This paper analyzes the influence of three different learning paradigms for learning literacy--formalist, cognitive-processing, and literacy practices--on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. It argues that the Common Core State Standards are based largely on a formalist paradigm as evident in the emphasis on teaching text…

Describes the author's experiences when she added an intensive journalistic writing component to an honors English class. Details how the course can be designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement Language and Composition Test. (MM)

Describes the author's experiences teaching two semesters of an advanced placement intensive writing class. Discusses problems encountered in the course, and notes curriculum differences between the first and second semester classes. (MM)

Reports the results of a year-long program incorporating intensive journalistic writing into Advanced Placement English courses. Notes that most students who took the course received high scores on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition test, and that all students in the course improved their writing. (MM)

Describes the author's experiences when incorporating an intensive journalistic writing program into her high school English class. (MM)

Shows how the addition of intensive journalistic writing can enliven the traditional high school English class. (MM)

Presents a brief overview of the 1989 Dow Jones Intensive Journalistic Writing Institute at Marquette University. (MM)

Describes how an intensive journalistic writing course motivated students by combining journalistic writing with a school-history research project. (MM)

Because a high percentage of Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (APELC) students from a small rural high school were receiving below-average grades on the Advanced Placement Examination, a 10-week composition program was designed and implemented. The composition program included three main strategies: (1) the use of the rubric as…