Professional Learning and Support Continuing the Journey Becoming 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 Christenbury and Lindblom, wellknown 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:
Becoming a Better Teacher | Secondary
Becoming a better teacher is a continuous journey—ever learning and growing in our knowledge and skills. NCTE’s Continuing the Journey book series, from veteran teachers Leila Christenbury and Ken Lindblom, offers advanced approaches to teaching English language arts and bridges research to practice in professional learning.
● 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 196 pp. | 2017 | Grades 9-12 | ISBN 9780814108543 $27.96 member/$34.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814108550
Continuing the Journey 2 Becoming a Better Teacher of Authentic Writing Ken Lindblom and Leila Christenbury
Continuing the Journey 3 Becoming a Better Teacher of Language, Speaking, and Listening Ken Lindblom and Leila Christenbury In this third book in the Continuing the Journey series, aimed at veteran teachers yet accessible to highly capable early career teachers, Ken Lindblom and Leila Christenbury explore teaching English language, speaking, and listening. Drawing on contemporary and foundational research to infuse classrooms with substance and energy, the authors focus on authentic assignments with real-world value. As an added benefit, teachers and scholars from across the country add their voices and experiences in the ideal Teachers’ Lounge, providing important and diverse perspectives and advice.
Ken Lindblom and Leila Christenbury return with the second volume in the Continuing the Journey series, this time focusing on authentic writing instruction for the high school classroom. 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 authors in English teaching. Topics covered include responding to student writing, handling the paper load, and seeking real-world feedback.
Packed with classroom-ready approaches, provocative ideas, encouraging insights, as well as the authors’ anecdotes and asides, this book will entertain, educate, and inspire teachers who take seriously the importance of language, speaking, and listening in today’s dynamic world.
180 pp. | 2018 | Grades 9–12 | ISBN 9780814108574 $27.96 member/$34.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814108598
181 pp. | 2019 | Grades 9–12 | ISBN 9780814108642 $27.96 member/$34.99 nonmember ebook: ISBN 9780814108659
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