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Kent, Richard – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2006
In this article, the author describes how he had revised his course expectations and English teaching methods in Room 109 at Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine, with support from the writing center staff. He instituted thematic portfolios, self-selected reading with a wide range of projects in response to that reading, periodic student…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Teaching Methods, English Instruction, Constructivism (Learning)