The two issues of this journal contain articles about aspects of English teaching and samples of student work. The Fall 1995 issue contains: "'I Want More Books Like It': Implementing a Reading Workshop in an Urban Classroom with At-Risk Students" (Rebecca Joseph); "Service Learning Prompt for the Maryland Writing Test" (Kathy A. Megyeri); "My Grandfather and the Fish" (Elizabeth Hodges); "Crystal" (Patricia Wilson); "Practice Makes Perfect" (Patricia Wilson); five samples of senior citizens' local history writing; and 24 samples of children's writing, primarily poetry. The Spring 1996 issue (Special Issue: English for Speakers of Other Languages) contains: "Understanding Limited English Proficiency Students: Strategies for Non-ESOL Teachers" (Jennifer Wilmer, Martha Rowe Dolly);"Making Sense of the American Experience: Performance-Based Group Projects and Individual Speech Presentations as Bond Builders for Speakers of English as a Second Language" (Lee Viccellio); "Making Sense of the American Experience: Literature as a Bond Builder for Speakers of English as a Second Language" (Joanne Langan); "Making Sense of the American Experience: Writing Instruction as Bond Building for Speakers of English as a Second Language" (Nancy Traubitz); "'Where Is Your ID?': The Literacy Narrative of a Bilingual, Bicultural Student at an Urban University" (Mary Louise Buley-Meissner); 22 samples of children's writing; and "Poetry: Passion of Long-Time 'Maryland English Journal' Contributor Carol F. Peck" (Erin E. Calvert). (MSE)