November 2016
Theme: Speaking Their Minds
Artist of this issue: Joy Halsted
Contents
One Hundred Years of Speaking
Erik Palmer
Activating Reading: Giving Readers the Tools to See and Hear What They Read
Judy Garey
Speaking and Listening at the Core
Barbara McBride Steinberg
No Joke
Chris Paquette
Embracing the “Red-Headed Stepchildren” of the ELA Classroom: Listening and Speaking Skills
Forest Blackwelder
Olga Kokino
Speaking Their Minds
Rebecca Bowers
Freewriting Integrated with Technology (FIR): How to Enhance Critical Thinking During Freewriting with Technology and Educational Applications
Robert De France
Features and Columns
President’s Perspective: Productive Inner Dialogue
Editor’s Column: Uncommon Sense
Call for Manuscripts
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Next Issue: January 2017
Theme: MAKING INDEPENDENT READING WORK
Organizing an independent reading program can be a logistical nightmare. At the same
time, if we don’t get to independence, we are unlikely to reach proficiency. How do you make
time within your curriculum to promote and support self-selected reading? How do you hold
students accountable? Where do your students have access to books?
What motivates your students? What are the greatest challenges to making
independent reading work?
Due Date: December 1, 2016