The Utah English Journal (UEJ) is the annual publication of the Utah Council of Teachers of English (UCTE), an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). As a practitioner journal, The UEJ features articles pertaining to issues of interest for English Language Arts (ELA) educators at all levels of instruction. This peer-reviewed journal accepts manuscripts of several categories including: research-based articles, teaching commentary columns, short pedagogy practice-based pieces, and creative works including poetry. The Journal was awarded the 2024 Journal of Excellence by NCTE.
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Current Volume: Volume 53 (2025)
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Articles
Navigating the World Of Online Information: A Braided Approach to Research and Writing in ELA Classrooms
Ana Katz and Brittany Malloy
Getting Teens to Read: Date a Book
Joëlle Beard
Me Between the Lines: An Intertextual Search for Self
Jamie Jo Porter
Good Practice For All Sentence Frames to Support Multingual Students in the ELA Classroom
Genevieve Palestino
Writing Prompts in the Healing-centered Classroom
Elizabeth Hancock
Moving Beyond Summary
Susan E. Anderson
The Silent Stakeholders in Censorship: Insights in Letting Young Adults Join the Censorship Conversation
Mercedes Medel
Facilitating Dialogue: Leveraging Classroom Literature to Navigate Critical Conversations with High School Students
Kaylee Smedley
Helping Students Learn What They Already Know: Uncovering the Magic of Analyzing Author’s Craft
Joseph Wiederhold
Thinking and Writing with AI as a Dialogue Partner
Jon Ostenson and Johnny Allred
From the Editors: Turning Pages, Turning Hearts
Mandy Luszeck, Jon Ostenson, and Rachel Knecht
Book Reviews
Book Reviews: From the Editor
Justin Scholes
Book Review: Good Different
Jan Jenson
Book Review: Something Like Home
Kimberly Stewart
Book Review: How to Become a Better Writing Teacher
Merry Gravett
Book Review: There Goes the Neighborhood
Feliciana Lopez-Goodman
Book Review: Alebrijes
Shauna Christensen
Book Review: Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story
Amanda Thomas
Book Review: Simon Sort of Says
Sarah Strachan
Book Review: The Faint of Heart
Hailey Christensen
Book Review: Remember Us
Lauren Ratliff
Poetry
Thank You, James
Leah Parks
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