EJ Links for January 2008

		Links for January 2008 Issue

The following links are provided for the convenience of English Journal readers interested in the electronic resources mentioned in each issue. The links are taken directly from the articles in the journal and are listed in the order in which they appear. Please note: In following these links you will be leaving the English Journal Web site; English Journal and NCTE are not responsible for the information provided at these sites. Although every attempt is made to ensure accuracy at the time of publication, NCTE cannot guarantee that published electronic mail addresses and URLs are current. Please contact us at
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From the Editor

Louann Reid

Don't Blame the Boys: We're Giving Them Girly Books

Kevin R. St. Jarre

>"How Phonics Became Easy as A-B-C"
>Kevin R. St. Jarre: Web site

So Far from the Bamboo Grove: Multiculturalism, Historical Context, and Close Reading

Stephen Walach

>"State Asks School to Weigh In on Disputed Book"
>"A Matter of Context"
>Contemporary Authors Online
>"Japanese Names"
>"'Bamboo' Lesson Plan to be Revised"
>"Ban Book from Class, Panel Says"
>"Korean-Language Sale of Controversial Children's Book Halted"
>"So Far from the Bamboo Grove"
>"Saburo Ienaga"

What Noncanonical Text Has Been Particularly Effective with Your Students?

Julia Faith Faulkner

>Milken Family Foundation

Secondary Section High School Teacher of Excellence Award

>NCTE Secondary Section High School Teacher of Excellence

Multilingual Students and Language Acquisition: Engaging Activities for Diversity Training

J. Arias

>"BICS and CALP"
>In Other Words: Learning from Bilingual Kids' Translating and Interpreting Experiences

Guidelines for the NCTE Promising Researcher Award Competition

>NCTE Promising Researcher Award Competition in Recognition of Bernard O'Donnell

A Battle Reconsidered: Second Thoughts on Book Censorship and Conservative Parents

Suzanne M. Kauer

>"The Students' Right to Read"

Facing the Issues: Challenges, Censorship, and Reflection through Dialogue

ReLeah Cossett Lent

>"Citizen's Request for Reconsideration of a Work"
>National Coalition against Censorship
>NCTE
>American Library Association
>Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
>School Library Journal
>Voice of Youth Advocates
>The ALAN Review
>Young Adult Library Services Association
>"West Parent Challenges Required Book"

"Literature Is Not a Cold, Dead Place": An Interview with John Green

Jayme K. Barkdoll and Lisa Scherff

>http://www.sparksflyup.com/

Street Fiction: What Is It and What Does It Mean for English Teachers?

Marc Lamont Hill, Biany Pérez, and Decoteau J. Irby

>"In a Brutal Market, at Least Zane Is Getting Paid"
>"Gritty 'Street Lit' Makes Noise in the 'Hood"
>"Their Eyes Were Reading Smut"
>"Paperback Writer"
Triple Crown Publications
>"New Books in the Hood"
>"Streetwise Urban Fiction"

Call for Proposals: NCTE TRIP Book Series

>http://www.ncte.org/pubs/publish/books/122687.htm

Feminist Pedagogy Is for Everybody: Troubling Gender in Reading and Writing

Heather E. Bruce, Shirley Brown, Nancy Mellin McCracken, and Mary Bell-Nolan

>"Where I'm From"
>The Crisis in America's High Schools
>"Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls"
>"What about the Boys?"
>"School Shooters Target Girls, Point to Larger Problem of Violence against Women"
>Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools
>"No-Toy Story"
>"The Evidence Suggests Otherwise: The Truth about Boys and Girls"
>"Solitude of Self"

One More Thing: Can We Teach Process Writing and Formulaic Response?

Richard Argys

>The Neglected "R": The Need for a Writing Revolution

Tools for Teaching

Colleen A. Ruggieri

>Bullfrog Films

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