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The Living Legacy of Donald Murray
Authors: Romano Tom
Published: March 2024

Describes a session at the Spring 1997 National Council of Teachers of English convention to honor Donald Murray’s life and work. Summarizes several presentations, and offers excerpts from written testimonials capturing the essence of Murray’s writing and teaching and explaining his irreplaceable personal and professional role.
Rewey Belle Inglis: Teacher, Writer, Observer
Authors: Gerlach Jeanne Marcum
Published: March 2024

Discusses the many contributions of Rewey Belle Inglis, a secondary English teacher, university English educator, and textbook publisher, as well as first woman president of the National Council of Teachers of English (1929). Discusses her professional credentials, her place in history, her writings (about teaching grammar and literature, teacher training, and professional development), and her research.
Blueprints or Houses? Lou LaBrant and the Writing Debate
Authors: Thomas P. L.
Published: March 2024

Discusses the work and contributions of Lou LaBrant, who became president of the National Council of Teachers of English in 1954, and who was one of the foremost progressive practitioners of reading and writing instruction. Discusses her research, her teaching, her experience, and her lifelong insistence that the writing curriculum had to be open-ended and child-centered.
Broad Shoulders and Big Issues: Council Leaders Tell Their Stories
Authors: Jensen Julie M.
Published: March 2024

Offers brief excerpts from oral history interviews with eight National Council of Teachers of English leaders on a variety of topics, including: formative years; becoming interested in teaching; experiences as a beginning teacher; teaching writing; being an African American teacher; literature and humanness.
Reading, Responding, Reflecting
Authors: Lifford Jean , Byron Barbara , Eckblad Jean , Ziemian Carol
Published: March 2024

Describes how English teachers of grades 6-12 in one high school have given more direct instruction in the explicit strategies students should use when reading. These strategies, combined with frequent opportunities for students to reflect on their effectiveness on integrating these strategies into their reading processes, resulted in more probing, careful, open-minded reading.
Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: Curriculum and Social Change
Authors: Auciello Joseph
Published: March 2024

Argues an English curriculum infused with multicultural literature and perspectives will not cause the educational and social outcomes attributed to it. The crux of the problem is to help students acquire, from their own experience with literature, a greater desire for literature. Suggests desire to read can be stimulated by a thoughtful curriculum that engages students’ needs and interests.
Peace from Within: Teaching Texts That Comfort and Heal
Authors: Pass Olivia McNeely
Published: March 2024

Argues that a curriculum of peace must include ways to define human problems. Describes how the author taught a literature course called “The Healing Word: Literature About Coping with Death and Illness” that used literary selections and a film series to examine physical healing, mental healing, and healing from grief.
Poetry Meets Plumbing: Teaching English in a Vocational Classroom
Authors: Darvin Jacqueline
Published: March 2024

Describes the author’s experiences teaching a contextualized (content-driven) English curriculum in a vocational school, surmising that if students write about things that truly interest them (their trade areas), then writing instruction will be contextual and therefore meaningful and effective. Discusses difficulties and rewards, the variety of attitudes taken by vocational teachers, and some successful team-teaching that has resulted.
Composition for the Twenty-First Century
Authors: Shafer Gregory
Published: March 2024

Gregory Shafer defines argues that teaching writing by prescription (e.g. the 5-paragraph essay) supplants student initiative. He insists we should recognize the “amazingly rich and varied linguistic ability” that students bring with them and build upon that.
Young Adult Literature: 1999 Honor List: New Forms and Formats by Ken Donelson and Alleen Pace Nilsen
Authors: Crowe Chris
Published: March 2024

Presents brief descriptions of the eight books for young adults on the 1999 Honor List annually compiled the authors. Offers descriptions of the eight books.
Prime Time Literature in the High School
Authors: Shafer Gregory
Published: March 2024

Describes how students in the author’s eleventh-grade American literature classes, in groups of three, brought a book, short story, literary character, or historical epoch to life by capturing its essence on video. Suggests these student-produced literary documentaries crossed many disciplines and engaged students thoroughly, while engendering a sense of problem-posing and exploration.
Leadership and Doing Things Differently
Authors: Kiernan Henry
Published: March 2024

Presents four articles relating to leadership and how to do things in a different manner.
Coming to America: Community From Diversity
Authors: Schiller Laura
Published: March 2024

The children in this middle school classroom and their families celebrated their diversity by investigating their heritage and immigration to the United States. Out of this study of diversity emerged considerable learning and a strong sense of community
Teacher-Researchers Study the Process of Synthesizing in Six Primary Classrooms
Authors: Harvey Stephanie , McAuliffe Sheila , Benson Laura , Cameron Wendy , Kempton Sue , Lusche Pat , Miller Debbie , Schroeder Joan , Weaver Julie
Published: March 2024

Talk plays a critical role in children’s learning to synthesize and in teachers’ research into new visions of synthesis instruction
Integrated Word Study: Spelling, Grammar, and Meaning in the Language Arts Classroom
Authors: Invernizzi Marcia A. , Abouzeid Mary P. , Bloodgood Janet W.
Published: March 2024

Most upper elementary-aged readers are beyond phonics, but they can still benefit from learning about how words work.
Bookalogues: Talking About Children’s Books
Authors: Martinez Miriam , Nash Marcia F.
Published: March 2024

Provides brief descriptions of 27 children’s books that teachers may use in approaching literary study and organizing literature units. Groups the books around literary elements, structures, devices, and genres.
Dear Readers
Authors: Teale Bill
Published: March 2024

Letter to Language Arts readers from Bill Teale, LA editor.
Attack of the Killer Baby Faces: Gender Similarities in Third-Grade Writing
Authors: Simmons Jay
Published: March 2024

Many teachers and researchers have noted gender differences in children’s writing. But in one classroom, where writing was a social process, interesting gender similarities appeared also.
Literature and Cultural Awareness: Voices from the Journey
Authors: Wilkinson Phyllis A. , Kido Elissa
Published: March 2024

Two teacher educators discuss the effects of promoting teachers’ awareness and use of multicultural literature in their classrooms.
Outstanding Nonfiction Choices for 1997
Authors: Aoki Elaine , Jensen Julie , Kerper Richard , Nathan Ruth , Patric Karen
Published: March 2024

Presents descriptions of (1) the 1997 winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (“An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly”); (2) the 5 Orbis Pictus Honor Books; and (3) 12 other outstanding nonfiction titles selected by the award committee, 6 dealing with history and biography and 6 dealing with the natural world.
Note to the Teacher on the First Day of School
Authors: Roberts Sherron Killingsworth
Published: March 2024

Sherron Roberts asks us to consider complex questions of attentiveness and care as we welcome children back to school.
A Chinese Boy’s Joyful Initiation into Amerian Literacy
Authors: Townsend Jane S. , Fu Danling
Published: March 2024

Researchers Jane Townsend and Danling Fu show how a Chinese boy’s entry into American language and culture was supported by a second-grade classroom that provided frequent opportunities for him to use oral and written language in personally meaningful ways.
Profile: Pat Mora, Fiction/Nonfiction Writer and Poet
Authors: Barrera Rosalinda B.
Published: March 2024

Offers a profile of Pat Mora, a writer whose work crosses the boundaries of audience, genre, and language. Notes that woven through her works are topics drawn from her life experience. Looks at her recent accomplishments and forthcoming books. Discusses her advocacy for cultural and linguistic diversity, and for more Latinos in all phases of children’s book publishing.
Students’ Stories about Reading Education
Authors: Landis David
Published: March 2024

Argues that learning to investigate students’ language holds great promise as an avenue of assessment. Shows what the stories of three second-grade students reveal about their beliefs regarding both reading and language growth. Discusses how students define for themselves who readers are and what readers can do.
Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Natural Scientist Writes
Authors: Owens Caroline V.
Published: March 2024

Observes a 9-year-old third-grade student at home and at school. Reveals the disparity between Laura’s highly contextualized knowledge of science and the school science curriculum. States that teachers do not value Laura’s strong observational and analytical proclivities and that both she and her teachers think of Laura as an academic failure.
Language Play as Response Discourse
Authors: Holmes Lynda A.
Published: March 2024

Illustrates how studying fourth-grade students’ language-play response discourses and sharing students’ patterns of thinking with them can lead to authentic assessment that fuels learning. Discusses open activities (providing challenge, autonomy, and social collaboration) that foster language-play response. Discusses what is meant by language play.
Talking About Books … Karen Hesse
Authors: Beck Cathy , Gwyn Linda , Koblitz Dick , O’Connor Anne , Pierce Kathryn Mitchell , Wolf Susan
Published: March 2024

Presents an interview with Karen Hesse, author of 12 books of fiction for young, middle, and older readers, and winner of the 1998 Newbery Award. Offers an overview of Hesse’s books, organized into picture books, transition chapter books, and novels. Presents a discussion of the themes found in her books, highlighting children’s discussion remarks.
The Midwest: Life in the Mississippi River Valley
Authors: Beck Cathy , Gilles Carol , Koblitz Dick , O’Connor Anne
Published: March 2024

Describes 33 books that give children insight into living in the great Midwest and into westward expansion, including books by and about Laura Ingalls Wilder, on the nature of the prairie, famous figures of the Midwest, picture books, and novels.
Noteprints
Authors: LaPointe Martha
Published: March 2024

LaPoint uses the analogy of “footprints in the snow” as a way of thinking about the importance of note taking in teacher research.
Summer Reading: A Reflection
Authors: Mushegian Sara S.
Published: March 2024

Recounts the author’s family’s summer reading and how she used it as an opportunity to talk with her children about books and, ultimately, about life.
Working Together Separately: A Research collaborative Reflects on the Meaning of Collaboration for Children
Authors: Hinchman Kathleen , Boljonis Alice , Haun Diane , Heinrich Janet , Molinari Ellen , Ryan Suzanne , Woodward Jane
Published: March 2024

Presents the authors’ varying perspectives as teacher researchers reflecting on their first-time implementation of a cross-age, primary-grade literacy project. Identifies several themes as important sites of difference among the teacher-researchers.
William’s Doll Revisited
Authors: Greever Ellen A. , Austin Patricia , Welhousen Karyn
Published: March 2024

Examines responses to the children’s book “William’s Doll” by two groups of fourth-grade students, one responding in 1975 and the other group responding in 1997. Finds that many responses to the idea of a boy wanting a doll for a toy still arose from heavily stereotyped attitudes toward gender. Notes implications for the classroom.
Teaching beyond Once Upon a Time
Authors: Ballentine Darcy , Hill Lisa
Published: March 2024

Argues that the purpose of teaching students to read includes challenging children to take up books that contain “dangerous truths.” Discusses two such books: “Forged by Fire” by Sharon Draper and “The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963” by Christopher Paul Curtis. Includes children’s statements regarding why they insist on being able to read good books about tough issues.
Resisting Occupation, Resisting Reading
Authors: Block Alan A.
Published: March 2024

Outlines how reading became occupied by scientists and positivists who made of reading something mundane, inconsequential, and quantifiable. Discusses the effect that this occupation has had on the pedagogy, politics, and policy of reading in schools and society. Examines the resistance to reading that is provoked by these occupying forces.
You Say Stakeholder; I Say Robber Baron
Authors: Ohanian Susan
Published: March 2024

Argues that the dehumanization of everyone involved with educational standards is astounding. Offers stories of standardized tests and schools that sort children into winners and losers, and of lock-step, rigid “teaching.” Contrasts this with success stories from three excellent classrooms where teachers’ personal “standards” include deep passion and caring for children, for language, and for teaching.
2000 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts
Authors:   Notable Children’s Books Committee
Published: March 2024

Describes 30 children’s books published in 1999 selected by the National Council of Teachers of English’s Children’s Literature Assembly as being notable for their potential to enhance language awareness and usage among children in grades K-8.
Contents Under Pressure
Authors: Paul Tracy Cobb
Published: March 2024

Paul’s metaphorical text asks us to envision anew the feelings of urgency and elusiveness, the pensiveness and languor confronting all writers as they face the moment of composing text.
Spelling and “the Second ‘R’ ”
Authors: Hughes Margaret , Searle Dennis
Published: March 2024

Uses conversations with children to illustrate the vital role that writing plays in spelling development from kindergarten to the end of sixth grade. Looks at how good spellers approach words with the eyes of a writer, how writers take responsibility for their spelling, and how one writer described the link between spelling and writing for an audience.
Squaring Up to Spelling: A Teacher-Research Group Surveys Parents
Authors: Chandler Kelly ,   The Mapleton Teacher-Research Group
Published: March 2024

Surveys parents to discover their perceptions of spelling and spelling instruction. Notes parents see spelling as critically important, want time in school devoted to spelling instruction, want to see a grade in spelling on students’ report cards, and see reading and writing as the primary ways in which children learn to spell. Describes effects on teachers and students.
Building a Foundation for Effective Teaching and Learning of English: A Personal Perspective on Thirty Years of Research
Authors: Applebee Arthur N.
Published: March 2024

Offers a 30-year retrospective on the evolution of a researcher and of the field of English teaching. Discusses the tradition of scholarship that seeks to ground its approaches to teaching and learning in the best of their understandings of language use and language learning, drawing broadly on rhetoric, linguistics, sociology, literary criticism, cognitive science, and anthropology.
Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English
Authors: Brown Deborah , Martino Wayne , Rijlaarsdam Gert , Stinson Anne D’Antonio , Whiting Melissa E.
Published: March 2024

Presents a 43-item selected annotated bibliography of recent research in the teaching of English published, generally, between July through December, 1998. Divides entries into sections on assessment; bilingual/foreign-language education; media, society, and literacy; reading; research methodology; teaching and learning of literature; technology and literacy; and writing.
Supporting Possible Worlds: Transforming Literature Teaching and Learning through Conversations in the Narrative Mode
Authors: Miller Suzanne M. , Legge Sharon
Published: March 2024

Investigates how a secondary-school teacher uses her “turning-point literacy experience” as a narrative template to guide changes in her teaching of literature. Scaffolds students’ narrative modes of thinking in two contrasting classroom contexts: a twelfth-grade class for “at-risk” students and an eleventh-grade class for college-bound students. Provides narrative strategies at points of need.
The Expatriate Teacher as Postmodern Paladin
Authors: Johnston Bill
Published: March 2024

Argues that the marginality of English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) expatriate teachers exemplifies the postmodern condition affecting society at the end of the millennium. Uses the image of the paladin and its juxtaposition with the conceptual framework of postmodernity to generate new ways of thinking about issues in ESL/EFL teaching.
Reconstructing Familiar Metaphors: John Dewey and Louise Rosenblatt on Literary Art as Experience
Authors: Faust Mark
Published: March 2024

Problematizes the word “experience” as it is currently being used by researchers and teachers who want to reform literature instruction in schools and colleges. Discusses how a fresh look at Dewey and Rosenblatt can reconstruct the courtroom and marketplace metaphors as sound alternatives to theories that perpetuate dualistic assumptions about literary experience.
Making the Leap: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Composition for Students in Technical Fields
Authors: Morgan Marilyn R. P.
Published: March 2024

Discusses how to teach a first-year composition course, expository writing, required of most students at Rensselaer Polytechnic. Considers how to motivate students and help them to see connections between writing and their technical work. Offers various techniques for getting the students to write comfortably.
Reviews
Authors: Tinberg Howard , Weisser Christian R. , Nelson Alexis , Simmers Gary E. , Matthews Michael
Published: March 2024

What Is Composition and Why Do We Teach It? A Review Essay; Teachers, Discourses, and Authority in the Postmodern Composition Classroom; When Writing Teachers Teach Literature: Bringing Writing to Reading; Science and Technology Today: Readings for Writers; Writing Off Center: An American Issues Reader for Composition; The Shape of Ideas; Border Talk: Writing and Knowing in the Two-Year College.
Teaching Writing to Dyslexic Students: A Guide for the Composition Instructor
Authors: Corrigan John R.
Published: March 2024

Offers suggestions for teaching dyslexic students from a graduate student who teaches composition and is himself dyslexic. Recommends the following strategies: one-on-one help, study skills assignments, individual strategies, step-by-step process, oral discussion, topics of interest to the student, and questions to build confidence.
How Does a Reader Make a Poem Meaningful? Reader-Response Theory and the Poetry Portfolio
Authors: Tompkins Sandra Lee
Published: March 2024

Describes how a reader-response approach can help students construct a portfolio of readings that reflects their development as poetry readers. Describes using a reader-response journal, communal learning activities, and a portfolio to create a recursive process through which students develop a better understanding of how poetry works. Discusses evaluation of the portfolio.
New Voices: Teaching and Responding to the Literature of Aids
Authors: Barnhouse Sandra McGill
Published: March 2024

Describes how the author came to develop an elective community–college course called “AIDS: A Literary Response.” Discusses the course curriculum and course materials, literature and films, class assignments, formal paper assignments, notebooks of materials, and the impact of the life stories shared with the class by visitors.
Reviews
Authors: Wootten Judith A. , Summer Lynn , Drew Julie , Simpson Cynthia
Published: March 2024

Reviews six books: Mina P. Shaughnessy: Her Life and Work, by Jane Maher reviewed by Judith A. (Jay) Wootten; Your Choice: A Basic Writing Guide with Readings, by Kate Mangelsdorf and Evelyn Posey reviewed by Lynn Summer; Constructing Knowledges: The Politics of Theory Building and Pedagogy in Composition, by Sidney I. Dobrin reviewed by Julie Drew; Academic Advancement in Composition Studies: Scholarship, Publication, Promotion, Tenure, ed. by Richard C. Gebhardt and Barbara Genelle Smith Gebhardt; Publishing in Rhetoric and Composition, ed. by Gary A. Olson and Todd Taylor; Writing for Academic Publication, by Frank Parker and Kathryn Riley reviewed by Cynthia Simpson.
Personalizing the Grading Scale for Beginning Writers
Authors: Carter Ron , Rockson Thomas A.
Published: March 2024

Describes a grading system used in a college composition class that shifts the focus away from letter grades and toward continuous student progress. Describes how it is based on a personalized, flexible standard that challenges each student’s particular skills as a writer, and encourages real improvement in student writing.
Making the Student, Making the Grade: Fostering Dialogue through Accountability
Authors: Payne Darin
Published: March 2024

Describes a first-year college composition course and the daily preparatory writing assignments, “inquiry response papers,” that form its core. Describes how these assignments, in which students respond to their homework reading, have led to a collaborative, dialogic classroom where students realize and express their own voices, and have fostered a more intrinsic motivation within students.
Starkweather and Smith: Using "Contact Zones" to Teach Argument
Authors: Schutt Robin Muksian
Published: March 2024

Describes how a professor teaching a "Writing Arguments" course focused on two cases involving the death penalty to show students how arguments are constructed, and how students can form strong arguments of their own. Notes that this approach does not force students to choose sides when they stand somewhere in the middle. Describes four class writing assignments.
Instructional Note – Struggling with Fitzgerald’s "Crack-Up" Essays
Authors: Fulcher James
Published: March 2024

Ponders F. Scott Fitzgerald’s essays about his "crack-up" and relates them to the many complex aspects of the struggles of a teacher using post-structural literary theory and teaching two-year college students.
Deconstruction in the Composition Classroom
Authors: Reynolds Jean
Published: March 2024

Argues that postmodern language theory offers useful insights into long-standing writing problems encountered by writing instructors. Discusses a postmodern view of language, how language shapes reality, the contributions of Jacques Derrida, and deconstruction and composition. Applies these ideas to two pedagogical ideologies, and suggests some innovative classroom practices.
Caribbean Women’s Voices Speak to Two-Year College Students
Authors: Thomas Katherine M. , Spoelman Linda Karsten
Published: March 2024

Argues that literature by Caribbean women writers of the 20th century offers two-year college students models for surmounting obstacles, resisting oppression, and holding life in fragile equilibrium. Discusses various Caribbean women authors and the influences upon them. Describes numerous ways that specific Caribbean works could be used in the two-year-college curriculum.
TETYC and Me
Authors: Hutchens John C.
Published: March 2024

Illustrates some of the changes and trends at “Teaching English in the Two-Year College” (TETYC) during the author’s years on the masthead. Considers specific articles of his first and last issues (Fall 1978 - December 1987). Represents TETYC staff as individuals who do not give up on students, continually challenging them with new thinking, new perspectives, and new techniques.
Forest Park English Department Revisited
Authors: Friedrich Dick , Harris Angela
Published: March 2024

Provides a retrospective update of a 1974 profile of the English Department at St. Louis’s Forest Park Community College. Describes the campus, English department, internal governance, courses taught, professional activities, and departmental spirit in relationship to its 1974 profile.
The Power of Aroma and the Olfactory Experience in the Classroom
Authors: Sprinkle Russ
Published: March 2024

Suggests that despite culturally induced aversions, aromas do have a role to play in writing instruction. Suggest there are many examples in literature of authors’ treatment of the olfactory sense. Argues that emphasizing smell as a writing stimulant and encouraging olfactory analyses of literary works can serve as valid ways of introducing students to alternative and challenging approaches to writing.
Language and Identity: A Reading-to-Write Unit for Advanced ESL Students
Authors: Burkhalter Nancy , Pisciotta Samuel W.
Published: March 2024

Describes a study unit for ESL (English Second Language) students on language and identity. Explores the dichotomy of attitudes and behavior occurring when a nonnative speaker tries to embrace a new language and culture. Concludes that reading and writing about multicultural literature in the ESL classroom helps students gain language skills and better perspectives on the diversity of American culture.
Instructional Note – Teaching about Plagiarism in the Age of the Internet
Authors: Klausman Jeffrey
Published: March 2024

Considers how the Internet provides new opportunities for teaching about plagiarism and how to avoid it. Defines and gives examples of three different kinds of plagiarism: direct plagiarism, paraphrase plagiarism, and patchwork plagiarism. Discusses a way of teaching students about plagiarism. Concludes that plagiarism is usually unintentional.
Creating a Context for Developmental English
Authors: Goode Dianne
Published: March 2024

Describes an innovative curriculum project at Piedmont Community College in North Carolina called CONCUR, which designed classes specifically for developmental students, applying the principles of contextual learning by creating the context of a publishing company. Discusses motivation, grading, the reading workshop, providing books, pages required and journal entries, class activities, the Writing Workshop, and publication.
Distant Service Learning in First-Year Composition: A Grant Writing Unit
Authors: Hellman Shawn
Published: March 2024

Describes a “distant service learning” unit in a first-year composition course in which students wrote for a nonprofit organization in the classroom. Discusses program activities in relation to the first-year composition curriculum, program activities and the nonprofit organization, classroom implementation and assessment (including scoring guide criteria), and assessing student impact and impact on the nonprofit organization.
INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE : The One-Dollar Solution: Using the Poems of Edgar Lee Masters to Stimulate Thinking and Writing in Developmental Writing
Authors: Wasserman Miryam
Published: March 2024

Describes how the author uses the poems of Edgar Lee Masters’ “Spoon River Anthology” in her developmental writing classes to foster literary discussion, build vocabulary, and teach a broad range of essay writing skills.
Using The Giving Tree to Teach Literary Criticism
Authors: Remler Nancy Lawson
Published: March 2024

Argues that introducing students to literary criticism while introducing them to literature boosts their confidence and abilities to analyze literature, and increases their interest in discussing it. Describes how the author, in her college-level introductory literature course, used Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree” (a children’s book) to introduce literary criticism, increase enthusiasm for literature, and build confidence in making meaning.
Making Meaning in the Postmodern Market: Teaching John Updike’s “A&P”
Authors: Carino Peter
Published: March 2024

Considers how teaching John Updike’s short story “A&P” to treat issues of class and gender provides practice in reading for multiple meanings. Discusses students’ responses to the character “Sammy” and considers issues from personal response to reading the text. Notes multiple perspectives and ways of teaching “A&P.”
Stealing a Piece of the World and Hiding It in Words
Authors: King Wendy
Published: March 2024

Eighth-grade teacher Wendy King invited her students into the world of poetry by asking for their definitions, and then immersing them in poetry reading to refine those initial definitions. Thoughts that breathe, words that burn, a vocal picture. Try her strategies after reading this article.
Message from the Editors
Authors: Barbieri Maureen , Rief Linda
Published: March 2024

We know that poetry is integral to true literacy, but how do middle school teachers and students make room for poetry in their lives? In this themed issue, we learn that poetry is thriving in their classrooms. Children read it and writing it, and as they do, they begin to see the world and their place in new ways.
Professional Voices/Classroom Portrait: Knowing from Different Angles: Language Arts and Science Connections
Authors: Sakai Alan , Leggo Carl
Published: March 2024

Describes how a seventh-grade teacher incorporated all the strands of language arts in a science unit on butterflies. Discusses insights learned in this journey of learning that honored the mystery of science as “knowing.” Describes how teacher and students became actively engaged in a pedagogic experience that acknowledged the connections between science and creative expression.
Writing to Think Critically: The Seeds of Social Action
Authors: Bomer Randy
Published: March 2024

Discusses how English/language-arts teachers can actively teach students to use a socially critical lens for thinking. Considers three modes of teaching this. Discusses how, once students have a least 10 notebook entries focused on social issues, “noticings,” and questions, they should be able to reread their notebooks for themes that have captured their attention.
Southern Woman (poem)
Authors: Johnson Vivian Morriss
Published: March 2024

In her poem, Johnson shuns the myth of the Southern Belle, in favor of more realistic versions: the women in her family.
Reflections on the Past, Directions for the Future
Authors: Foster Harold M.
Published: March 2024

Describes what to pack for the English/Language Arts teacher of the new century: a brain (outlining crucial lessons learned about language teaching and learning, important principles, and particular points about writing and reading literature); a heart (since teachers must inspire, nurture, and care about their students); and courage (in the face of the debates and politicization of education).
Alice in Web Wonderland: Internet Resources for Middle Schoolers and Their Teachers
Authors: Rowlands Kathleen Dudden
Published: March 2024

Discusses 7 questions developed by the author to evaluate web sites. Offers a list of 42 web sites in several categories useful to middle school teachers both for classroom use and professional development: super-linkers (indexes of useful sites); reference materials; writing instruction; literacy, reading, and literature; and educational organizations and professional development.
Language Play in Y2K: Morphology Brought to You by Pokémon
Authors: Nilsen Alleen Pace , Nilsen Don L. F.
Published: March 2024

Suggests that teachers can take advantage of children’s interest in the Pokemon game to teach worthwhile lessons about how words are developed. Shows how, by analyzing Pokemon names, kids can learn the linguistic concept of morphology.
Prior to Publishing: Word Work
Authors: Romano Tom
Published: March 2024

Selection of a writing topic, then research, organization, language choice, drafting, response, revision. And that’s just the start. Veteran writing teacher Tom Romano shares stories, strategies, favorite leads and more as he shepherds student writing through to publication.
The Way Stories Dance
Authors: Paulsen Gary
Published: March 2024

Describes the author’s experience with editor rejection and acceptance. Discusses how he incorporates his experience with dog sledding into his work as a writer.
Systemic Observation-Surgical Periodontic Approach In The Management Of Amlodipine Induced Gingival Enlargement
Authors:   Periodontology Department Airlangga University, Prahasanti Chiquita , Ganda Wijaya Michael ,   Periodontology Department Airlangga University, Safitri Rahmidian ,   Periodontology Department Airlangga University, Astuti Hardini Dyah ,   Periodontology Department Airlangga University, Agoes Poernomo ,   Periodontology Department Airlangga University
Published: March 2024

Background: Drug induced gingival enlargement is frequently observed in patients taking three main group of drugs like calcium channel blockers (CCBs), immunosuppressant’s and anticonvulsants. Amlodipine belongs to the dihydropyridine-a third generation calcium channel blockers agents that may cause the side effect of drug-induced gingival enlargement and oral bacteria intervention due to calculus retention. This case report describes the management of gingival enlargement in a hypertensive patient taking amlodipine. Purpose: This case report was aimed to discuss the treatment and maintenance of systemic observationsurgical periodontic approach to restore gingival enlargement. Case Report: A 47-years old man was referred to the Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Airlangga University complaining of swellings and bleeding on his gingiva in all region. He felt very uncomfortable as the swelling interfered while chewing and sometimes there was bleeding spontaneously and halitosis. He had hypertension since 5 years and was on medications Captopril 12,5 mg daily during 4 years and Amlodipine 5mg daily during last 1 year. A provisional diagnosis and systemic observation-periodontal phases treatment were taken to restore gingival enlargement condition. Case Management: Systemic observation of medication use, periodontal phases treatment such as scaling root planning, periodontal surgery as flap surgery, home oral hygiene maintenance, control recall every month during first 3 months were taken. Conclusion: The successful of combination carefully systemic observation-surgery periodontal approach are promising to maintain Amlodipine induced gingival enlargement.
Schopenhauer e a fome
Authors: Ferreira Thiago , Debona Vilmar
Published: March 2024

A partir de algumas considerações de Max Horkheimer sobre o potencial crítico do pessimismo schopenhaueriano, o artigo visa mostrar em que medida o sofrimento específico da fome, em especial quando esta é registrada em contextos de pobreza, miséria e escravidão na obra de Schopenhauer, elucida empiricamente o pessimismo metafísico em forma de pessimismo crítico-social. Para tanto, descrevemos algumas presenças dos termos fome (Hunger) e pobreza (Armut) na obra do pensador da vontade para, em seguida, problematizarmos alguns de seus significados. Apesar de não reconhecer um expediente ativo do Estado ou a necessidade de mudanças sociais estruturais em vista de seu combate, a fome enquanto dor ou sofrimento social de todos os tempos ganha em Schopenhauer um olhar crítico muito específico - em relação a outras críticas filosóficas -, que se soma às variadas condenações sociológicas, econômicas etc., a saber, como uma das expressões mais flagrantes das perversidades e mazelas de um mundo que não poderia ser justificado.
Enviro Edible: Satisfying Hunger, Minimizing Waste
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, Rathinam Technical Campus, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu,India., S Rajathi , Y Anushiya , M Sowmiya , S Abdul Rahman , R Fathima Shehanas , V Dhanush Kumar
Published: March 2024

"Enviro Edible" is an innovative food waste management system designed to address the escalating global challenge of food waste. This comprehensive solution integrates technology, community engagement, and sustainable practices to minimize food wastage at various stages of the supply chain. The system employs a multi-faceted approach, encompassing smart inventory management, consumer awareness campaigns, and collaborative efforts with local businesses and charities. Key components include a user-friendly website that empowers consumers to make informed purchasing decisions, reducing the likelihood of excess food in households. Additionally, the system incorporates data analytics for businesses to preventing overstocking and expirations. Real-time analytics enable businesses to identify potential issues and make informed decisions to prevent food spoilage, reduce waste, and improve overall supply chain efficiency. "Enviro Edible" fosters partnerships with local charities and food banks, enabling seamless redirection of surplus food from businesses to those in need. Through real-time tracking and analytics, the system not only minimizes food waste but also creates a positive impact on communities by addressing hunger and promoting sustainable consumption. This food waste management system envisions a future where technology and collective efforts converge to create a more sustainable and responsible approach to food consumption, reducing environmental impact and enhancing social welfare. Keywords: Food Waste Management, User-friendly website, Real- time, Supply chain efficiency, Minimize food waste.
Overview of the possibility application of some nano drone technologies in modern agriculture
Authors: Gligorević Kosta , Dražić Milan , Pajić Miloš , Šunjevarić Milan , Bošković Biljana , Oljača Mićo
Published: March 2024

The use of different types of drones in almost all sectors of the global economy is growing rapidly, but the use of drones in agriculture has suddenly increased. According to some data from the literature, the market for different types of drones in agriculture alone is expected to grow from USD 1.2 billion in 2019 to USD 5.5 billion in 2024. A particularly interesting phenomenon is the significant increase in the use of drones (especially various nano-types) in the world and the possibility of some of them being used in agriculture in the Republic of Serbia. The world of drone technology has taken a huge leap forward with the introduction of nano drones. For example, some modern nano drone solutions have dimensions of less than 2 x 2 cm. Nano drones are ultra-small remote-controlled aircraft that can perform a variety of tasks. They are equipped with advanced sensors and functions such as obstacle avoidance and high-speed maneuverability. Some models are even capable of taking aerial photographs, staying in the air for long periods of time and flying autonomously. Nano drones are now more affordable than ever before. Prices range from a few hundred dollars to several thousand, depending on the model and features. Nowadays, nano drones are affordable for everyday users in various fields. This paper introduces nano drone technology (e.g. the type of nano drones and equipment) as a new application for greenhouses: There are some stages that greenhouse growers can consider for the use of nano drones; Safe inspection of the structural components of greenhouses; Pollination processes (e.g. the role of RobotBee); Application of shading composite glasshouses; Crop monitoring/inventory of greenhouses.
Selected engineering and sensory properties of baked products prepared from composite wheat-sologold sweet potato flour
Authors: Tosin Paul , Olosunde William , Okon Antia
Published: March 2024

Flours from other sources have been incorporated into wheat flour to improve on the nutritional and sensory properties of baked products. However, the quality of production and sustainability of such baked product is still a challenge faced by bakery industries. The aim of this study is to evaluate selected engineering and sensory properties of baked products prepared from composite wheat sologold sweet potato flour; so as to guide the bakers to achieve improved product quality, development and sustainability. In this study, biscuit samples were prepared according to Onabanjo and Dickson method, the bread samples were prepared according to the Straight dough method, the cake samples were prepared according to Egg foaming method while the selected engineering and sensory properties were determined in accordance with standard procedures. The results obtained showed that the optimum blend (70% wheat: 30% sologold sweet potato) flour has specific volume of the baked products range from 4.12 to 0.50 ml/g, crumb moisture from 18.54 to 12.04%, oven spring from 2.38 to 1.12mm, sample height from 4.05 to 1.01mm, sample mass from 146.30 to 8.52g, appearance from 9.40 to 8.70, texture from 8.50 to 7.50, aroma 9.20 to 8.0, flavor from 9.0 to 8.10, crust color from 8.80 to 7.0, overall acceptability from 9.30 to 8.10, intension of consumption from 9.20 to 8.0 and browning index from 1.0 to 4.6. These evaluated engineering and sensory properties of the optimum blend flour attest high quality baked products (bread, biscuit and cake). Hence could be utilized to enhance and facilitate product development, quality control and product sustainability of composite baked products. The optimum blend ratio is therefore recommended to bakers.
Property relations between spouses according to Shariah law and comparative analysis with positive legal regulations of the the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Nikšić Jasmina
Published: March 2024

Property relations between spouses belong to specific legal relations precisely because of the great influence of personal and emotional relations between the parties. Sharia law as a different legal system differs greatly from all legal systems in many respects. Precisely for these reasons, it was interesting to investigate how property relations between spouses are regulated in Sharia law, which is based on different principles. The research on this topic is especially important for its comparative analysis with the positive legal regulations of the Republic of Serbia in relation to the institutes valid in Sharia law and their review and comparison. The paper deals with the rights and duties of spouses in Islamic marriage in terms of property, ways of acquiring property in marriage, special property of married women, property regimes in Islamic and civil marriage, alimony, wedding gift (mehr), dowry (goods that a woman receives when marriages by his family) and gifts as ways of acquiring special property in an Islamic marriage.
Moral education and its importance in early childhood education
Authors: Kurpejović Jasmina , Fetić Mustafa , Skenderović Ibro , Kadrić Suada
Published: March 2024

Family complexity as a unique social group, there are difficulties in its study and this requires the cooperation of as many sciences as possible, both social and natural. According to the criterion, there are the following forms of family: one form is a totem clan when it is characterized by one name that is common to all members of the genus, and it is symbolized by a sign and the belief in the same origin. In this family, children are determined by their mother's line, and in that basis lies a group marriage in which it is not known exactly who the father is, but since the birth is under the protection of the clan, in a way all the children are his. common. Moral education is one of the important factors of any humane and democratic society. It is a very complex process. It is influenced by a number of factors. It is the duty of the educator to prevent bad influences and to form positive moral qualities in the educator. The process of moral education is "the process of forming the moral qualities of man, the formation of his consciousness, views and attitudes, feelings, will and character.
School culture as a starting point for school development
Authors: Marković Marija , Stanisavljević-Petrović Zorica , Radovanović Nena
Published: March 2024

School culture as a determinant for the functioning and development of a school plays a crucial role in shaping the identity, values, and norms within the school context. The primary objective of this paper is to emphasize the significance of a positive school culture for the development of modern schools. Accordingly, the paper provides an overview and analysis of recent discussions regarding various aspects of school culture and the roles of key stakeholders, primarily teachers and school leaders, in shaping and developing it. The paper highlights the connection between school culture and reform processes directed towards current changes in the educational environment. In line with this, desirable strategies for promoting fundamental values in the school context are discussed and recommendations are given for creating educational institutions that support the learning, growth, and development of all participants in the educational process. The concluding section of the paper emphasizes that understanding and enhancing school culture has a profound and lasting impact on the entire educational process in schools. Therefore, the pedagogical implications of this paper can be of significance for both educational policy makers and practitioners working in schools.
Mental health of children and young people in the time of internet
Authors: Numanović Almedina , Solaković Šuajb , Mladenović Željko
Published: March 2024

The most significant characteristic of the investment interventions that are the subject of this paper is that their activation periods are one year and that their cash inflows are one-time. If there are several independent operations of this type, all those with a positive net present value, and therefore an internal rate of return that is higher than the actualization rate, will be accepted. In the case of competing operations (at certain rates of actualization), especially those whose exploitation periods are different, we may have the case that one of them is better from the aspect of net present value, and the other from the aspect of internal rate of return. The decision on their proper ranking must be based on determining the net present value for exploitation periods that are mutually equal. In the paper, we analyzed two ways of equalizing exploitation periods, the method of reciprocal interventions and the method of replacement, and obtained relevant information for their ranking, which was also confirmed by the annuity method.
The use of anglicisms in German press
Authors: Redžović Elma , Plojović Albina , Nezirović Edin
Published: March 2024

In the paper The use of anglicisms in the German press using the inductive method suggests the influence of the English language on the German language, and the expansion of new words, whose origin and development is reflected throughout our time. More precisely, this paper aims to present the phenomenon of anglicisms as a concept, its implementation in practice, as well as the answer to the question of whether anglicisms are a threat or an enrichment. The influence of the English language, with certain advantages and disadvantages, has taken off quite a bit, so today there are a large number of societies and organizations that fight against its spread. On the other hand, there are numerous sites that contain dictionaries with anglicisms and that easily explain new expressions. Although anglicisms are represented in various domains, this paper focuses on the language of the German press, where its main task is to present the achieved results and indicate possible solutions. The research was conducted on specific examples taken from Der Spiegel, Focus and Die Bravo.