Current Issue Teaching the Holocaust in the English Classroom: Connecting Students to Develop Their Empathy 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Amber Tilley, Northland Pines High School, Eagle River, WI,atilley @ npsd.k12.wi.us The inscription on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum wall read, “For the dead and the living, we must…
Current Issue Editor’s Introduction: Resuscitating Zona Gale 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 John Pruitt, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Rock County campus, pruittj @ uww.edu Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, in 1874 and died in Chicago in 1938. Since then, we haven’t…
Current Issue Writing Our Course: Changing the First-Year Composition Course at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Jonathan O’Brien, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College,jonathan.obrien @ nwtc.edu College writing instruction in a public, two-year college has its share of challenges: open enrollment, transfer agreements, credit for prior learning, basic…
Current Issue Incorporating Game-Based Learning with Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” to Maximize Students’ Achievement and Engagement 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Sarah Wolf, Grand Island Central Catholic, Grand Island, NE, ms.wolfgicc @ gmail.com Phu Vu, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, University of Nebraska at Kearney, vuph @ unk.edu According to Anderson…
Current Issue Supporting Struggling Readers’ Comprehension Across the Curriculum 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Yuko Iwai, Department of Educational Studies, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, yiwai @ uwlax.edu As we know, literacy is considered an essential tool leading students toward academic success, and without a…
Current Issue Writing and Communication Challenges for ESL Students Majoring in the Health Professions 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Adam Sprague, Bellin College, adam.sprague @ bellincollege.edu “They’re just not speaking right,” “They just can’t write,” and “Please fix them before the assignment is due,” are common pleas for help…
Current Issue Making the Most of Your Educator Effectiveness Plan 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Justina Plemon, St Mary Catholic Middle Schooljustina.plemon @ gmail.com Every year, teachers create an Educator Effectiveness Plan that includes two main goals: The Student Learning Objective (SLO), which focuses on…
Current Issue Larry the Legend: A Profile of Larry Laraby 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Dan Schwartz, Wisconsin Teaching Fellow, dschwartz5 @ mac.comLecturer, Business Department, Buffalo State College One of my first postings was at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The school had been opened…
Current Issue Are Students Ready for the Online World? The How and Why to Embed Digital Citizenship Skills in English Classrooms 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Madison Gay Gannon, College of Community Innovation and Education, University of Central Florida, Gannon.madisongay @ gmail.com Elsie Lindy Olan, College of Community Innovation and Education, University of Central Florida, Elsie.olan…
Current Issue (Re)Shaping the High School Curriculum: Using Young Adult Literature to Teach Social Issues 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Trista E. Owczarzak, School District of Oakfield, towczarzak @ oakfield.k12.wi.us I am a 30-year-old English teacher in the small, rural school district of Oakfield, where approximately 150 students matriculate in…
