California English Journal — February 2017
Theme: Making Independent Reading Work
Artist of this issue: Ambrose Delfino

Contents
The Personal Art
Nancie Atwell and Anne Atwell Merkel
Promoting Choice: A Commitment To Independent Reading
Greg Raney
Individualized Instruction, Independent Reading, And Endangered Readers
Carole Lecren
Making Independent Reading Work
Sharmila Lele
The CATE Board: Bill Younglove, CCSS Liaison
Sessions and Presenters at Cate 2017, Santa Clara
Beyond The Four Corners Of Our Classroom: Making Independent Reading Work
Kate Flowers
My “Beautiful Journey”: Creating Uncharted Territory
Jim Burke
A Rose
Abigail Milne
My World, Your Tour
Nathan Sua Noi Mekdara
Picture Day
Indigo Vu
Grandpa Mike’s Lesson
Jewel Blanchard
Back In Time
Brooklyn Borts
My Family’s Story
Cera-Jane Ho
The Forgotten Common Core Standard
Robin Radlauer
The Baddragon Bridge: Promoting Independent Reading
Bruce Badrigian
Features and Columns
President’s Perspective: Daring Greatly
Editor’s Column: The Book In Question
Call for Manuscripts
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Next Issue: September 2017
Theme: THE LIVES OF OTHERS: TEACHING MEMOIR, BIOGRAPHY, AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY
What can students learn from biographies about history, about the world, about themselves? How does the study of exceptional lives, from the picture book Six Dots: A Story of the Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant to Sonia Sotomayor’s My Beautiful Life, inspire young readers to work toward lofty goals of their own? What memoirs, biographies, or autobiographies do you choose to put in your students’ hands and how do you invite them to respond to the lives of others?
Due Date: August 1, 2017