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Peer reviewedYerger, Charles W. – English Journal, 1983
Describes teachers who inspired students to become teachers. (JL)
Descriptors: Role Models, Secondary Education, Student Teacher Relationship, Teacher Background
Peer reviewedOtten, Nick; Stelmach, Marjorie – English Journal, 1987
Presents a high school student's story about fishing, analyzes the story, and provides study guide questions for students intended to amplify the reading. Invites "English Journal" readers to use this story and study guide in their own classrooms. (JG)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Literature, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBacon, Nora – English Journal, 1985
Describes writing assignments that other teachers may wish to present in their classes on women's issues. (CRH)
Descriptors: Assignments, Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedRodd, Thomas, Jr. – English Journal, 1983
Surveys the history of composition instruction in America and concludes that imitation exercises may still be valuable to modern students. (JL)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Higher Education
Peer reviewedReed, Daisy F. – English Journal, 1983
Recounts how a teacher used herself as a model to motivate black students to speak standard English. (JL)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, English, High Schools
Peer reviewedCoffey, Kathy – English Journal, 1987
Suggests that modeling the writing process be carried one step further by the classroom writing teacher to the publishing component, and recounts some of the benefits to be gained by doing so. (NKA)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Innovation, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBoyd, Veleda; Robitaille, Marilyn – English Journal, 1987
Presents a model for a composition workshop using topics generated from the popular media. Designed to help students explore the mimetic characteristics of popular culture and to analyze the appeals, claims, and techniques used in advertising. Grouped under thematic guidelines of social roles, assignments are flexible in length but easily changed…
Descriptors: Advertising, Athletes, Cultural Images, English Instruction
