Anonymous responses enrich learning / Burt Saxon -- Historical fiction using scenario groups and annotated bibliographies / James D'Acosta -- Five circles, five paragraphs / Christine Chaney -- Reading and writing oasis classroom / Linda K. Voelker -- Teaching: profession and passion / Dara Feldman -- Connecting students to the world that lies ahead / Beverly Plein -- Writing connections / Nancy Rushing -- Verbs to vocation: using spanish verb tenses to create an authentic cover letter / Brenda Lynch -- Author's purpose for readers' choice / Micheline P. Plaskett -- Punny valentines: creativity and teamwork / Elizabeth F. Day -- Being a writer: a tool for improving student writing / Gianna Maymind -- Published poems and stories treasured forever / Pam Roller -- What's it like to be LD? / Peter Riffle -- Think, talk, write / Rosemary Fryer -- The "art" of merging descriptive and narrative writing / Sharon Andrews -- Writing the wrongs: a middle school student unravels the knots of her life through writing / Susan Okeson -- Finding the time to write in your language arts curriculum / Stacy Dibble -- We write, you read, we all win for literacy! / Carla Pumphrey -- "Small moment" stories: a way to improve student writing / Gianna Maymind -- Writing in the palm of your hand / Carla Hurchalla -- Walking the introduction / Eric Stemle -- Writing tools for the first-grade classroom / Nikki Salvatico -- Revitalize your teaching through collaboration and integration / Mary Merrill and Barbara Sabin -- Life saving technique / Vicki Goldsmith -- Teaching writing with an eclectic approach across the curriculum / C. Joyce Taylor -- Using a work of art as a stimulus for writing / Diana W. McDougal -- Making a move / James Darrell Harris.