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Full-Text Articles in Education
What If The Arts Were Taken Away?, Joseph S. Pizzo
What If The Arts Were Taken Away?, Joseph S. Pizzo
New Jersey English Journal
The arts give clarity to their emotions, situations, questions, and lives. Students experiencing all the arts gain a comprehensive perspective. Lyndon B. Johnson observed: “(I)t is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation.”
Speedball, Jeffrey Pflaum
Speedball, Jeffrey Pflaum
New Jersey English Journal
The poem and photographs describe a scene where a teacher goes to the cafeteria to pick up his class. As he comes to their table, the teacher encounters a fight between two boys. After getting the situation under control, and settling down the children, they head back to the room. The teacher calms himself down when a second fight breaks out. He decides to let the boys fight and takes the class out of the room, "freezing" the boys." At the end he "holds on" to his desk to gain control of himself and return to the present moment.
Seventh Hour Poetry Class, Bill Meissner
Seventh Hour Poetry Class, Bill Meissner
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
The Pen Your Teacher Gave You, Bill Meissner
The Pen Your Teacher Gave You, Bill Meissner
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
One Teacher's Personal Ten Commandments, Svea Barrett
One Teacher's Personal Ten Commandments, Svea Barrett
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
Theme For English H: Identity Poems In A Multicultural English Class, Annie Yon
Theme For English H: Identity Poems In A Multicultural English Class, Annie Yon
New Jersey English Journal
With many school districts nationwide experiencing rapid growth in the number of students of color, culturally diverse students, and students of low-income families, it is important for teachers to plan culturally responsive activities that cater to a heterogeneous group and to create an inclusive space for students' diverse backgrounds, identities, and voices. In my class, writing and sharing identity poems give students an opportunity to feel recognized and celebrated for their differences.
Into The Fray: Social Justice Teaching Gone Awry, Katalin Wargo
Into The Fray: Social Justice Teaching Gone Awry, Katalin Wargo
New Jersey English Journal
This article provides an account of the author's experience trying to teach through a social justice lens in a conservative Southern town after having taught primarily in more progressive parts of the country. She discusses the mistakes she made and what she learned from them throughout the experience that has made her a better teacher of students with vastly different ideologies than her own.
The Importance Of Grammar For English Learners And English Teachers In The Coming Decade, Brian White
The Importance Of Grammar For English Learners And English Teachers In The Coming Decade, Brian White
New Jersey English Journal
The teaching of traditional grammar in traditional ways is out of favor, and for very good reason. Still, in the coming decade, teachers of English will need to "know their grammar" and be able to explain it to a burgeoning number of English Language Learners (ELLs).
Valuable Voices: Increasing Student Buy In Through Allowing Them To Be Involved In Planning, Erika Watts
Valuable Voices: Increasing Student Buy In Through Allowing Them To Be Involved In Planning, Erika Watts
New Jersey English Journal
This piece is on the research that surrounds the benefits of incorporating student voices into the classroom to improve student scores and also the student buy in. This allows students to feel included and as though their voices are being heard.
Preparing Tomorrow’S Leaders For Yesterday: Ai And Standardized Grammar Assessment, Jason C. Toncic
Preparing Tomorrow’S Leaders For Yesterday: Ai And Standardized Grammar Assessment, Jason C. Toncic
New Jersey English Journal
Following breakthroughs in machine learning over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has been integrated into major aspects of schooling. One such subject matter is grammar, which has seen the advent of AI-based grammar checking. Through a critical lens, AI-grammar checking reveals inequitable prescriptivist grammar practices reified by standardized assessment.
Using Positionality To Dismantle The Missy Anne Syndrome In English Methods Classrooms, Darlene Russell
Using Positionality To Dismantle The Missy Anne Syndrome In English Methods Classrooms, Darlene Russell
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
I Don’T Have The Answers, Sway! Teaching Secondary Literacy Methods Course Using An Inquiry Model Of Instruction, Kisha Porcher
I Don’T Have The Answers, Sway! Teaching Secondary Literacy Methods Course Using An Inquiry Model Of Instruction, Kisha Porcher
New Jersey English Journal
In the era of high stakes testing, students have become conditioned to find the “right answer”and earn an “A” as opposed to engaging in critical thinking and productive struggle. In an effort to break this cycle, I restructured the literacy methods course to an inquiry model; Launch-Explore-Discuss.
Helping Students Choose A Reading Frame: Three Ways Of Teaching Jacqueline Woodson’S Harbor Me, Emily S. Meixner, Anne Peel
Helping Students Choose A Reading Frame: Three Ways Of Teaching Jacqueline Woodson’S Harbor Me, Emily S. Meixner, Anne Peel
New Jersey English Journal
Choice and autonomy in ways of reading are just as important as choice and autonomy in what to read. Teaching students different frames for reading novels provides students with essential tools for making meaning of texts. This article explores three frames using the middle grade novel Harbor Me.
Helping Students Improve The Quality Of Their Sentences, Michael Laser
Helping Students Improve The Quality Of Their Sentences, Michael Laser
New Jersey English Journal
This article shares some of the teaching methods I've devised to address awkwardness and other sentence-level issues in student writing.
Left To Their Own Devices, Hugh Kesson
Left To Their Own Devices, Hugh Kesson
New Jersey English Journal
How do students use digital mobile devices as part of their learning? This study is a case based investigation of five students in two ELA classrooms, the full ELL population in two high school honors classes, in a comprehensive public high school in the United States. It adds to what we know about how students use digital mobile devices, and suggests the ways students need to be supported.
Draw Your Own Confusions: Cultivating Ambient Awareness In The Literature Classroom, Jesse Kavadlo
Draw Your Own Confusions: Cultivating Ambient Awareness In The Literature Classroom, Jesse Kavadlo
New Jersey English Journal
While students strive to avoid ambiguity, exploring it can lead to understanding challenging texts. Rather than beginning in-class discussions by learning what students think, we can use what social media theorists refer to as “ambient awareness” to start at a more advanced stage to cultivate student confusion for pedagogical purposes.
The Enemy Of Digital Literacy Is Digital Marketing, Erika Hurth
The Enemy Of Digital Literacy Is Digital Marketing, Erika Hurth
New Jersey English Journal
This article considers the role that targeted advertising might play in reading comprehension. It is concerned with how the addictive design of online platforms may influence adolescent learning and well-being.
The Gift Of Choice, Maria Geiger
The Gift Of Choice, Maria Geiger
New Jersey English Journal
This reflective paper describes how my teaching methods have evolved from my first semester teaching at the college level to the present; I learned to respect and work with the actual interests and needs of first-year composition students.
Beyond Man Vs. Nature: Utilizing Book Clubs On Nature And Climate Change To Create Engaged Citizens Of The Anthropocene, Shannon Falkner, Ryan Skardal
Beyond Man Vs. Nature: Utilizing Book Clubs On Nature And Climate Change To Create Engaged Citizens Of The Anthropocene, Shannon Falkner, Ryan Skardal
New Jersey English Journal
In this article, we consider the following question: "What’s next for ELA? Over the next 10 years, how will our students change? How might we need to change? Which traditions and practices will (or should) grow obsolete, and which should be preserved?" Our aim is to help teachers find ways to bring "climate literacy" into their classrooms and to help teachers recognize the central role that ELA as a discipline can play in educating students about the environment and climate change. We see this topic as highly engaging for students, and we want teachers to reconsider and reanimate older approaches …
Leading Change: Microplanning To Customize Student Learning, Kara B. Douma, Kathleen Adler
Leading Change: Microplanning To Customize Student Learning, Kara B. Douma, Kathleen Adler
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
Book Challenges And Bannings: Young Adult Literature Censorship In Yakima County Secondary Schools, Elizabeth Daley
Book Challenges And Bannings: Young Adult Literature Censorship In Yakima County Secondary Schools, Elizabeth Daley
New Jersey English Journal
Even though young adult literature (YAL) is known to reflect current issues and have few boundaries, it is challenged and banned on an almost-daily basis. Using data from the American Library Association and primary research from Yakima, Washington, this article explores YAL censorship trends on nationwide, statewide, and countywide levels.
The Balancing Act: Using Mindfulness In A Technology Driven World, Eileen D'Elia, Jennifer Landa
The Balancing Act: Using Mindfulness In A Technology Driven World, Eileen D'Elia, Jennifer Landa
New Jersey English Journal
Even though technology is a great resource, with increased use of it, there is greater need for human connection through kinetic activities and mindfulness. This article will explore quick and easy mindful practices that can revolutionize your classroom, your relationship with your students, and your teaching practice.
At The Corner Of Technology And Student-Centeredness, Maheen Ahmad
At The Corner Of Technology And Student-Centeredness, Maheen Ahmad
New Jersey English Journal
Middle school English teacher reflects on how the advent and proliferation technology impacted her student-centered approach in the classroom.