English Teaching Forum 2025, Volume 63, Number 4
Discover how to create and use flexible single-point rubrics for student-friendly feedback and assessment ... lead your students through the process of writing—and potentially publishing—short “letters to the editor” addressed to news outlets ... develop beginner-level students’ speaking fluency and conversation-sustaining skills ... practice 21st-century skills by creating engaging Human Mind Maps ... and much more.
The cover shows Scraps, an image of a nineteenth-century scrap quilt from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Scrap quilts have historically been used to represent communities and tell a story through symbolic messages and imaging. This quilt, created in Georgia by Elizabeth Salter Smith, uses nineteenth-century fabric featuring anchors and horses—symbols that often represent the strength and resilience of African American communities in the South. The combination of unique geometric shapes and novelty fabrics creates a rich retelling of the community behind this quilt.
