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Full-Text Articles in Language and Literacy Education
From Automation To Imagination: Empowering Student Creativity In The Digital Age, Annie Yon
From Automation To Imagination: Empowering Student Creativity In The Digital Age, Annie Yon
New Jersey English Journal
In today’s digital age, literacy extends beyond traditional reading and writing to encompass collaboration, multimodal communication, and the ability to create meaning through diverse media. As AI becomes more integrated into education, we must reconsider its impact on student thinking, work ethic, and writing, while redefining meaningful writing and assessments. Rather than relying on traditional five-paragraph essays, projects like literary magazines that blend writing with multimodal components showcase how educators can prioritize creativity, expression, and personal reflection. This approach ensures that even in the age of AI, students continue to create and engage in ways that are authentically their own.
Amplifying Student Voice With Academic Conversations Across The Curriculum, Tara Temprano, Margaret Gelbwasser
Amplifying Student Voice With Academic Conversations Across The Curriculum, Tara Temprano, Margaret Gelbwasser
New Jersey English Journal
This article explores the power of academic conversations to foster student engagement across disciplines. Students develop communication skills essential for all subjects through writing exercises, collaborative critiques, and historical role-playing. Strategies for integrating discussion into Art, Social Studies, and ELA classrooms help bridge the gap between the subject and the literacy space.
Of Metaphors And Measurements: Cross-Disciplinary Learning In K-8 English Language Arts And Mathematics, Morgan Shiver, Janet Shiver
Of Metaphors And Measurements: Cross-Disciplinary Learning In K-8 English Language Arts And Mathematics, Morgan Shiver, Janet Shiver
New Jersey English Journal
English Language Arts and mathematics may seem like an unlikely pair, but together, literature and math can foster meaningful cross-disciplinary learning. This article presents strategies for using literature in K-8 classrooms to meet both ELA and math standards, enhancing student engagement and comprehension.
Poetry Is, Darius M. Phelps
Beyond Black And White: Embracing Every Hue Through Words, Stories, And Unapologetic Truths, Darius M. Phelps
Beyond Black And White: Embracing Every Hue Through Words, Stories, And Unapologetic Truths, Darius M. Phelps
New Jersey English Journal
Literacy shapes how students interpret and engage with the world, yet traditional education often compartmentalizes it. This article explores racial literacy and poetry as transformative, interdisciplinary tools for critical inquiry and identity formation. Grounded in scholarship and practical strategies, it calls for reimagining literacy instruction as empowerment across disciplines and lived experiences.
Bridging Fantasy And Identity Through Narrative, Washington C. Pearce
Bridging Fantasy And Identity Through Narrative, Washington C. Pearce
New Jersey English Journal
In this personal essay I explore the connection between fantastical literacy and a student's perception of their own identity. As we explore fantastical narrative worlds, we learn the vocabulary to describe our own lives and write our own life-stories.
Falling Stars, Veronica D. Gollihue
Falling Stars, Veronica D. Gollihue
New Jersey English Journal
A reflection and reminder that learning begins when we foster deeper connections with our students. As teachers, we can use our students’ experiences to help find new ways of learning, bridge gaps, and create positive classroom environments.
Moving Beyond Reading And Writing: Incorporating Historically Responsive Literacy Into Literacy Instruction In Content Area Classrooms, Andrea Lemahieu Glaws
Moving Beyond Reading And Writing: Incorporating Historically Responsive Literacy Into Literacy Instruction In Content Area Classrooms, Andrea Lemahieu Glaws
New Jersey English Journal
This article describes the practices on teacher educator used to incorporate a historically responsive literacy framework into a disciplinary literacy course offered for pre-service teachers. This article begins with an overview of disciplinary literacy and Dr. Muhammad’s historically responsive literacy framework. Following, this article describes three assignments that the teacher educator used within her classroom to support pre-service teachers across multiple content areas in making connections between HRL and their content area discipline. These three assignments include: lab reflections, curriculum analysis, and mini-lesson facilitation. Connections to implications beyond teacher education are made.
Interdisciplinary Literacy: An Integrative And Inquiry-Based Effort, Melissa Bryan
Interdisciplinary Literacy: An Integrative And Inquiry-Based Effort, Melissa Bryan
New Jersey English Journal
This article outlines a multi-week student-centered social justice research project as a space through which educators may develop disciplinary reading skills. The piece considers culturally responsible and critical literacy practices as well as research on best practices in interdisciplinary reading in secondary education. Results reveal that motivation and discipline-specific reading strategies are key to student success.
Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Susan Chenelle, Lauren Zucker
Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Susan Chenelle, Lauren Zucker
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
The Poetic Experience As Supported By A Teacher/Poet’S Heartfelt Empathy, Joseph S. Pizzo
The Poetic Experience As Supported By A Teacher/Poet’S Heartfelt Empathy, Joseph S. Pizzo
New Jersey English Journal
This poem focuses on the productivity that is possible when a supportive teacher/poet establishes a supportive classroom environment within which their students can write and explore in a classroom where the positive outweighs the negative, thereby encouraging creativity.
Where The Poems Find You, Bill Meissner
Where The Poems Find You, Bill Meissner
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
Reading A Poem Written In Invisible Ink, Bill Meissner
Reading A Poem Written In Invisible Ink, Bill Meissner
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
To The Middle School Talent Show Kids, Oona M. Abrams
To The Middle School Talent Show Kids, Oona M. Abrams
New Jersey English Journal
This poem pays homage to the courage it takes to "show up, get up, and stay up," affirming middle schoolers' collective potential to dream audaciously and shape the world.
Prose Poem With A Timer Set, Oona M. Abrams
Prose Poem With A Timer Set, Oona M. Abrams
New Jersey English Journal
Exploring the tension between poetic idealism and daily obligations, this prose poem captures the fleeting moments of creative ambition in the midst of everyday life.
Joyful Learning: Station Rotation Activities In A High School English Class, Annie Yon
Joyful Learning: Station Rotation Activities In A High School English Class, Annie Yon
New Jersey English Journal
Alfie Kohn, an American author and lecturer in the areas of education and human behavior, asserts in his essay “Feel-Bad Education” that “joy has been in short supply in some classrooms because students tend to be regarded not as subjects but as objects, not as learners but as workers.” He explains that students are forced to sit through prefabricated lessons in a sterile classroom, whose purpose is not to promote thinking, much less the joy of discovery, but to raise test scores. In other words, richer thinking cannot come from monotonous multiple choice exams or never-ending worksheets but from “an …
Cultivating Joy Through Digital Pleasure Reading: Whose Pleasure Is It Anyway?, Lauren Zucker, Kristen Hawley Turner, Rachel Besharat Mann
Cultivating Joy Through Digital Pleasure Reading: Whose Pleasure Is It Anyway?, Lauren Zucker, Kristen Hawley Turner, Rachel Besharat Mann
New Jersey English Journal
Digital reading in English class can bring students pleasure. The authors argue that teachers should incorporate student-selected digital texts in their curricula and create opportunities for students to read, share, and reflect on the digital texts that bring them pleasure. The authors share examples of teachers who include digital pleasure reading in middle school, high school, and higher education classrooms. Digital pleasure reading may bring added benefits (e.g., boosting digital literacies), but it can be promoted as an end in itself.
Centering Joy In The Classroom: Authentic Pedagogy Through Purpose And Mindfulness, E Mariah Spencer
Centering Joy In The Classroom: Authentic Pedagogy Through Purpose And Mindfulness, E Mariah Spencer
New Jersey English Journal
This essay explores the need for authenticity as key to a joyful classroom and outlines the ways in which this authenticity can be achieved. Purpose and mindfulness are the linchpins to creating an authentic and joyful learning environment.
Facilitating Joy In The Literacy Classroom By Recognizing Preferences Of Core Personality Styles, Amy L. Ruglio
Facilitating Joy In The Literacy Classroom By Recognizing Preferences Of Core Personality Styles, Amy L. Ruglio
New Jersey English Journal
This article describes how educators can use knowledge of personality types to facilitate an increase in students' enjoyment of reading in the classroom.
Join Me In The Eagle’S Nest: An Essay On Cultivating Connection, Belonging, And Joy In Turbulent Times, John Pascarella Iii
Join Me In The Eagle’S Nest: An Essay On Cultivating Connection, Belonging, And Joy In Turbulent Times, John Pascarella Iii
New Jersey English Journal
This essay shares the personal story of a novice English teacher galvanized to teach race-conscious culturally responsive lessons, while confronting the assumptions he made about his students, colleagues, and himself during his yearlong practicum in the south ward of Newark.
(Why) Haven't We Figured It Out By Now?: Cultivating Joyful Teaching And Learning In Ela, Janet D. Johnson
(Why) Haven't We Figured It Out By Now?: Cultivating Joyful Teaching And Learning In Ela, Janet D. Johnson
New Jersey English Journal
This essay explores how joy can be deeply connected to literacy learning through absence, art, and awareness.
Teaching Writing: Fostering Joy In Writing Through “Commentarying”, Ellin Kim
Teaching Writing: Fostering Joy In Writing Through “Commentarying”, Ellin Kim
New Jersey English Journal
For over 15 years, the author taught at an after-school English Language Arts center. Initially emphasizing perfection, enthusiasm waned. A graduate course changed the author's views on writing, stressing personal reflections. Implementing this, students' perceptions shifted, using "commentarying" to foster understanding and engagement in discussions on topics such as racism.
“Joy And Pain” Strategies For Transformative Learning In The English Language Arts Curriculum, Alanna Harris
“Joy And Pain” Strategies For Transformative Learning In The English Language Arts Curriculum, Alanna Harris
New Jersey English Journal
The purpose of this paper is to examine joy in English Language Arts (ELA) as a form of resistance. Drawing inspiration from the soulful tunes of Maze, particularly Frankie Beverly's compositions, the narrative delves into the duality of joy and pain as a recurring theme in black culture. Grounded in personal reflections on familial experiences, the exploration expands to encompass the transformative frameworks of influential educators and scholars: bell hooks, Gholdy Muhammad, and Cynthia Dillard. This paper examines how joy becomes a deliberate act of resistance against oppressive educational norms by analyzing their perspectives.
Hamlet And Happiness: How Changing Curriculum Brought Back Joy, Alice Daken-Stefanski
Hamlet And Happiness: How Changing Curriculum Brought Back Joy, Alice Daken-Stefanski
New Jersey English Journal
A personal essay regarding how a shift from the canon to contemporary texts and independent reading brought joy back to the classroom
Healing Through Expressive Writing, Jennifer Chauhan, Christine Demarsico
Healing Through Expressive Writing, Jennifer Chauhan, Christine Demarsico
New Jersey English Journal
Expressive writing has the power to heal and transform education.
Finding Joy Through Vulnerability In The English Classroom, Darlene Calderon, Kayla Sullivan, Emily R. Smith
Finding Joy Through Vulnerability In The English Classroom, Darlene Calderon, Kayla Sullivan, Emily R. Smith
New Jersey English Journal
Moments of joy in the English classroom feel tragically few and far between, often snuck in during pauses in the "real" curricula. This practitioner-oriented piece shares vignettes from our classrooms that illustrate ways in which we--as English teachers--have nurtured moments of joy in of our lessons by centering our and our students' vulnerability.
Writing Horror: Culturally Responsive Genre Literacy, Carly Berwick
Writing Horror: Culturally Responsive Genre Literacy, Carly Berwick
New Jersey English Journal
This case study of horror writing explores how student-led culturally responsive genre discovery can connect to existing curricular mandates, affirm student knowledge, and allow for sustained and engaged student work. The author offers four principles for uncovering students' existing, out-of-school genre understandings.
It Was Our Classroom, Adele Bruni Ashley
It Was Our Classroom, Adele Bruni Ashley
New Jersey English Journal
The author reflects upon her own student experience in a second-grade classroom in considering how to create joy-filled high school ELA classrooms as a teacher today.
Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Lauren Zucker, Susan Chenelle, Katie F. Whitley
Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Lauren Zucker, Susan Chenelle, Katie F. Whitley
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.
[Full Issue] Cultivating Joyful Teaching And Learning In Ela
[Full Issue] Cultivating Joyful Teaching And Learning In Ela
New Jersey English Journal
No abstract provided.