Contends that beginning teachers must learn quickly to be passionate about teaching. Provides five pieces of advice for beginning English teachers. (HB)

Describes how one beginning English teacher learned about the profession through her experiences working with a special education student. (HB)

Gives advice for the beginning English teacher especially with regard to being ready for the unexpected. Suggests ways that all teachers might react to the unexpected when it does appear and possibly even parlay it into a learning experience for both teacher and students. (HB)

Provides advice from 15 veteran English teachers for smoothing the transitional period of beginning teachers. (HB)

Describes how one English teacher, in conjunction with an art teacher, linked writing poetry with student art. Recounts the pairing of student artists with student poets. Explains the benefits of such a learning arrangement, in which an artist tries to capture graphically the meaning of a poem. (HB)

Gives an overview of how one English teacher uses students' inherent understanding of film by asking them to write movie scripts. Advocates the use of screenwriting in the classroom. Details numerous reasons for such methods, and describes eight specific suggested class activities employing script writing. (HB)

Describes how one English teacher used experience as a professional writer to change how she approached writing instruction in a seventh-grade English class. Outlines a method centered on extensive revision and the submission of writing portfolios. (HB)

Describes how one teacher taught methods of research to student writers with a view to producing persuasive arguments for the public good. Advocates using social issues as a stimulus for student writing activities. (HB)

Describes how one teacher used journal writing with student writers. Discusses the reasons for using student journals and claims that journal use is most effective when the teacher's objectives and expectations are thoroughly examined. (HB)

Discusses a method developed by a teacher to help students improve their language proficiency while at the same time enhancing their understanding of the literature they read. Considers how to use learning modalities different from traditional reading and writing. (HB)

Describes how one English teacher used advertising to enhance literature instruction in the classroom. Focuses on the actual methods used in an eighth-grade English class, including analysis of commercials and research on ad agencies. (HB)

Gives an overview of English educational practices in the United Kingdom. Focuses on the changes in the assessment of student achievement in English, with particular attention to high school English in England and Wales. (HB)

Gives advice for first-year English teachers. Advocates keeping a journal of daily activities, meeting regularly with other teachers, and asking lots of questions. (HB)

Defines the concept of deconstruction as a theory of language and reading. Discusses its relationship to the teaching of English. (HB)

Considers the special challenges faced by white English teachers who use literature written by people of color. Presents models for talking about racial and ethnic differences. Asks if and how white teachers can succeed in covering such literary texts. (HB)