X-Apparently-To: [log in to unmask] via 66.218.79.90; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:18:18 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [208.247.134.12] Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from 207.115.63.28 (EHLO yipvma.prodigy.net) (207.115.63.28) by mta829.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:18:18 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [208.247.134.12] Received: from lists.ncte.org (lists.ncte.org [208.247.134.12]) by yipvma.prodigy.net (8.12.10 083104/8.12.10) with SMTP id i9CMI6xL323942 for <[log in to unmask]>; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:18:09 -0400 From: "Inbox" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: NCTE Inbox: New -- Free Access to Journal Articles Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 15:57:33 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="MIMEBoundary3840f9c36dc1ecf669b14369f533aa08" List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Content-Length: 9197 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --MIMEBoundary3840f9c36dc1ecf669b14369f533aa08 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit THE INBOX -- news, views, and ideas you can use! from the National Council of Teachers of English October 12, 2004 Subscribe to the INBOX at http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/113/0/ E-mail a friend about the INBOX at http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/907/0/ Join NCTE at http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/6/0/ We’ve made INBOX resources more accessible! Beginning this week, enjoy free access to journal articles mentioned in the INBOX for 21 days. If you'd like to comment on this change, or share other INBOX feedback, send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] ****************************************************** NEWS News links are provided for informational purposes and do not imply endorsement by NCTE, and were live when this issue was published. ***Schools Adapt for New SAT (Sarasota Herald Tribune, October 7)*** A revamped SAT won't be administered until the spring, but high schools are already tweaking their lesson plans. Read comments from NCTE members Kathleen Yancey and Carol Jago. http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/908/0/ ***Specialist Stresses Enjoyment and Understanding of Reading (The Washington Post, October 12) (free registration required)*** NCTE member Lucy McCormick Calkins has been called the Moses of reading and writing education in the United States. Over three decades, she has taught her methods to hundreds of thousands of teachers -- pioneering workshops in schools, as well as blocks of class time devoted to students doing their own writing and independent reading. http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/909/0/ ***Florida Schools Struggling from Hurricanes (National Public Radio, October 12)*** In Florida, hurricane-battered schools struggle to catch up to a rigorous academic schedule. Mandated year-end testing increases pressure as school funding is based on the results. http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/910/0/ ***Hamlet Too Hard? Try a Comic Book (Christian Science Monitor, October 12)*** Comic books and graphic novels are growing in popularity, but educators differ in their opinions of the appropriateness of them in the classroom. NCTE member Carol Jago is quoted. http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/911/0/ ***School Board Considers Censoring Books, Handing Out Bibles, Teaching Creationism (The Washington Post, October 10) (free registration required)*** This proposal, and others that recommend distributing Bibles in schools, removing science books "biased towards evolution," and teaching sexual education classes focused exclusively on abstinence, has upset those who fear some board members are attempting to impose personal religious and moral beliefs on the public schools. http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/912/0/ ***With Last of "Sisters," a Language Dies (The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 3) (free registration required)*** When Yang Huanyi died, it marked the passing of a cultural phenomenon. She was the last surviving writer and speaker of an enigmatic language invented and used only by women in a small pocket of central China. http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/913/0/ ***Honors Colleges Raise Concerns over Priorities of Public Education (CNN.com, October 11)*** Some honors colleges have been around for decades, but the majority have cropped up since the mid-1990s, when competition for students sharpened and ambitious presidents embraced honors colleges as a way to raise their profiles. http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/914/0/ ***Reading the World (The Council Chronicle, September 2004)*** NCTE members Linda Christensen and Jeffrey Wilhelm discuss adolescent literacy and learning. http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/915/0/ This issue was partially underwritten by Video Placement Worldwide. Visit http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/916/0/ ****************************************************** VIEWS ***Print-Rich Classrooms*** English language arts educators generally agree that print-rich classrooms are key to literacy development in students. These classrooms include a variety of children's literature, such as information books, stories, nursery rhymes, song charts, poems, and books with predictable language and themes familiar to children. See the NCTE resolution at http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/917/0/ ****************************************************** IDEAS ***Break Out Your Dictionaries!*** Saturday, October 16, is Dictionary Day. Celebrate with these great teaching resources! http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/918/0/ ***Reading Horror and Suspense Fiction*** No matter what age your students, it's a great time of year for horror and suspense fiction! Choose ideas from these teaching resources for your class. http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/919/0/ ****************************************************** ANNOUNCEMENTS ***Defining Highly Qualified English Language Arts Teachers*** What defines a highly qualified teacher of English language arts? What is necessary to become or remain a highly qualified teacher of English language arts? The NCTE Executive Committee is interested in what you think as the Council develops services and products for the profession. You can provide your opinion on teacher quality and the English language arts teacher by participating in the survey at http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/920/0/ ***Help Shape the Future Leadership of NCTE*** NCTE is looking for organized, energetic teachers, supervisors, and curriculum specialists at all levels of education who have shown interest in the profession and NCTE by participating in the work of affiliates and Council activities to stand for election to its major offices and Section, CEE, TYCA, and SLATE committee posts in 2005. If you know of such persons, please recommend these members to the appropriate 2004-05 nominating committee(s) by November 1. For complete information, visit http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/921/0/ ***Celebrating Children's Book Week*** The 85th annual Children's Book Week is November 15-21, 2004. Learn how people around the country are bringing books and children together during this special week. For ideas on how to celebrate, visit http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/922/0/ ***Convention Workshop Offers Roundtable Feedback to Authors*** The Fountain of the Muse Poetry and Short Prose Workshop on Saturday, November 20, invites NCTE Annual Convention participants to bring their own original poems and short prose for conversational, small group feedback. Writers should provide eight copies of no more than two pages of poetry or prose for critique. Open-mike readings will follow the roundtable sessions. Listeners are welcome. For more information, visit http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/811/0/ For more information on the 2004 NCTE Annual Convention, visit http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/69/0/ ***Do You Search the NCTE Web Site?*** Please help NCTE optimize the search capabilities on the NCTE Web site! Let us know your opinions on site searches by filling out the online survey at http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/871/0/ ****************************************************** This issue was partially underwritten by Video Placement Worldwide. Visit http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/916/0/ ****************************************************** To subscribe to (or unsubscribe from) the INBOX, visit http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/113/0/ To read the current or previous issue online, visit http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/3/0/ To contact the INBOX staff with content or technical questions, e-mail [log in to unmask] To sponsor an issue of INBOX, visit http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/374/0/ Some linked documents are provided in PDF format and can be viewed using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program. To download a copy of Adobe Acrobat 5.0, http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/66/0/ Copyright 2004 National Council of Teachers of English NCTE, 1111 W. Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801-1096; Phone: 800-369-6283; E-mail: [log in to unmask] NCTE...The Professional Home of the English Language Arts Community --MIMEBoundary3840f9c36dc1ecf669b14369f533aa08 Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <title>NCTE INBOX</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .TopLinks { font-size: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } .TopLinks a:link { font-size: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; } .TopLinks a:active { font-size: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; } .TopLinks a:visited { font-size: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; } .TopLinks a:hover { font-size: 9px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; } .Masthead { font-size: 16.5px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: #FFFFFF; } .BodyText { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px } .BodyText a:link { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline; } .BodyText a:active { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline; } .BodyText a:visited { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline; } .BodyText a:hover { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .Date { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #15477A } .SectionHead { font-size: 18px; color: #15477A; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold } .Disclaimer { font-size: 9.5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } .ItemHeader { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; color: #A91112 } .Sponsor { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px } p { margin: 0px; padding: 0px } --> </style> </head> <body> <table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="600" height="86"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/images/InboxMastLargerType.gif" alt="NCTE Inbox" name="NCTEinbox" width="600" height="86" border="0" usemap="#inbox" id="NCTEinbox"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td height="36" colspan="2" align="center"> <p><b><font face="Verdana" color="#15477A" size="2">October 12, 2004</font></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="30" colspan="2" valign="bottom"> <font face="Arial" size="3" color="#A91112"><b>We’ve made INBOX resources more accessible!</b></font> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">Beginning this week, enjoy free access to journal articles mentioned in the INBOX for 21 days. If you'd like to comment on this change, or share other INBOX feedback, send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">[log in to unmask]</a>.</font></p> <p></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="30" colspan="2" valign="bottom"><b><font face="Verdana" color="#15477A" size="4">...news</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="1" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/BluePixel.gif" width="600" height="2" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="1" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/ClearPixel.gif" width="600" height="2" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20" colspan="2" valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1">News links are provided for informational purposes, do not imply endorsement by NCTE, and were live when this issue was published.</font> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="25" colspan="2" valign="top"> <p><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#A91112"><b>Schools Adapt for New SAT (<i>Sarasota Herald Tribune</i>, October 7)</b></font><br> <font face="Verdana" size="2">A revamped SAT won't be administered until the spring, but high schools are already tweaking their lesson plans. Read comments from NCTE members Kathleen Yancey and Carol Jago.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/908/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana" size="2">http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/<br> article?AID=/20041007/NEWS/410070594/1060</font></a></p> <p> </p> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">Specialist Stresses Enjoyment and Understanding of Reading (<i>The Washington Post</i>, October 12) (free registration required)</font></b></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">NCTE member Lucy McCormick Calkins has been called the Moses of reading and writing education in the United States. Over three decades, she has taught her methods to hundreds of thousands of teachers -- pioneering workshops in schools, as well as blocks of class time devoted to students doing their own writing and independent reading. <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/909/0/">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25159-2004Oct11.html</a> </font></p> <p> </p> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">Florida Schools Struggling from Hurricanes (National Public Radio, October 12)</font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#A91112"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">In Florida, hurricane-battered schools struggle to catch up to a rigorous academic schedule. Mandated year-end testing increases pressure as school funding is based on the results. </font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br> <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/910/0/">http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=4081265</a> </font></p> <p> </p> <p><font color="#A91112" face="Arial" size="3"><b><i>Hamlet</i> Too Hard? Try a Comic Book (<i>Christian Science Monitor</i>, October 12)</b></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><font size="2" color="#000000">C</font><font size="2" color="#000000">omic books and graphic novels are growing in popularity, but educators differ in their opinions of the appropriateness of them in the classroom. NCTE member Carol Jago is quoted.</font></font><br> <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/911/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana" size="2">http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1012/p11s01-legn.html</font></a></p> <p> </p> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">School Board Considers Censoring Books, Handing Out Bibles, Teaching Creationism (<i>The Washington Post</i>, October 10) (free registration required)</font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#A91112"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">This proposal, and others that recommend distributing Bibles in schools, removing science books "biased towards evolution," and teaching sexual education classes focused exclusively on abstinence, has upset those who fear some board members are attempting to impose personal religious and moral beliefs on the public schools.<br> </font><a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/912/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana" size="2">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20713-2004Oct9.html</font></a></p> <p> </p> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">With Last of "Sisters," a Language Dies (<i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i>, October 3) (free registration required)</font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#A91112"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">When Yang Huanyi died, it marked the passing of a cultural phenomenon. She was the last surviving writer and speaker of an enigmatic language invented and used only by women in a small pocket of central China.<br> <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/913/0/" target="_blank">http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/9819615.htm</a></font></p> <p> </p> <p> <b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">Honors Colleges Raise Concerns over Priorities of Public Education (CNN.com, October 11)</font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#A91112"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Some honors colleges have been around for decades, but the majority have cropped up since the mid-1990s, when competition for students sharpened and ambitious presidents embraced honors colleges as a way to raise their profiles. </font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br> <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/914/0/">http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/10/11/honors.college.ap/index.html</a></font> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="430" height="25" valign="top"> <font color="#A91112" face="Arial" size="3"><b>Reading the World (<i>The Council Chronicle</i>, September 2004)</b></font> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">NCTE members Linda Christensen and Jeffrey Wilhelm discuss adolescent literacy and learning.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/915/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana" size="2">http://www.ncte.org/pubs/chron/samp/117632.htm</font></a></p> </td> <td width="170" align="center" valign="top"> <p align="center"><a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/916/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Partially underwritten by:</font></a><br> <br> <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/916/0/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/Overview/inbox/videoplacement.jpg" align="center" width="150" height="90"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="1" face="Arial">(advertisement)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="36" colspan="2" valign="bottom"><b><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#15477A">...views</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="1" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/BluePixel.gif" width="600" height="2" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/ClearPixel.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20" colspan="2" valign="top"> <b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">Print-Rich Classrooms<br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">English language arts educators generally agree that print-rich classrooms are key to literacy development in students. These classrooms include a variety of children's literature, such as information books, stories, nursery rhymes, song charts, poems, and books with predictable language and themes familiar to children. See the NCTE resolution at<br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/917/0/" target="_blank">http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/literacy/107510.htm</a></font> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="36" colspan="2" valign="bottom"><b><font face="Verdana" color="#15477A" size="4">...ideas</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="1" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/BluePixel.gif" width="600" height="2" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/ClearPixel.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20" colspan="2" valign="top"><font face="Arial" size="1">Free access to journal articles mentioned in this INBOX is provided for 21 days. After this free access period expires, articles are available to journal subscribers only. Initials in annotations indicate academic level of the resource (E=Elementary, M=Middle, S=Secondary, C=College, G=General). <br> <br> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="25" colspan="2" valign="top"> <b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">Break Out Your Dictionaries!</font></b> <br><font face="Verdana" size="2">Saturday, October 16, is <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/923/0/" target="_blank">Dictionary Day</a> (G), which celebrates the birthday of Noah Webster. In "'<a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/924/0/" target="_blank">On the Lookout for Language': Children as Language Detectives</a>" (E) from the <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/925/0/" target="_blank">January 2003 <i>Language Arts</i></a>, a teacher researcher describes how she invited her students to be detectives on the lookout for language. The ReadWriteThink lesson <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/926/0/" target="_blank">An Alternative to Testing: <i>Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster</i></a> (E) provides another option for exploring vocabulary -- and a nice alternative for Halloween costumes. <br> <br> "<a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/927/0/" target="_blank">Assisting Struggling Readers in Building Vocabulary and Background Knowledge</a>" (M) from the May 2001 <i>Voices from the Middle</i> provides structured, student-centered alternatives to vocabulary instruction. "<a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/928/0/" target="_blank">Defining Moment: Teaching Vocabulary to Unmotivated Students</a>" (S) from the <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/929/0/" target="_blank">July 2003 <i>English Journal</i></a> offers the story of a teacher who abandoned workbooks for more effective instruction in her classroom. "<a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/930/0/" target="_blank">Using the Devil's Dictionary to Teach Definitions</a>" (C) from the <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/931/0/" target="_blank">May 2004 <i>Teaching English in the Two-Year College</i></a> invites students to write creative, witty definitions of their own.</font><br> <br> <b><font color="#A91112" size="3" face="Arial">Reading Horror and Suspense Fiction </font></b><br> <font face="Verdana" size="2">During the week of October 17–23, 2004, <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/932/0/" target="_blank">celebrate Teen Read Week</a> (G) by focusing on horror in books, Web sites, and movies. The week-long event is sponsored by the <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/933/0/" target="_blank">American Library Association</a> and focuses on the theme "IT'S ALIVE! @ your library®." No matter what age your students, it's a great time of year for horror and suspense fiction. <br> <br> "<a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/934/0/" target="_blank">Horror: To Gratify, Not Edify</a>" (E) from <i>Language Arts</i> examines the appeal of R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series for young readers as a means of exploring the pleasure of the horror genre. Older students can investigate connections between the life and writings of Edgar Allan Poe in the ReadWriteThink lesson <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/935/0/" target="_blank">Modeling Reading and Analysis Processes with the Works of Edgar Allan Poe</a> (M). The ReadWriteThink lesson <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/936/0/" target="_blank">Ghosts and Fear in Language Arts: Exploring the Ways Writers Scare Readers</a> (S) focuses on the craft of writing and reading frightening and scary stories.<br> <br> <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/937/0/" target="_blank">"Who Killed Annabel Lee? Writing about Literature in the Composition Classroom</a>" (C) from the <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/938/0/" target="_blank">January 2003 <i>College English</i></a> uses Poe's famous poem to invite students to construct their own interpretations of literary works.</font> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="36" colspan="2" valign="bottom"><b><font face="Verdana" color="#15477A" size="4">...announcements</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="1" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/BluePixel.gif" width="600" height="2" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/ClearPixel.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20" colspan="2" valign="top"> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">Defining Highly Qualified English Language Arts Teachers</font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#A91112"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">What defines a highly qualified teacher of English language arts? What is necessary to become or remain a highly qualified teacher of English language arts? The NCTE Executive Committee is interested in what you think as the Council develops services and products for the profession. You can provide your opinion on teacher quality and the English language arts teacher by participating in the survey at<br> <font SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000ff"><a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/920/0/" target="_blank">http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2QQRNQX66</a></font></font></p> <p> <b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">Help Shape the Future Leadership of NCTE</font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#A91112"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">NCTE is looking for organized, energetic teachers, supervisors, and curriculum specialists at all levels of education who have shown interest in the profession and NCTE by participating in the work of affiliates and Council activities to stand for election to its major offices and Section, CEE, TYCA, and SLATE committee posts in 2005.</font> </p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">If you know of such persons, please recommend these members to the appropriate 2004-05 nominating committee(s) by November 1. For complete information, visit<br> <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/921/0/" target="_blank">http://www.ncte.org/about/gov/elec/nominations/107432.htm</a> </font></p> <p> </p> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">Celebrating Children's Book Week</font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#A91112"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">The 85th annual Children's Book Week is November 15-21, 2004. Learn how people around the country are bringing books and children together during this special week. For ideas on how to celebrate, visit<br> <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/922/0/" target="_blank">http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbw/</a></font></p> <p> </p> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">Convention Workshop Offers Roundtable Feedback to Authors</font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#A91112"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">The Fountain of the Muse Poetry and Short Prose Workshop on Saturday, November 20, invites NCTE Annual Convention participants to bring their own original poems and short prose for conversational, small group feedback. Writers should provide eight copies of no more than two pages of poetry or prose for critique. Open-mike readings will follow the roundtable sessions. Listeners are welcome. For more information, visit<br> <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/811/0/" target="_blank">http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/annual/events/117422.htm</a></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2">For more information on the 2004 NCTE Annual Convention, visit<br> <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/69/0/" target="_blank">http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/annual</a></font></p> <p> </p> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#A91112" size="3">Do You Search the NCTE Web Site?</font><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#A91112"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2">Please help NCTE optimize the search capabilities on the NCTE Web site! Let us know your opinions on site searches by filling out the online survey at <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/871/0/" target="_blank">http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB223TUM22RSC</a></font></p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="30" colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom"> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/916/0/" target="_blank"><font face="Verdana" size="1">Partially underwritten by:</font></a> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="85" colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"> <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/916/0/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/Overview/inbox/videoplacement.jpg" align="center" width="150" height="90"></a> <p><font size="1" face="Arial">(advertisement)</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="36" colspan="2" valign="bottom"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="1" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/BluePixel.gif" width="600" height="2" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/ClearPixel.gif" width="1" height="1" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <ul> <li><font color="BLACK" face="Arial" size="2">To subscribe to (or unsubscribe from) the INBOX, visit <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/113/0/" target="_blank">http://www.ncte.org/forms/lists/inbox.asp</a> </font></li> <li><font color="BLACK" face="Arial" size="2">To read the current or previous issue online, visit <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/3/0/" target="_blank">http://www.ncte.org/about/over/inbox</a> </font></li> <li><font color="BLACK" face="Arial" size="2">To contact the INBOX staff with content or technical questions, e-mail <a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">[log in to unmask]</a> </font></li> <li><font color="BLACK" face="Arial" size="2">To sponsor an issue of INBOX, visit <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/374/0/">http://www.ncte.org/about/partners/sponsor/116380.htm</a> </font></li> </ul> <p><font size="1"><a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/66/0/"><font face="Arial"><img border="0" src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/graphics/Acrobat_Reader.gif" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="75" height="28" align="left"></font></a><br> <font face="Arial">Some linked documents are provided in PDF format and can be viewed using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program. To download a copy of Adobe Acrobat 5.0, <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/66/0/" target="_blank">click here</a></font></font></p> <p> </p> <p><font color="BLACK" face="Arial" size="1">Copyright 2004 <a href="http://lists.ncte.org/t/577880/476293/1/0/" target="_blank">National Council of Teachers of English<br> </a></font><font face="Arial" size="1">NCTE, 1111 W. Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801-1096; Phone: 800-369-6283; E-mail: <a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">[log in to unmask]</a></font></p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="14" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="http://www.ncte.org/library/files/About_NCTE/overview/inbox/2004redesign/images/InboxFooter.gif" width="600" height="22" alt=""></td> </tr> </table> <map name="inbox"> <area shape="rect" coords="90,71,147,82" href="http://www.ncte.org" alt="NCTE Home"> <area shape="rect" coords="157,71,251,82" href="http://www.ncte.org/forms/lists/inbox.asp" alt="Sign-up for this e-mail"> <area shape="rect" coords="260,71,324,82" href="http://www.ncte.org/email.asp?link=inbox&issue=10-12-04" alt="E-mail a friend"> <area shape="rect" coords="333,71,382,82" href="http://www.ncte.org/member" alt="Join NCTE"> </map> <IMG ALT="" SRC="http://lists.ncte.org/db/577880/476293/1.gif" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1></body> </html> --MIMEBoundary3840f9c36dc1ecf669b14369f533aa08--