Explains the importance and purpose of telling stories for people. Describes interactive software that can be used by children to create stories. Presents some ways of using story telling in English instruction. (HB)

Describes how one writing teacher used the concept of the writer's commonplace book to encourage students to respond in writing to current cultural and news events. Shows how to set up separate files on computer networks containing reflections on news events, and argues that such a method is effective at inspiring writing. (HB)

Details the creative writing software program called "Kid Works 2" and claims that it is a solid and useful means of inspiring and fostering creative writing among young students. (HB)

Argues for the value and power of writers putting their deepest emotions and feelings in the form of writing. Encourages teachers to foster the miraculous gift of writing among their students. (HB)

Argues that current rhetoric needs to restore the authority of reason, not as a logical task but as an ethical one. Warns that, in doing this, teachers must resist the temptation of exceptionalism and must allow for fair discourse among participants. (HB)

Suggests four exercises to undertake prior to the actual reading and study of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in high school English classes. (HB)

Explicates two opposing conceptions of knowledge. Explores the views of knowledge embedded in three major models of writing and their associated implications for classroom instruction in relation to the two major epistemological positions. Discusses the significance of knowing about knowledge and knowing, particularly with regard to the teaching…

Examines Stephen Toulmin's system of logic and its application to the teaching of composition. Claims that Toulmin's approach is deficient for classroom applications. Argues that composition teachers would do better to retain principles from traditional logic rather than using Toulmin's form as a substitute. (HB)

Traces the historical development of the authority of grammar handbooks and their current status as monitors of language. Focuses on the evidence that English speakers use the "singular they" and the "generic he." Interprets current handbooks in terms of their social roles and political constructions. (HB)

Presents information gathered informally from junior high English teachers concerning the teaching of grammar. Debates the question of the feasibility of grammar instruction in English classrooms. Prescribes reasons for the teaching of grammar and useful methods for its instruction. (HB)

Discusses the prospect of the elimination of metaphors in writings done in E-Prime (a form of English that eliminates all forms of the verb "to be"). Considers the ontology and epistemology of language with respect to the implementation of E-Prime. Argues for the usefulness of E-Prime in writing instruction. (HB)

Raimes' article on the history of second-language approaches to teaching writing is reviewed and criticized for its failure to support a social context approach to teaching writing. Raimes' response to Canagarajah supports her original position. (11 references) (LB)

An approach to persuasive writing is presented for English-as-a-Second-Language classrooms. Activities include discussion to activate past experience, connecting experience to purpose, constructing the argument, extending the argument, supporting the argument, and examining and evaluating alternatives. (12 references) (LB)

Shows how writing instructors can enhance the peer editing skills of their students and thereby improve the students' own writing and self-editing skills. Outlines a collaborative project used in a ninth-grade writing class that fostered the editing skills of students. (HB)

Discusses how changes in the technology of text, specifically a shift in the medium of presentation from paper to screen, will invariably trigger changes in the shape of the text. Utilizes a text analytical approach to identify nine dimensions of the key differences between paper and on-screen text. (HB)