The English Journal is a journal of ideas for English language arts teachers in junior and senior high schools and middle schools. EJ presents information on the teaching of writing and reading, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Responding to claims that grammar instruction has become too limited, Zuidema describes field notebooks, mentor texts, show-and-tell essays, ...

Have you ever been drawn to a song because of its clever lyrics. You know the song where the music is good, but because of the lyrics, you remember the song. And then there are those songs that have ...

Want to help your 10th-grader with reading and writing? Here are some of the skills your teen will be learning in the classroom. Read closely from rich and challenging ninth grade-level texts, with ...

STALIN SPOKE Russian as a second language. The Georgian dictator of the Soviet Union had a noticeable accent and is said to have mumbled his case-endings. The tale indicates two things. One is that ...

Want to help your 12th-grader in English Language Arts? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Read closely from rich and challenging 11th grade level texts, with ...