April 2020 #51ΑΤΖζChat: The Joy of Reading
Join us next Sunday, April 19, at 8:00 p.m. ET for an #51ΑΤΖζchat focusing on the joy of reading in …
Teacher Communities
This blog post by 51ΑΤΖζ member Leigh Ann Eck is reprinted with permission fromΒ Three Teachers Talk (March 26, 2020). …
Are My Students Okay?
From the 51ΑΤΖζ Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment. This post was written by 51ΑΤΖζ member Eric D. Turley, a …
April 7 is the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of William Wordsworth!
βAll good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.β ~ William Wordsworth On April 7, 1770, William Wordsworth was …
2020 51ΑΤΖζ Verse
βI enjoyed learning about poets who I was unfamiliar with. It felt like as a teacher, I was celebrating a …
The Biographic Biliteracy Profile: Assessing Linguistically Diverse Readers in Culturally Relevant Ways
From the 51ΑΤΖζ Standing Committee on Literacy Assessment This post was written by 51ΑΤΖζ memberΒ Bobbie Kabuto, the chair of …
Challenging Textual Hierarchies as a New Teacher
This post was written by guest author Tim Shaffer.Β As a developing English teacher, I often look back on …
Literacy is More than Just Reading and Writing
From theΒ 51ΑΤΖζ Standing Committee on Global Citizenship This post was written by 51ΑΤΖζ member Amber Peterson, a member of …
Media Literacy in Todayβs Milieu of Mass and Social Media
From the Assembly on Computers in English (ACE) Β This post was written by 51ΑΤΖζ and ACE members J. Patrick …
Creating Access, Enabling Participation, Enacting Transformative Change
This post was written by 51ΑΤΖζ and CCCC member Stephanie Kershbaum, recipient of the 2019 Recipient of the 51ΑΤΖζ Leadership …