Since "English Journal's" (EJ's) founding in 1912, contributors have asked how literature shapes students' ethics, or morals. Ethics, on this account, is about people's ways of imagining and leading good lives. EJ authors explore how reading literature can help students see themselves and the wider world in light of visions of the good…

If emerging teachers are going to be something more than technicians, they need to reflect on their instructional worldviews, the mission of schools, and their role as autonomous professionals. In this article, the author shows how three pedagogical "moves" she made as a holistic mentor helped her student teachers forge and voice…

Derives six principles about the teaching of writing from the works of Henry David Thoreau. (DD)

Suggests the use of children's literature as a model for junior high students' writing. (DD)

Summarizes recent research and theory on or related to the composing process to arrive at a general model or structure for the teaching of writing in secondary schools. (DD)

States that psychological models help shape students' responses to literature. Explains how a Freudian model can be used to explore the meanings inherent in Emily Dickinson's "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass." (MM)

Surveys the history of composition instruction in America and concludes that imitation exercises may still be valuable to modern students. (JL)