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Christina Melly – English Journal, 2018
This article describes the implementation of blogging in ninth-grade pre-advanced placement language arts classes to support strong writing practices. In particular, the writing workshop's elements of student choice, continuing revision, discussion of craft, publication, and process orientation meshed well with digital composition. Blogging in the…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Student Empowerment, Language Arts
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Jacquelynn A. Malloy; Angela M. Rogers; Susan Cridland-Hughes – English Journal, 2015
In a nation and political climate where models of communication and respect for another's ideas are difficult to find, the authors take seriously their charge to support educational practices that prepare students to critically engage in a free and democratic society. As part of a summer high school outreach program, they sought to develop a…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Outreach Programs, Summer Programs
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Michael Macaluso; Anne Russo – English Journal, 2016
This article respectfully challenges the metaphor of "open doors as resistance" by reconceptualizing power in the English classroom. It also offers an alternative metaphor -- open doors as acts of love and possibility -- through different theoretical and practical underpinnings. When we, according to the authors, conceive of teaching…
Descriptors: Resistance (Psychology), Language Arts, English Teachers, Teacher Empowerment
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Jemimah L. Young; Marquita D. Foster; Dorothy Hines – English Journal, 2018
The authors discuss how Black girls can engage with literary texts through counter fairy tales (CFT) as a resistive literary strategy to reclaim Black girls' narratives and to be reflective of their experiences. The racial violence that Black girls encounter in school cannot be separated from the remnants of the afterlife of slavery within PreK-12…
Descriptors: Fairy Tales, Childrens Literature, Culturally Relevant Education, African American Students
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Jaclyn Christine Burr – English Journal, 2017
This article explores using spoken word poetry and song analysis in the classroom to inspire students to analyze their identities and strive for social justice in their research efforts. Poetry is empowering. It can show students how people express themselves, push them to consider their own identities, and inspire them to seek social change.…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Music, Singing
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Marc Nachowitz – English Journal, 2015
Sara's story reports the effects of an experimental intervention applying knowledge-building principles for learning, as well as the unanticipated improvement of literacy skills of students with IEPs. According to the author, if you believe that knowledge is socially and collaboratively constructed, as the author does, then an overwhelming…
Descriptors: Experimental Teaching, Individualized Education Programs, Literacy, Epistemology
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Haas, Kay Parks – English Journal, 2012
If the author was to pinpoint her greatest passion as an educator, it would be that of mentoring teachers. Everyone knows the statistics of how many new teachers leave the profession after just a few years and that one of the factors in retaining them lies in the value of a quality mentor. Looking back, the author realizes that educators' first…
Descriptors: Mentors, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship, Supervisory Methods, Beginning Teacher Induction
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Kelly, Lauren Leigh – English Journal, 2013
There is an educational disconnect between students' individual backgrounds and the instruction that they traditionally receive in school (Darling-Hammond 3). This division is even more severe for black, Latino/Latina, and economically underprivileged students, who often lack the support, experience, or resources to fully engage in…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Music Activities, English Instruction, Language Arts
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Hubbard, Scott – English Journal, 2013
For students who sense no fluidity between their academic context and their personal contexts, what's at stake is more than just their scholastic achievement--rather, their development as individual agents who exist in larger social and historical contexts is jeopardized. When teachers and schools neglect to recognize the legitimacy of…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Social Environment, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
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Sawch, Deb – English Journal, 2011
When approaches to critical inquiry and critical literacy are used by students to interrogate the dynamic between both fiction and nonfiction texts simultaneously, they shape a classroom culture of questioning that empowers students to take an informed and more activist stance about larger issues in the world. This article explores how nonfiction…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Critical Literacy, English Instruction, Fiction
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Golden, John – English Journal, 2008
High school teacher John Golden interviews social justice educator Linda Christensen. Golden and Christensen begin by expanding on an understanding of social justice and a teacher's role in the social justice classroom. They continue by addressing complicated issues of student empowerment, meeting state standards, and choosing appropriate texts…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Student Empowerment, State Standards, Cultural Pluralism
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Hunt, Tiffany J.; Hunt, Bud – English Journal, 2004
A researcher and teacher explain the reasons for the employment of isolated grammar lessons. A well-planned and informed approach for teaching the conventions will cover the skills while empowering students.
Descriptors: Grammar, English Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Student Empowerment
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Easton, Lois Brown – English Journal, 2005
An alternative high school in the US where democracy is truly enacted by the students is described. Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center, Colorado, is a unique school where the students' personal voices are valued that helps them develop power, responsibility, and authority over their education.
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, High Schools, Student Participation
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Delfino, Charleen Silva – English Journal, 1999
Shares insights of an English teacher gained through a variety of teaching experiences. Describes how the Bay Area Writing Project provided effective strategies to improve the teaching of writing. (NH)
Descriptors: Professional Development, Secondary Education, Teacher Empowerment, Teaching Experience
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Mancina, Hannah – English Journal, 2005
Capitalizing on students' interest in a local newspaper story, a research and writing project is developed that resulted in ninth-grade students finding their voice and power through writing. Although not being able to see the impact of their writing on their audiences, the students felt the impact of being given the respected distinction of…
Descriptors: Audiences, Writing Instruction, Student Empowerment, Grade 9
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