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Schuster, Edgar H. – English Journal, 2011
Effective writers--professionals and students--break traditionally taught rules frequently. So why teach students rules that writers don't actually follow? English teachers bear the responsibility of offering young writers guidance--of teaching them stylistics "rules." But as thoughtful writing teachers, they are also responsible for observing…
Descriptors: Writing Teachers, English Teachers, Writing Instruction, Misconceptions
Sipe, Rebecca Bowers – English Journal, 2006
As a new faculty member, the author was invited by colleagues to help protect a resource they believed was essential to their instructional program. The importance of teaching grammar in a didactic fashion as a precursor to student writing constituted an unchallenged belief in the department. Faculty members were committed to the notion that…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Form Classes (Languages), Writing (Composition), Grammar
English Journal, 2006
This article presents compelling reasons from teachers why they teach grammar. Amy Benjamin from Hendrick Hudson High School says, she teaches grammar for two reasons. The first is that grammar instruction gives students metalanguage, "language about language." The second reason is that students are interested in language--its changes and…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Grammar, Secondary School Teachers, Metalinguistics
Chisholm, James S.; Trent, Brandie – English Journal, 2012
"Everything...affects everything," from Jay Asher's young adult novel, "Thirteen Reasons Why," captures a central message of this text in which a young woman named Hannah Baker leaves behind a series of tapes addressed to particular individuals who played a part in producing the snowball effect that led to her suicide. "Everything...affects…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Bullying, Suicide, Literature Appreciation
Gomes, Cheryl – English Journal, 2010
The authors, a ninth-grade teacher in a Special Education English class (Cheryl) and a teacher educator (Bucky), know of each other's work through a mutual interest in graphic novels. This article describes what happened in Cheryl's class when her students read "American Born Chinese" and discussed that text in a blog with its author, Gene Luen…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Norms, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Novels
Turner, Kristen Hawley – English Journal, 2009
Because digital language represents such a large part of the primary discourse of today's adolescents, it is not surprising that the style of electronic communication is "seeping into their schoolwork." According to a recent study published by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, in partnership with the College Board's National Commission…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Social Networks, Internet, English