Making the Journey, Third Edition: Being and Becoming a Teacher of English Language Arts

by Leila Christenbury and Ken Lindblom

Book Overview

? Making the Journey is a staple of secondary English methods courses and teacher libraries because it not only provides practical advice on what to do in the classroom and how to act, but also offers a realistic but optimistic sense of what it means to embrace the practice of good teaching. Now, trusted educator, writer, and researcher Leila Christenbury has returned with a remarkable new edition of her classic. ? The third edition of Making the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325008175
• ISBN13: 9780325008172
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

from "Professional Links," July 2000, *English Journal*

"An experienced secondary school teacher and English educator, Christenbury clearly knows her audience...the book is rich with the voices of teachers and students. Christenbury includes sample papers; transcripts of discussions; and teachers' assignments, handouts, and testimonials. Each chapter ends with recommended reading and references...The book will be extremely helpful to beginning teachers and will remind veteran teachers of why they teach. You will probably wish, as I did, that Christenbury were sitting in your faculty lounge so you could talk to her and ask her about that student in third period who just did not seem to understand what you were teaching. Until she does appear, you can be confident that the book will provide important insights and advice." -Louann Reid, Ed., Professional Links Column, *English Journal*