Reviews the current concern about writing and concludes that it is merely a symptom of problems in the culture as a whole. (AA)

Discusses the books of Tolkien according to six basic movements in plot; warns against trying to use these books for classroom instruction. (MAI)

Describes a series of censorship-related incidents in Louisiana and outlines the actions taken by English educators to assure freedom in textbook selection; suggests several courses of action that educators facing censorship of school-related materials might take. (MAI)

Presents the conflict between the liberal view of the teaching of English, in which teachers are responsible for the growth of each student, and the conservative view, which is meritocratic or elitist. (DD)

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of concentrating on skill development in English instruction; presents the merits and limitations of the educational system proposed by James Moffett. (MAI)

Compares elements of plot in "King Lear" with common folktale elements such as proving oneself. (MKM)

Because Robert Lowell's poem "Hawthorne" focuses on Puritan New England, both as a setting and a subject, and shows the dark side of human nature, and Hawthorne as the alienated artist with a definite place in American literature, it is a most appropriate conclusion for a teaching unit on Hawthorne.

Suggests that using Francis Christensen's method of analyzing paragraphs can help students improve their own paragraph development. (TJ)

It is time for a reconciliation among the competing factions among English teachers, including those in favor of humanistic education and those in favor of basic skills, and for the creation of an English for all seasons, immune to changing educational climates and periodic storms of public outrage. (DD)

Students can be motivated to write if they can be brought to understand writing as a means of transforming reality and transcending their feelings of powerlessness. (DD)

Discusses the conflict between the intentional fallacy in reading (it is inappropriate to deduce literary intention from effects) and the intentional imperative in writing (intention is necessary to our understanding while writing). (DD)

English departments of the future must encompass composition, language, literature, reading, mass media, teacher preparation, adult education, logic, and educational research. (DD)

A fictional account which points out that writing involves both exploration and communication and that students should be taught to explore both themselves and their political environment. (DD)

English educators must prepare superior teachers of English, teachers who know their subject matter, instructional methodology, and the needs of their students. (DD)

Teachers of remedial urban students must make them aware that they create their own valid order and meaning through language. (DD)