Volume 71, Issue 1 (2021) Summer
The Virginia English Journal is a peer-reviewed journal of praxis for English language arts teacher candidates, practicing teachers, and teacher educators. The purpose of the journal is to provide a platform for sharing (a) research as well as scholarly interests and discoveries, to provide educators with theoretical understandings as well as practioner-friendly ideas; (b) pedagogical strategies, to focus on effective and innovative teaching practices; and (c) perspectives of teacher candidates and graduate students, to include the voice of English and English education majors interested in sharing their ideas with an audience of fellow educators.
Introduction from the Editor's Desk
Articles
All-American Boys, The Hate U Give, and The Great Gatsby: The Process and Product of Multi-Genre in a High School English Methods Course
Mary Beth Cancienne, Bria Coleman, Kailyn Gilliam, and Kristina Gooden
I, Too: A Culturally Responsive Expression of Teacher and Student Writing
Tiffany Lewis, Kevon Merritte, and Haley Novak
One Bold Experiment
William D. Smyth
Call to Submissions
Editor
Paige Hayes Horst, Ph.D., Radford University
Editorial Assistant and Production Coordinator
Kendra Ristola
Cover Design
Patricia Branch Kosty
Editorial Board
Amanda C. Biviano, Christiansburg High School
Mary Beth Cancienne, James Madison University
Jean Filetti, Christopher Newport University
Courtneay Kelly, University of Lynchburg
Natasha Heny, University of Virginia
Sam Hamilton, Bridgewater College
Adrian Nester, Turnstall High School
Sean Ruday, Longwood University
Sarah Tanner-Anderson, Longwood University
Kyle Trott, Woodbridge Senior High School
Alice L. Trupe, Bridgewater College
Latrese Younger, Hanover County Public Schools
Josh Thompson, Montgomery County Public Schools