Minnesota English Journal

Minnesota English Journal

Editor: Bill Dyer, University of MN, Mankato
& Scott Hall, Irondale High School

MEJ contains professional articles dealing with pedagogy, research, curriculum, and literacy issues as well as poetry and personal narratives written by teachers. Minnesota English Journal is published as an online journal.

Please consider submitting an academic article, a brief teaching tip, a letter to the editor, a hypertext, a multimedia presentation, or a creative work (such as a poem, short fiction, or play) for the next issue of Minnesota English Journal. We have no required number of pages or words for our submissions, but if you cite academic sources in your work, please do so according to MLA Handbook for Writers for Research Papers, 7th edition. Please also keep in mind that we are a peer-reviewed journal with an editorial board. Our acceptance rate is approximately 50-60%; therefore, we cannot accept all submissions. Most importantly, before you submit to MEJ, keep in mind that MEJ’s audience primarily consists of teachers from the elementary to the college level who want to learn more about effective teaching techniques.
We will publish on all topics for English teachers of all age groups. However, preference in publication will be given to these three topics, all of which need more representation in MEJ:
¬ Classroom technology.
¬ Classroom diversity.
¬ Elementary (K-6) pedagogy.

DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR 2014 ISSUE: DECEMBER 15, 2013. (The 2014 issue should come out by April 2014.) Authors should be informed of the status of their submissions by January 15, 2014.

Deadline for submission for MEJ 2014 ~ December 15, 2013

archive of past issues

Volume 48 - 2013
Editor: Brian C. Lewis

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Articles
Teacher-Student Connections
• The Greatest Job I Never Thought I'd Want ~ Jeanette Lukowski
• Asumptions, Theories, and Best Guesses: Rethinking the Teacher as Audience
~ Rebecca Fremo
• Three Poems:
Letter with No Address ~ Jim Brosnan
Writing Teacher ~ Rebecca Fresno
Seminar at 7 am ~ Jim Brosnan

Connecting through Writing
• Using Rapport to Motivate Students in Online Composition Courses
~ Mike Mutschelknaus
• Deepening the Writing Center's Collaborative Identity ~ Carol Mohrbacher
• Zombies in the Classroom : Using the (Kind of) Dead to Enliven Student Writing
~ Kim Socha

Connecting through Reading
• An Inquiry into the Application of Learning to Read Film Texts and Its Effect on Understanding Classic Literature ~ Jennifer Peterson
• Reviews and Questions for a Multicultural Classroom Library: Empowering Your Students, Raising Reading Scores, and Having Fun Doing It! Sonja Kay Olson
• Independent Reading: The Importance of Choice and Time for Student Learning ~ Greg Heinecke

Connecting through Literature
• Filling in the Template: King Arthur as an Exercise in Answering a Generation's Questions ~ Martin Warren
• Growing Readers Who Love Poetry: Incorporating Poems into Everyday Instruction ~ Lindsay Noren

Addenda
List of Contributers
Call for Papers: 2014 Minnesota English Journal

Minnesota English Journal,
student writing issue

The student writing issue publishes writing by students in middle school and high school. Pieces submitted to the NCTE Promising Young Writers and Writing Achievement Award programs are automatically considered for publication. In addition, we are also interested in publishing teacher reflections on teaching writing or on an effective writing assignment with accompanying student examples. It is our sincere hope that in addition to celebrating the excellence of writing of Minnesota's students, the issue will provide teachers with models to use with their own students.

Submission deadline:

Editor: Katie Kritzeck Anderson
Contact Katie: kkritzeck@gmail.com

student writing submission form (Word)
student writing submission form (pdf)

archive of past issues

Volume 47 - 2011-2012 Editor: Katie Kritzeck Anderson
	download entire journal Cover art: Katie Kritzeck Anderson
Division page art: Katie Kritzeck Anderson	NCTE Achievement in Writing Award Amy McMeeking, John Marshall HS LaurenRoss, Eagan HS Brady Ryan, Minnehaha Acade,u Lauren Schiltz, Eagan HS Cameron VanDyke, Eagan HS Erin Pax, North High School download this section
Division page art: Katie Kritzeck Anderson	NCTE Promising Young Writers Award John Flanagan, The Blake School Eloho Urhieyovwe, Skyview MS Bella Roussanov, Wayzata West MS Luke Soucy, Wayzata West MS Elizabeth Granlund, Foley Intermediate School Brie Bednarek, Foley Intermediate download this section
Division page art: Katie Kritzek Anderson	Submitted Writing Ibad Jafri, St. Paul Academy Sam Wood, St. Paul Academy Michelle Cass, St. Paul Academy Ryann Swanson, St. Paul Academy Matthew Fielder, St. Paul Academy Hagop Toghramadjian, St. Paul Academy Lily Rogers, St.Paul Academy Meghan Heitkamp, St. Michael-Albertville Kevin Mosher, St. Michael-Albertville Chance Wellnitz, St. Michael-Albertville Natalie Brekken, Orono MS Abbie VandenEinde, Orono MS Lukas van Dyck, Orono Ms Marcus Otsvig, Orono MS Alex Joseph, Orono MS Olivia Eriksson, Orono MS Emma VamdenEinde, Orono MS Anna Hughes, Orono MS Alex Berger, Orono MS Nadeen Bunkers, Orono MS Ivy B., Orono MS Maria Keller, Orono MS Lindsy Wayt, Orono MS download this section