Building the English Classroom: Foundations, Support, Success

Writing for English teachers who are overworked and overwhelmed, Bruce Penniman offers personal reflections, classroom anecdotes, teaching materials, and student work while presenting strategies for managing the demands of the secondary English classroom.

After nearly four decades in the classroom, Bruce M. Penniman knows what works (and what doesn’t!) when it comes to teaching English. Penniman draws on his own experiences—his successes, of course, but also the mistakes he’s made and the mi...