Fall 2007
Editors:
William Dyer &
John Banschbach

• Cover
• From the Editors
• Editors' Letter
• Idea Exchange
• Contributors
• Call for papers

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Articles
Narrowing the Gap – Reading and Writing from High School into the University
• What We Teach and Why: Contemporary Literary Theory and Adolescents ~ Deborah Appleman
• Wait Until You Get to College – Transitions from High School to College Writing ~ Cindy Olson & Anne O'Meara

The Profession– The Challenges and Politics of Teaching English
• The Case Against Standardized Testing ~ Peter Henry
• Devising the Appropriate Program of Studies for the 21st Century English Major: The Consumer as Designer
~ Martin Warren
• Opening Doors with a Degree in English ~ John Banschbach

Teaching—Theory into Practice
• Writing Workshop for K-6 Success: Foundations for a Literate Democracy ~ Susan Perala-Dewey
• Helping Refugee Students Find Their Voice ~ Michael Mutschelknaus
• Revision Think Sheets: Supporting Writers from Draft to Final Copy ~ Suzanne Kaback

Literature and Pedagogy
• The Western Canon in Today's High Schools ~ Jeremy Hoffman
• Old Men with Wings: One Look at Teaching Magical Realism through Gabriel Garcia Marquez ~ Jessica Jorgenson
• Teaching Old Gringo through the Mexican Revolution and Ambrose Bierce
~ Michael MacBride
• A Pedagogical Apprroach to Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate ~ Nickie Kranz

MCTE Grant Report
• Ussing Visual Art to Assess Thinking in a Language Arts Classroom ~Jennifer Budenski