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Rachel Malchow Lloyd; Scott Wertsch – English Journal, 2016
Nonfiction texts demand critical literacy, as evidenced by these teachers' experience teaching Phillip Hoose's "Claudette Colvin: Twice toward Justice" with ninth graders. In addition to selecting high-quality nonfiction, the authors are committed to high impact teaching of those texts. For the authors that means supporting students'…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High School Students, Nonfiction, Critical Literacy
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Sassi, Kelly; Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth – English Journal, 2008
Kelly Sassi and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas describe their struggles and eventual success with students in constructing a "counternarrative to colormuteness and colorblindness"--the self-imposed student segregation and silencing of voice. Because of discussions during a Native American unit and student participation in a classroom intervention…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Interpersonal Relationship, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research
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Skolnick, Carol L. – English Journal, 1986
Nostalgically reviews a student teacher's experience with a class of ninth grade nonreaders. (JK)
Descriptors: Grade 9, Reading Difficulties, Secondary Education, Student Teacher Evaluation