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Readers will come away from this book encouraged to make their own journeys as English language arts teachers. Just as important, theyll be equipped with practical advice, strategies, and specific examples with which to do so.

Leila Christenbury is well known as a writer and researcher in English education. In her new book, this veteran teacher and teacher educator reveals what did and, more surprisingly, did not happen when she returned to the high school classroom after a hiatus of many years. Exploring her experiences in light of current teacher preparation reform efforts, the author's compelling narrative is a continuation of her earlier work that will resonate with those concerned with the state of secondary education in the United States today.

In this third book in the Continuing the Journey series, aimed at veteran teachers yet accessible to highly capable early career teachers, Ken Lindblom and Leila Christenbury explore teaching English language, speaking, and listening. Drawing on contemporary and foundational research to infuse classrooms with substance and energy, the authors focus on authentic assignments with real-world value. As an added benefit, teachers and scholars from across the country add their voices and experiences in the ideal Teachers' Lounge, providing important and diverse perspectives and advice. Topics in this volume include: Understanding and teaching language change and attention to culture, fostering audience-responsive communication, addressing today's challenges for in-person and technology-enabled speaking, encouraging and assessing respectful talk and multimedia communication, managing heated conversations, grasping why deep listening may be a lost art, and how we can recover it. Packed with classroom-ready approaches, provocative ideas, encouraging insights, as well as the authors' anecdotes and asides, this book will entertain, educate, and inspire teachers who take seriously the importance of language, speaking, and listening in today's dynamic world. Teachers' Lounge contributors: Sydney Bryan, Kelly Byrne Bull, Tricia Ebarvia, Christian Z. Goering, Sharonica Nelson, Molly S. Potas, Kia Jane Richmond, Jana L. Rieck, Martha Sandven, Brian Stzabnik, and Peter S. Willis

The second volume in the Continuing the Journey series, this book focuses on authentic writing instruction for middle and high school classrooms. The authors draw on what research has taught them about writing - concepts deeply rooted in real-world experience - and why we must teach writing accurately, effectively, and fearlessly.

Aimed at accomplished veteran teachers, Continuing the Journey offers practical advice, encouragement, and cutting-edge ideas for today's English classroom. Coauthors Leila Christenbury and Ken Lindblom, well-known teachers, writers, and former editors of English Journal, are joined in this book by almost two dozen classroom teachers and researchers. Together they present real strategies for real classrooms and offer teachers ideas, insights, and support. Focused on literature and informational texts, this lively book (the first in a series) is a road map to professional renewal and to becoming a better teacher. Topics include: Changes in you, your classroom, and your school What it means to be a better teacher Teaching literary texts and literary nonfiction And incorporating the study of informational texts and of social media in your classroom An innovative feature of the book--the Ideal Teachers' Lounge--invites the voices of many highly regarded teachers and scholars to engage, inspire, and inform you about the challenging world of professional teaching. Vignettes from real classrooms infuse the book with practicality. Inviting, collegial, and knowledgeable, Leila and Ken share their experience, stories, and ideas flavored with drama and humor. If you are a veteran English teacher, well beyond the first-year jitters and ready to focus fully on the success of your students and your own professional growth, Continuing the Journey, both book and series, is for you.

What will students be asked to do when faced with the writing tasks on the Common Core State Standards assessments? What are the instructional shifts teachers will need to make so that students can understand and master them? Kelly Sassi and Anne Ruggles Gere unpack the PARCC and Smarter Balanced approaches to writing assessment, and provide effective strategies to help students develop as writers as well as prepare for the new writing tasks. Writing on Demand for the Common Core State Standard Assessments provides teachers with the principles of effective writing and then shows how to apply those principles to the Common Core assessments. Samples of performance tasks with student responses illustrate the importance of helping writers: analyze prompts, including those of Smarter Balanced and PARCC build reading skills that support text-dependent writing transfer writing strategies to science and social studies manage time in a digital space. Producing an effective piece of writing can be challenging in any timed writing context. Give your students the strategies they'll need to succeed on the Common Core State Standards writing assessments- and become better writers for life.

Includes information on how to write an essay for exams.

In Writing on Demand, you'll discover how to help your students gain the valuable skills they need to succeed on the essay portions of the SAT, ACT, Advanced Placement, and other exams and to help them develop as writers.

Gale Researcher Guide for: Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.