university in a collaborative project to develop a shared common curriculum for first-year composition. The study also tracks the early development of My Reviewers, a Web application designed to improve teacher feedback and peer review, as well as assess writing and critical thinking. The authors explore the impact that peer-production technologies have on power relations between students, teachers, and administrators, ultimately finding that peer production needs to include offline efforts that generate the ethos of a sharing community, and that the most technically inclined members of a community are not necessarily those with the most transformative ideas. The ebb and flow of power, gift giving, and collaboration in this community of teachers reveals the importance of face-to-face interactions and shared values when introducing technological tools to further a shared vision. The results suggest that peer-production and social software assessment initiatives can facilitate both communal and individual agency in the context of a large university writing program.CCCC/NCTE Studies in Writing & Rhetoric Series.

Agency in the Age of Peer Production (CCCC Studies in Writing and Rhetoric)

Quentin D. Vieregge

Kyle D. Stedman

Taylor Joy Mitchell

Joseph M. Moxley

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

By using the concept of differentiated instruction, the authors provide a practical, easy-to-use guide for teaching the play that addresses a wide range of student readiness levels, interests, and learning styles.

Teaching Romeo and Juliet: A Differentiated Approach

Literature & Fiction

Delia DeCourcy

Lyn Fairchild

Robin Follet

Dramas & Plays

Book by McCann, Thomas M., Johannessen, Larry R., Ricca, Bernard P.

Supporting Beginning English Teachers: Research and Implications for Teacher Induction

Larry R. Johannessen

Thomas M. McCann

Bernard P. Ricca

Book by Susi Long, Ami Abramson, April Boone, Carly Borchelt, Robbie Kalish, Erin Miller, Julie Parks, Carmen Tisdale

Tensions and Triumphs in the Early Years of Teaching: Real-World Findings and Advice for Supporting New Teachers

Education & Teaching

Susi Long

Ami Abramson

April Boone

Carly Borchelt

Robbie Kalish

Erin Miller

Julie Parks

Carmen Tisdale

Schools & Teaching

Books for you: A booklist for senior high students

Small, Robert C.

This lively, readable text offers countless practical ideas for student activities in the areas of literature, reading, writing, and thematic units. From the exploration of ghostly themes, to the writing of resumes for heroes, to devising yearbook entries or Web pages for famous literary characters, _Both Art and Craft_ provides the middle school or secondary school classroom teacher a wealth of creative activities and strategies for the day, the week, or the semester. An annotated list of teaching resources offers readers further alternatives.

Both Art and Craft: Teaching Ideas That Spark Learning

Leila Christenbury

Diana Mitchell

After nearly four decades in the classroom, Bruce M. Penniman knows what works (and what doesn't!) when it comes to teaching English. Penniman draws on his own experiences--his successes, of course, but also the mistakes he's made and the misgivings he's had--to offer guidance and support for managing the myriad demands of teaching secondary English. From addressing the numerous subdisciplines within English to making individual accommodations, from dealing with being the primary locus of literacy instruction in the school to everyday organizational strategies, Penniman helps teachers find a way to impose order on what often seems like an overwhelming array of responsibilities. Focusing on all aspects of building a successful English classroom, Penniman offers unique and proven strategies on topics such as planning for the long term; designing writing programs and literature curricula; creating effective assessment systems; implementing instructional strategies for writing, literature, media/technology, and "basic skills"; examining the curriculum through the lens of multiculturalism; attending to the needs of all students--especially those who require accommodations; giving back to the profession and pursuing a professional life outside the classroom.

Building the English Classroom: Foundations, Support, Success

Penniman, Bruce M.

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