The English Journal is a journal of ideas for English language arts teachers in junior and senior high schools and middle schools. EJ presents information on the teaching of writing and reading, ...

Four years ago, I decided to make the shift out of my middle school English/language arts classroom and accept a position as my school’s literacy coach. I knew there would be a laundry list of tasks ...

In an English/language arts classroom in Iowa, 10th graders are analyzing the rhetoric in books about computer geeks, fast food, teenage marketing, the working poor, chocolate-making, and ...

Step inside Pleasant Valley Middle School and get a firsthand look at Tanya Durkay-Witmer's sixth grade ELA classroom.

KQED's Mindshift podcast visits a language arts classroom where an extroverted teacher has developed creative ways of inviting introverted students to share their thinking. When students head back to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NAPERVILL, Ill. — He brings unbridled and ...

When it comes to language learning, an old adage rings true: a picture is worth a thousand words. There is growing evidence that the arts—be it a picture, drama, song, or dance—may help children with ...

HARRISBURG − Each Friday in Kade Wells’ advanced English-Language Arts classroom at East Middle School, students turn into wizards, elves, warlocks, barbarians, bards and so much more, then travel to ...

In my English Language Arts classroom at Sarasota Polytechnical High School, my preferred teaching method is listening. If I’m talking more than my students, they aren’t learning what they need to ...

Ruth Cordova is an English language arts and social studies teacher at Harmony Science Academy. She says she enjoys the smaller classroom environment and the connection she is able to form with her ...