EJ Links for March 2008

		Links for March 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

"How to Build Your Vocabulary—and Feed the World"
>Illiterate Businesses
>"Texting"
>"Spelling Reformers Picket Bee, Say 'Enuf is Enuf'"

Call for Proposals: NCTE Theory and Research into Practice (TRIP) Book Series

>detailed submission guidelines

Thinking Critically about Words

Elizabeth Kahn

>"The Adventure of the Mason"

A Context-Based Strategy for Teaching Vocabulary

Deanna L. Nelson

>The Free Dictionary
>"Kay Ryan: The Niagra River"
>"Up with Contempt!"
>"Doonesbury Redeemed"
>"Cuba's Castro Says Recovering, Sounds Stronger"
>"The Louie Chronicles: Episode 2"
>"South India Trips"
>"Pedagogy Defines School 2.0"
>Essay Assistant

Register and Charge: Using Synonym Maps to Explore Connotation

Darren Crovitz and Jessica A. Miller

>"Visual Thesaurus"

Vocabulary in Action: Strategies for Turning into Wordsmiths

Amy R. Hardwick-Ivey

>"bedlam"
>"Glossary of Poetry Terms"
>"Champion of the Elderly"
>"Classroom Management That Works: Translating Research into Action"

Vocabulary Instruction Goes "Old School"

Suzanne R. Kail

>"Latin and Logic: A Very False Assumption"
>"Types of Questions Based on Bloom's Taxonomy"

Responsible Vocabulary Word Selection: Turning the Tide of 50-Cent Terms

Larry Bates

>British National Corpus
>WordCount
>TIME Corpus of American English (100 Million Words, 1923–2006)
>British National Corpus (100 Million Words, UK, 1980s–1993)
>"Effective Vocabulary Instruction"
>"Lobsters, John McCain, and 50-Cent Words"

D'oh! Using The Simpsons to Improve Student Response to Literature

Ginger M. Eikmeier

>The Simpsons Archive
>"Increasing Comprehension by Activating Prior Knowledge"
>"The Simpsons"

Call for Manuscripts: Social Literacy and Classroom Communities

http://www.englishjournal.colostate.edu/resources.htm#manuscripts

Video Games to Reading: Reaching Out to Reluctant Readers

Kristie Jolley

>IGN.com
>American Library Association
>GameTrailers.com

Reading and Writing and Cognitive Strategies

Rick VanDeWeghe

>"The Growing Numbers of Limited English Proficient Students"

James Moffett Award

http://www.ncte.org/groups/cee/awards/moffett/108836.htm

Tools for Teaching

Colleen A. Ruggieri

>Vocabulary Cartoons companion Web site
>Defined Mind companion Web site
>Adolescent Literacy in Perspective

NCTE Announcements

Links on this page were valid as of March 18, 2008 unless otherwise indicated.

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