Jay Simmons

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. (2008).  "Awakening to gunfire." The Worcester Review, XXXXIX, 1 & 2.

Simmons, J. (2008).  "Right or wrong."  Skakespeare's Monkey, I, 3

Simmons, J. (2005).  Improving college-bound writers: The conditions to do it well.  English Journal, 94(8), 75-80

Simmons, J. (2007).  "The Cougar."  Where the Road Begins.
Lowell, MA:  Cultural Organization of Lowell.

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.



Grants:

Brockton, MA Public Schools
Reading in the Content Areas
READ Excellence Grant
Lowell, MA Public Schools
Expert Provider