November 2015
Theme: Educating the Imagination
Artist of this issue: Amy Nathan
Contents
Our Literary Minds: Rethinking Nonfiction
Thomas Newkirk
“They Can Hardly Wait”: On Writing Fiction in the 21st Century, or Not…
Ruth Nathan
List Poetry and the Art of Classroom Storytelling
Kwame Alexander and Chris Colderley
Reading and Writing Beyond the Printed Page
Jeff Share
Redefining the Art of Response
Jonathan Lovell
Should Creativity be a Common Core Standard
Lash Keith Vance
Features and Columns
President’s Perspective
Editor’s Column
Call for Manuscripts
The winner of the CATE 2015 Professional Writing Contest:
“Diving Well” by Martin Brandt
Letter from the CATE2016 Convention Chair
CATE 2016 “Inspiring Literate Lives”
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Call for Manuscripts
Next Issue: May 2016
Theme: CLOSE READING: WHAT IT IS … AND ISN’T
Close reading is a habit of mind good readers employ when reading complex text. It has also become a catch-all phrase for Common Core-aligned instruction. How have you used close reading to open up otherwise opaque literature and nonfiction for readers, deepening their understanding of both the text and themselves? How do you kindle a love of reading while developing students’ skills? How do you motivate students to love close reading?
Due Date: April 1, 2016