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1994 — Volume 25 No 1

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FRONT MATTER

CALL FOR PAPERS

TO OUR READERS

NATIONAL STANDARDS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Miriam T. Chaplin

THINKING AND WRITING CRITICALLY WITH METAPHOR
Hildy Miller

UNDERSTANDING POETRY: PRIVATE VERSUS COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES
Paul Carney

ALL AT WAR WITH TIME
Louis W. Garrett

APPROACHES TO TEACHING LITERARY CRITICISM: A CAUTIONARY TALE
Suzanne L. Bunkers

ENGLISH LOAN WORDS OF CHINESE ORIGIN
Zuo Zhicheng

TO THOSE KIDS IN THE WOOD SHOP
Paul Carney

TIME WARP
Galene Erickson

FIVE MINUTES
Mary Jean Menzel

THE RABBIT OF HEARTS
Mary Jean Menzel

REVIEWS

MAKING IT: A MYTH IN ACADEMIC LIFE
Michael Kuhne

GLIMPSES INTO DIVERSE LIVES
Vicki Olson

EXPANDING THE AMERICAN LITERARY HERITAGE IN OUR CLASSROOM
Ron Barron

WHO’S TO SAY WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG WITH ENGLISH?
Gwen Griffin

HEAVY HITTERS
Mark Telloyan

TEACHER TALK IN THE IMAGINATIVE ZONE
Rex Veeder

TO AIR IS HUMAN

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

EDITORIAL POLICY

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