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Volume 21, Issue 2 (2005) Seeking Best Practice

Table of Contents

Opening Words: Ethos, Teaching, and Best Practice
Robert Rozema and Jonathan Bush

Make Me See It!: Students Use Literary Devices in Their Writing
Suzan Aiken

Trading Spaces with Tom Walker: Moving the Devil Out of Fourth Hour
Brian White and Jennifer A. Haberling

Writing Journalistically to Learn In Any Classroom
Jackie Folkert

Singin' in the Rain: The Rewards of National Board Certification for Language Arts Teachers
Andrea Burke

Under Construction: A Model of Best (Next Step) Practice
Susan C. Griffith and Jennifer A. Jones

Best Practice Blogging: Connecting What We Know to What's Next
Robert Rozema

My First Look at Publishing: A New Adventure in Literacy Leadership
Lynn Baker

Getting the Picture: Using Visual Learning Techniques to Foster Higher Order Thinking Skills and Encourage Connections in the Secondary Classroom
Katherine Ha

Writing with Weetzie: Using Young Adult Literature in the Composition Classroom
Meghan L. Monroe

So Much Depends Upon the Teaching of Poetry
Kari Scheidel

Teaching Standard American English Using the Language of African American Vernacular English
Jen Clyde

"Best Practice" in the Classroom: Teaching Poetry and Mathematics
Barbara Kane Schneider and Erin Fletcher