Contains descriptions of completed and ongoing research projects written by six of the teacher researchers who participated in the l984 NCTE Teacher Researcher Program. Lists teachers who were selected for the l985-86 research awards and presents application information for those interested in applying for the l986-87 year. (EL)

This article takes a closer look at teaching in classrooms by reviewing a recent article by Carol Booth Olson and Robert Land, literacy researchers and National Writing Project site directors. In "A Cognitive Strategies Approach to Reading and Writing Instruction for English Language Learners in Secondary School" (EJ776476), Olson and…

Contains the responses of 19 English teachers who were asked the questions: "If you could invite any living person to write an article for the 'English Journal,' who would it be?" and "What would you hope they would write about?" (PRA)

Reviews and describes Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ) Literature Series. Discusses the contributors to these anthologies, the content, and a teaching apparatus. Concludes that HBJ has made few changes in their books over the years and has paid only the most cursory attention to how schools, teachers, pedagogy, literature, and culture has changed.…

This issue's column focuses on two practices that everyone has learned and utilized but possibly have forgotten. First, Michael offers a look into classroom management and what he needed to learn to be a more effective teacher. Second, Terry asks questions to remind himself and other writing teachers of the importance of helping students…

Teachers can help students discover what they have to say by encouraging revision as an integral part of the writing process. (DD)

Demonstates how students might be asked to write in class instead of doing drills. (DD)

Calls for the continued inclusion of adolescent literature in the English curriculum. (JL)

Compares the steps in the writing process to the stages of having a baby. (RL)

A fable explaining why students are taught grammar instead of writing. (DD)

Approaching poetry from the nigh impossible task of defining it leads to a fruitful discovery of some of the most important aspects of it. (DD)

Recounts several comically stressful situations commonly encountered by high school English teachers. (MM)

Presents an annotated bibliography of works by writers discussing their own writing processes. Includes numerous references to interviews with poets and novelists. (JAD)

Discusses eight of the best young adult books of 1994, including those by M. E. Kerr, Cynthia Voigt, Albert Marrin, Chris Lynch, Caroline B. Cooney, Martha Brooks, and John Marsden, a newcomer from Australia, author of "Letters from Inside" and "When the World Ends." (TB)