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Leila Christenbury is Professor of English Education at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she teaches young adult literature, the teaching of writing, teaching methods for both secondary and middle school, and instructional theory and design. A former high school English teacher, well-known writer and researcher in English education, and past English Journal editor, Christenbury was recently elected president of the National Council of Teachers of English.
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This review is from: Making the Journey: Being and Becoming a Teacher of English Language Arts (Paperback)
"An experienced secondary school teacher and English educator, Christenbury clearly knows her audience...the book is rich with the voices of teachers and students. Christenbury includes sample papers; transcripts of discussions; and teachers' assignments, handouts, and testimonials. Each chapter ends with recommended reading and references...The book will be extremely helpful to beginning teachers and will remind veteran teachers of why they teach. You will probably wish, as I did, that Christenbury were sitting in your faculty lounge so you could talk to her and ask her about that student in third period who just did not seem to understand what you were teaching. Until she does appear, you can be confident that the book will provide important insights and advice." -Louann Reid, Ed., Professional Links Column, *English Journal*
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Everything a new teacher needs to know,
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This review is from: Making the Journey, Third Edition: Being and Becoming a Teacher of English Language Arts (Paperback)
All new English teachers should read this. Christenbury gives helpful advice, anecdotes, and ideas on simply every aspect of the English Language Arts classroom. It is easy to read and very enjoyable. I am so thankful my English methods professor assigned this book. I have sticky-noted it up and plan on re-reading again when I get my first teaching job!
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I would recommend this book to all beginning English Teachers. Very good tips on lesson plans and book lists.
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I never planned to be a middle school or high school English teacher. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
using literature, teaching grammar, adolescent literature, contemporary literary theory, dense question, questioning hierarchies, alienated students, sentence combining Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, English Journal, Central School, Big Bucks, African American, Oxford University Press, Houghton Mifflin, Teachers College Press, Native Son, United States, Their Eyes Were Watching God, National Council of Teachers of English, New Critical, Lesson Before Dying, Virginia English Bulletin, Random House, Harcourt Brace, Dell Laurel-Leaf, American Library Association, Diana Mitchell, Kenyon Road, Phi Delta Kappan, The Chocolate War, New Understandings About Writing, The Outsiders Browse Sample Pages:
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- The English Teacher's Companion, Second Edition: Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession by Jim Burke on page 248, and Back Matter
- 13 Ways of Looking at Student Teaching: A Guide for First-Time English Teachers by Mike Rychlik on page 27
- What If and Why?: Literacy Invitations for Multilingual Classrooms by Katie Van Sluys in Back Matter
- Teacher Lore and Professional Development for School Reform by Joye J. Alberts on page 147
- Writing on Demand: Best Practices and Strategies for Success by Anne Ruggles Gere on page 52
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