Generative rhetoric is an essential part of any composition program or instruction in written language that begins with the preschool child and continues through the freshman year of college and beyond. Applying the principles of generative rhetoric to selected essays and student performance established the need to maintain the place of generative…

Lists five steps in developing a literature program for a journalism class, including knowing what you want to find in literature and sharing results of the program with other teachers. (DF)

Discusses the redesign of the sophomore literature course at Francis Marion University by an interdisciplinary team. Considers the three diverse epistemologies found in different disciplines, concluding that literary study is best pursued within the rhetorical tradition of analysis and disputation. (DMM)

Increasingly in Australia, attention is being given in English or language education to core or functional literacy conceived as print mastery, alongside literature, and critical literacy. The Queensland Years 1 to 10 English syllabus evinces an attempt to organize such qualitatively distinct "literacies" under a burgeoning conceptual…

Suggests what blackboard graffiti reveals about bright students. (MM)

Tips on creating a course in film making, one that will help students master basic English skills. (RL)

Discusses two graduate programs at the University of South Carolina: one that leads to a dual master's degree in English and librarianship and one that leads to a dual master's degree in English and business administration. (DD)

Shares how one ninth grade teacher led her students to expand their knowledge of geography through the use of literature studies in an untracked English class. Discusses how placing emphasis on negotiating meaning with everyone participating contributed to the breaking down of barriers erected by years of ability grouping. (MG)

Describes how one teacher links the study of British Victorian and twentieth-century war poets to the world of her students. (MG)

Describes the pros and cons of operating a community literacy center. Provides experiential information concerning one such center on Pittsburgh's north side, the Community Literacy Center, including its historical and theoretical context. Defines community literacy and describes its functions and goals. (HB)

Describes the relationship between reading and writing, particularly in the way that extensive reading can help writers improve their writing. Discusses four strategies a writing teacher used to revise a basic writing course. Shows how the strategies derive from current research. Describes briefly how the strategies are employed in designing and…

Describes how two English teachers revised their instruction in light of their discoveries about the needs of the workplace. Provides details about several facets of the new curriculum, including writing/reading workshops, research papers, and mentor/community service projects. (HB)

Describes one teacher's habit of bending the rules with relation to issues of English curriculum and testing. Describes teaching as being often a subversive activity. (HB)

Examines how one secondary school department of English came together to work on poetry instruction with its contributing primary schools. Outlines the educational and organizational challenges involved in such a program. Supports attempts to work toward curriculum continuity between schools. (HB)

Describes how one English teacher came up with the idea of developing creative literature tests which were both demanding and fun for the students. Illustrates the idea with an actual outline of events used in a literature unit. (HB)