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Acclaimed authors, educators, mentors, and friends Leila Christenburyand Ken Lindblom invite you to reconnect with the joy of teaching as

together you explore:

• The Surprise and Pleasure of Literary and Nonfiction Texts• Applying Ethical and Critical Thinking to the Tools Used for Composition

• Broadening the Genres, Types, and Intended Audiences of Writing.

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Turning the Page on Literacy.Visit our website: ncte.org/store or call toll-free: 1-877-369-6283.

Continuing the JourneyBECOMING A BETTER TEACHER OF LITERATURE

AND INFORMATIONAL TEXTS

Leila Christenbury and Ken Lindblom

Aimed at accomplished veteran teachers, Continuing the Journey offers practical advice, encouragement, and cutting-edge ideas for today’s English classroom. Coauthors Leila Christenbury and Ken Lindblom, well-known teachers, writers, and former editors of English Journal, are joined in this book by almost two dozen classroom teachers and researchers. Together they present real strategies for real classrooms and offer teachers ideas, insights, and support. Focused on literature and informational texts, this lively book (the first in a series) is a road map to professional renewal and to becoming a better teacher. Topics include:

• Changes in you, your classroom, and your school• What it means to be a better teacher• Teaching literary texts and literary nonfiction• Incorporating the study of informational texts

and of social media in your classroom

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You’ll find a lot to love and a lot to learn in this recently published title.

Continuing the Journey 2BECOMING A BETTER TEACHER OF AUTHENTIC WRITING

Ken Lindblom and Leila Christenbury

Ken Lindblom and Leila Christenbury return with the second volume in the Continuing the Journey series, this time focusing on authentic writing instruction for middle and high school classrooms. The authors draw on what research has taught them about writing—concepts deeply rooted in personal identity and real-world experience—and why we must teach writing accurately, effectively, and fearlessly. As in the previous volume, the book includes visits to an ideal Teachers’ Lounge, featuring highly experienced colleagues and well-known researchers in English teaching. Topics covered include responding to student writing, handling the paper load, teaching grammar and usage in the context of writing, and seeking real-world feedback.

Although once again focusing on a veteran English teacher audience, Lindblom and Christenbury provide a wealth of information, advice, and resources that will help teachers at any stage of their careers better support their students’ writing both in and out of school.

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5Voices from the Middle ■ volume 26 ■ number 4 ■ may 2019

Voices from the Middle (Voices) is the peer-reviewed journal of the Middle Level Section of the National Council of Teachers of English Voices publishes original contributions by middle level teachers, students, teacher educators, and researchers in response to specific themes that focus on our discipline, our teaching, and our students Voices offers middle level teachers innovative and practical ideas for classroom use that are rooted in current research; this is a journal for teachers by teachers

Manuscripts should meet these guidelines:

1 Be a minimum of 1,250 and a maximum of 2,000 words and, when appropriate, include high-resolution (300 dpi) files—as tiff, jpg, or pdf—of student work, photographs of students working, charts, diagrams, or other visuals;

2 Address the theme listed in the call for manuscripts for that issue;

3 Be double spaced with 1-inch margins in 12-point font;

4 Include 100-word abstract and bulleted list of key points; and

5 Follow the current edition of the publication manual of the American Psychological Association—please do

not include an abstract, footnotes, endnotes, or author identification within the body of the text Should a manuscript contain excerpts from previously published sources that require a reprint fee, the fee payment is the responsibility of the author

To submit a manuscript: All manuscripts should be submitted electronically Please register as an author at our Web-based manuscript submission and review system, Editorial Manager, at www editorialmanager com/vfm Once log-ged in to the system, follow the instructions to upload your submission Be sure to indicate in the comments section the issue date for which you are submitting (e g , September 2019 issue) Receipt of submissions will be acknowledged by email NOTE: The review process will begin once the submission deadline has passed Other correspondence should be sent to voices@ncte org, including requests for a snail mail address

Manuscript review: Manuscripts are reviewed anonymously by at least two members of the Voices editorial review board

Submission Guidelines and Calls for Manuscripts

Tough Stuff

March 2020. Sometimes the world is not on its best behavior What do WE do, as middle level educators, to support, guide, and be a resource for students who are either directly or indirectly dealing with tough stuff? What parts of our curriculum are best used to consider local, national, or world events in order to model critical thinking and civil discourse about controversial issues? When terrifying and disheartening things happen to young people, what are our roles as teachers? How do we model equality and equity for our students? This issue welcomes frank conversations about the range of tough stuff our middle level students face as well as the important issues we need to purposely discuss in order to provide safe places for questions and concerns Submission deadline: June 1, 2019

What’s Next in English/Language Arts Curriculum?

May 2020. These calls for “What’s Next” are an opportunity for us to look closely at what is happening right now in our classrooms—and what we see coming next For this issue, we focus in on the “what” of our teaching—the texts, textbooks, and curriculum we use Do you use a textbook to do smart and compelling work? What are the “must teach” texts that make up your non-negotiable list? How does your system engage in personalized learning? How do we best use/transform/deploy/imagine the programs and curricula we receive? This issue invites you to push against and challenge our thinking What do we need to do next? And, what does innovation include? Submission deadline: August 1, 2019

Detailed Calls for Manuscripts are listed on the Voices from the Middle website: www.ncte.org/journals/vm/call

Voices from the Middle

The NCTE Voices from the Middle podcast is a radio show featuring middle level ELA teachers from across the United States, practitioner-leaders in our field, YA and middle grades authors, and other surprise guests All podcasts tie to a specific issue or volume year of the NCTE print publication Voices from the Middle. You can find it at http://goo gl/Su7sfd or subscribe via iTunes at https://goo gl/VseSko

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