Compares the competing claims of students' nonschool literacies with the academic literacy as prescribed by schools. Uses two case studies to suggest ways to attend to both kinds of literacy, public and private. (HB)

Presents strategies and methods by which writing teachers can openly address the potential problem of plagiarism. Details specific methods used by one teacher to train students how to quote and cite materials without plagiarizing. (HB)

Many teachers note the importance of student ability to analyze and understand intricate uses of figurative language in reading. Research in recent years has focused on the prevalence of figures of speech in textbooks and other reading, suggesting that the fostering of figurative language skills should become a more common feature of language…

Although it is satisfying and fulfilling to be part of the professional conversation on English teaching, and to have had one's writing published in journals, two difficulties should be noted. First, the notion still persists that it is publication alone that validates the writing experience. Second, it is wrong to encourage teachers only to write…

Designed to demonstrate a variety of ways in which listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities can be built around the study of the novel, this collection of materials, lessons, and activities deals with one of the most frequently taught books in New York City ninth-grade classrooms. The document begins with a general introduction to…

The seven articles in this journal issue focus on the teaching of writing beyond the required college freshman composition courses. The articles provide the following: (1) a discussion of ways to teach transferable and local writing skills, (2) arguments for and against the use of tape-recorded comments rather than written comments to respond to…

The number of college students in technical writing classes has grown at least tenfold since 1969. This dramatic increase has occurred partly because of the practicality and power inherent in technical writing and partly because of the increased need for technical writing skills by people in today's change workforce. As developed countries shift…

Argues that after a decade of intense concentration on the theory and practice of writing, it is now important for literature to reenter the composition classroom and to become part of a course that teaches "language skills" as a continuum. (FL)

This book is intended to be a stimulus for educators who want to teach or plan curriculum with the long view in mind. The book states that although sustainability--meeting today's needs without jeopardizing the interests of future generations--has become a dominating force in diverse disciplines, it has yet to play a substantive role in English…

Identifies changes in the composition curriculum in California secondary schools between 1975 and 1979. (HOD)

The executive director of the National Council of Teachers of English introduces a group of articles on the English curriculum and outlines what principals as instructional leaders can do to strengthen their English departments. (Author/JM)

Describes a technical writing class assignment in which students read reviews published in journals of their professions, emulate the style of those published reviews, and submit a review of their own to a journal. Suggests sources of new books to review and provides an annotated bibliography. (MKM)

Discusses self-examination as a prerequisite to authorship. Defines the soliloquy as an internal question-and-answer exchange enabling the thinker to distinguish better ideas from worse. Argues that use of the soliloquy develops in the student writer a voice of authority. Identifies the soliloquy as a device for exploring values. (SG)

Provides a close study of the ways writing teachers "gender" themselves and their students. Gives extensive narrative description of how one writing teacher worked closely with two of her students and how this work shaped concepts of gendered selves for all three participants. (HB)

Considers how one composition instructor's methods of assigning student writing tasks and then responding to those texts was altered by various works written by composition scholars. Outlines 10 of the major achievements of composition research over the past 30 years. (HB)