Anna’s Writings
Books, Articles, Contributions, Poetry, Short Story, and Columns
BOOKS
Roseboro, Anna J. Small. RAINBOW REMINDERS: What the Colors Tell Us (2022) JATNE Publishing.
_____ EXPERIENCE POEMS AND PICTURES: Poetry that Paints/Pictures that Speak (2019) Kindle Direct Printing. Available with Reflections in All English or in English and Spanish.
_____ NOT INTIMIDATING: Teaching Different Reading Genres to a Diverse Student Body (2019) Rowman and Littlefield Education
_____ MORE ABOUT WRITING: Designing Student Assignments with Specific Steps (2019) Rowman and Littlefield Education
____ GETTING STARTED: A Path to Success Teaching English to Middle School Students and Beyond (2018) Rowman and Littlefield Education
_____ Grampoppa: A Poem with Pictures (2017) (Kindle Direct Printing)
_____Sweethearts of Zion’s Hill (2016) Ed. Verneal Y. Mitchell and Stella R Calloway (CreateSpace Printing) See book trailer at this link.
_____On Zion’s Hill (2015) Illustrated by Susan J. Osborn (CreateSpace Printing)
____ Teaching Writing in the Middle School: Common Core and More (2013) Rowman and Littlefield Education
_____ Teaching Reading in the Middle School: Common Core and More (2013) Rowman and Littlefield Education
_____ Teaching Middle School Language Arts: Incorporating Twenty-first Century Literacies.(2010) Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.
_____. Autobiography Guide for Black Boy by Richard Wright. Glenview: Scott Foresman and Company, 1996.
ARTICLES
Roseboro, Anna J. Small. “Mentoring is a Must” English Leadership Quarterly. April, 2014 (Co-authored with Joan Williams, CATE)
_____ “Professional and Personal Lives” California English, September, 2010: 8-9.
_____. “Teaching Lan Cao’s Monkey Bridge.” with PowerPoint in .pdf (unpublished), 2009.
_____. “Patterning Poetry.” New Jersey English Journal, 2008: 12-15.
_____. “What Do You Enjoy about Coaching, Directing, or Advising?” English Journal, May 2007: 22-23.
_____. “Chair’s Cheat Sheet of Advice for Novice ELA Teachers.” English Leadership Quarterly, 2006: 6-8.
_____.”An Audience of Ones Peers.” California English. California Association of Teachers of English. Fall 1999.
_____. “Multicultural Literature: A Challenge and An Opportunity.” Promising Practices: Unbearably Good, Teacher-Tested Ideas, 1996: 20-23.
_____. “Student Choice/Teacher Control: Braided Lives in the Classroom.” English Journal, 1994: 14-19.
CONTRIBUTOR
"What's the Big Deal?" The poem is in RHYME AND RHYTHM: Poems for Student Athletes, ed. Sarah J. Donovan (2021)
“Pack Creek and Naa Kahida: An Alaskan Odyssey” Fine Lines: A National Quarterly, Creative Writing Journal, April 2021
Poetry collections in
Bridge the Distance: Teacher-Poets Writing to Bridge the Distance: An Oral History of COVID19 in Poems (Oklahoma State University, 2021)
Marriage Connection: Making It Work: Faith-based Stories and Poetry (JATNE Publications, 2020)
Centered in Christ (JATNE Publications, 2020)
“Heart Tree” Fine Lines: A National Quarterly, Creative Writing Journal, Summer 2020
Experience Poems and Pictures: Poetry that Paints/Pictures that Speak (w. French, German and Spanish), 2019
Roseboro, Anna J. Small. “Why Mentor?”(contributor) Making the Journey, Fourth Edition: Being and Becoming a Teacher of English Language Arts 4th Edition (2016) Heinemann
____ “Poetry Out Loud and In Groups – Lessons and Sample Charts” April, 2014
_____ “Poetry -Character and Setting” March, 2013
_____’ Geometric Characters and Of Mice and Men’. In Milner and Pope, Ed. Engaging American Novels: Lessons from the Classroom (pp. 82-89). Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English.(2011) This collection focuses on ten frequently taught American novels, both classic and contemporary, that can help promote student engagement.
Roseboro, Anna J. Small. Standing Committee on Teacher Preparation. Guidelines for the Preparation of Language Arts Teachers. National Council of Teachers of English. 2006.
_____., Teacher Reviewer. Projects in Speech Communications. Logan: Perfection Learning Corporation, 2009.
_____. “Multicultural Literature: A Challenge and An Opportunity.” In Multicultural Voices: Teachers Resource Book, x-xiv. Glenview: Scott-Foresman and Company, 1995.
_____. CyberGuide for A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck. 1997.
_____. CyberGuide for I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino. 1997. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/juan/juantg.html (accessed March 23, 2009).
POETRY
Roseboro, Anna J. Small. “Words, Words, Words.” Fine Lines , Spring 2005: 51.
_____ “The Man with the Holes in His Socks“. 2011
_____“Summer Storm” written May, 2010
_____ “Our Son” also published on the National Writing Gallery, 2009. National Writing Gallery 2009
_____. “Grampoppa.” published The Shining Light, July/August 1994: 14. Here with introduction when poem was used in a speech.
_____. “Sounds on an Evening Walk.” In SDAWP-Open 1987, 53. San Diego: San Diego Area Writing Project, 1987.
_____. “Memories.” In SDAWP-Open 1987, 54-56. San Diego: San Diego Area Writing Project, 1987.
_____. “The Evening Walk.” In SDAWP-Open 1987, 102. San Diego: San Diego Area Writing Project, 1987.
SHORT STORY
“Mike and Mr. Milt” written during Alaska Writing Project Summer Institute ca August, 1993.
COLUMN – “President’s Perspective”
Written during 2002-4 Term as President of the California Association of Teachers of English (CATE)
Roseboro, Anna J. Small. “President’s Perspective.” California English. California Association of Teachers of English. June 2004. http://www.cateweb.org/pres_pers_jun04.htm (accessed March 23, 2009).
_____. “President’s Perspective.” California English. California Association of Teachers of English. April 2004. http://www.cateweb.org/pres_pers_april04.htm (accessed March 23, 2009).
_____. “President’s Perspective.” California English. California Association of Teachers of English. February 2004. http://www.cateweb.org/pres_pers_feb04.htm (accessed March 23, 2009).
_____. “President’s Perspective.” California English. California Association of Teachers of English. December 2003. http://www.cateweb.org/pres_pers_dec03.htm (accessed March 23, 2009).
_____. “President’s Perspective.” California English. California Association of Teachers of English. September 2003. http://www.cateweb.org/pres_pers_sept03.htm (accessed March 23, 2009).
_____. “President’s Perspective.” California English. California Association of Teachers of English. June 2003. http://www.cateweb.org/pres_pers_jun03.htm (accessed March 23, 2009).
_____. “President’s Perspective.” California English. California Association of Teachers of English. April 2003. http://www.cateweb.org/pres_pers_apr03.html (accessed March 23, 2009).
_____. “President’s Perspective.” California English. California Association of Teachers of Englsih. February 2003. http://www.cateweb.org/pres_pers_feb03.html (accessed March 23, 2009).
_____. “President’s Perspective.” California English. California Association of Teachers of English. November 2002. http://www.cateweb.org/pres_pers_Nov02.htm (accessed March 23, 2009).
_____. “President’s Perspective.” California English. California Association of Teachers of English. September 2002. http://www.cateweb.org/pres_pers_Sept02.htm (accessed March 24, 2009).
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