Selected Publications:
Simmons, J. (2009). Writing instruction in the secondary classroom: Surviving School Reform. In S. Parris, D. Fisher, & K. Headley, eds., Adolescent literacy: Research-based best practices. Urbana, IL: International Reading Association.
Simmons, J. (2005). Improving college-bound writers: The conditions to do it well. English Journal, 94(8), 75-80
Simmons, J. (2003). "Responders are Taught Not Born. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 49 (8), 684-693.
Simmons, J. & McLaughlin, T. (2003). "Longer, Deeper, Better".
Teaching English in the 30, 416-427.
Simmons, J. (2000).You Never Asked Me to Read: Useful Assessment of Reading
and Writing Problems, Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Simmons, J. (1997). "Attack of the Killer Baby Faces: Gender Similarities in
Third Grade Writing". Language Arts, 74, 116-123.
Simmons, J. (1996a). "What Writers Know with Time". Language Arts, 73, 48-51.
Simmons, J. (1996b). "Control the Purpose, Not the Contents: Coaching the Creation of Teaching Portfolios". Action in Teacher Education, 18(1), 71-81.
Simmons, J. (2012). “Dalmatian.” Sentence, #9.
Simmons, J. (2011). “Directions for the State Essay,” Illuminations, 27:16.
Simmons, J. (2011). “Insane for a Year,” Illuminations, 27:16.
Nominated for the Pushcart Prize
Simmons, J. (2011). “Potion.” Nimrod, 54(2): 77.
Simmons, J. (2011). “Thinning.” Nimrod, 54(2):77.
Simmons, J. (2011). “Press Pound.” Chiron Review, 95:33.
Simmons, J. (2011). “Spelling While Drunk.” The Prose-Poem Project, 1(4):4.
Simmons, J. (2009). "Fire horn." Blue Collar Review, 12(4): 5.
Grants:
Brockton, MA Public Schools
Reading in the Content Areas
READ Excellence Grant
Lowell, MA Public Schools
Expert Provider