Teaching Literature

american literature

british literature

multicultural/women's/world litsrature

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drama/speech

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literary genres/mythology

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CHAPTERS

1

Goals for teaching literature: What does it mean to teach literature?

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Understanding students’ individual differences: Who are our kids?

3

Planning and Organizing Literature Instruction: How Do I Decide What to Teach?

4

Using Drama to Foster Interpretation: How Can I Help Students Read Better?

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Leading Classroom Discussions of Literature: How Do I Get Them to Talk about Literature?

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Writing about literature: How do I get them to write about literature?

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Using narratives in the classroom: What’s the use of story?

8

Teaching text and task-specific strategies: How does the shape of a text change the shape of my teaching?

9

Teaching the Classics: Do I Have To Teach the Canon, And If So, How Do I Do It?

10

Multiple Perspectives to Engage Students with Literature: What are Different Ways of Seeing?

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Teaching Media Literacy: What else is a text and how do I teach it?

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Assessing and Evaluating Students’ Learning: How do I know what they’ve learned?

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Text Selection, Censorship, Creating an Ethical Classroom Environment. and Teacher Professionalism: How do I Stay in Control, Out of Trouble, and Continue to Develop as A Teacher?

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texts

Aaseng, N. (2002). Navajo code talkers. Walker and Company.

Alvarez, J. (1992). How the Garcia girls lost their accents. Plume.

Angelou, M. (1997). I know why the caged bird sings. Bantam Books.

Atkin, S. B. (2000). Voices from the fields: Children of migrant farmworkers tell their stories. Little Brown.

Avi. (1987). The fighting ground. Harper Collins.

Bambara, T. (1992). Gorilla, my love. New York: Vintage Books.

Bertrand, D. G. (1995). Sweet fifteen. Pinata Books.

Bertrand, D. G. (1999). Trino's choice. Pinata Books.

Block, F. L. (1991). Witch baby. Harper Collins.

Boas, J. (1996). We are witnesses: five diaries of teenagers who died in the Holocaust. Scholastic Inc.

Bruchac, J. (2004). Hidden roots. Scholastic Press.

Burciaga, J. A. (1993). Drink cultura: Chicanismo. Capra Press.

Burgess, B.H. (1991). Oren bell. Delacorte.

Carlson, L. (1995). American eyes. Fawcett.

Choi, S. N. (1991). Year of impossible goodbyes. Houghton Mifflin.

Cisneros, S. (1991). The house on Mango Street. New York.

Cisneros, S. (1992). Woman hollering creek and other stories. Vintage Books.

Creech, S. (1996). Walk two moons. Harper Collins.

Crew, L. (1991). Children of the river. Bantam Doubleday Dell Laurel-Leaf.

Curtis, C. P. (1997). The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963. Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers.

Curtis, C. P. (2004). Bud, not Buddy. Random House Children's Books.

Cushman, K. (1995). Catherine, called Birdy. Harper Collins Publishers.

Danticat, E.  (1994). Breath, eyes, memory. Vintage Books.

Duffy, C. A. (1997). I wouldn't thank you for a valentine: Poems for young feminists. Henry Holt and Company.

Erdrich, L. (2004). Tracks. Harper Perennial.

George, J. C.. (1972).Julie of the wolves. Harper Collins Children's Books.

Farmer, N. (2002). The house of the scorpion. Simon & Schuster.

Fleischman, P. (1999). Seedfolks. HarperCollins.

Friedman, C. (1994). Nightfather. Persea Books.

Gillan, M. M.and Gillan, J. (1994). Unsettling America: An anthology of contemporary multicultural poetry. Penguin Books.

Hewett, L. (2001). Dancer: Everybody has a dream. Puffin Books.

Hobbs, W. (1989). Bear stone. Atheneum/Avon.

Hodge, M. (1993). For the life of Laetitia. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Hong, M. (1993). Growing up Asian American: Stories of childhood, adolescence and coming of age in America, from 1800s to the 1990s – by 32 Asian American writers. Avon Books.

Houston, J. W. & Houston, J.. (2002). Farewell to Manzanar: A true story of Japanese American experience during and after World War II internment. Houghton Mifflin.

Hughes, L. (1994). Not without laughter. Simon & Schuster.

Hunt, I. (2002). Across five Aprils. Berkley Publishing Group.

Johnson, A. (1993). Toning the sweep. Scholastic.

Keehn, S. M. (1991). I am Regina. Philomel.

Laird, E. (1991). Kiss the dust. Penguin Books.

Lee, R. A. (2003). Multicultural American literature: Comparative Black, Native, Latino/a Asian American fictions. University Press of Mississippi.

Levine, E. (1999). Darkness over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the rescue of the Jews. Holiday House.

Levitin, S. (1988). The return. Fawcett Juniper.

Lipsyte, R.. (1987). The contender. HarperCollins Children's Books.

Lowry, L. (1990). Number the stars. Bantam Double Day Dell Publishing Group, Inc.

Martinez, V. (1997). Parrot in the oven: Mi Vida. Harper Collins Publishers.

Meyer, C. (1993). White lilacs. Harcourt Brace-Gulliver.

Mori, K. (1993). Shizuko's daughter. Fawcett Juniper.

Morrison, T. (2000). The bluest eye. Alfred A. Knopf.

Myers, W. D.  (1998). Slam. Scholastic.

Myers, W. D. (1999). At her Majesty's request: An African princess in Victorian England. Scholastic Press.

Myers, W. D. (2003). Somewhere in the darkness. Scholastic Inc.

Myers, W. D. (2001). Monster. HarperCollins.

Nye, N. S. (1999). Habibi. Simon and Schuster.

Paulsen, G. (1987). The Crossing. Dell.

Poirier-Bures, S. (1994). Candyman. Oberon Press.

Rana, I. (1993). The roller birds of Rampur. Fawcett Juniper.

Red Shirt, D. (1999). Bead on an anthill: A Lakota childhood. University of Nebraska Press.

Richter, H. P. (1987). Friedrich. Puffin.

Rinaldi, A. (1999). My heart is on the ground: The diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux girl. Scholastic.

Ryan, P. M. (2002). Esperanza rising. Scholastic Press.

Sandler, M. W. (2004). Island of hope: The story of Ellis Island and the journey to America. Scholastic.

Sasaki, R. A. (1991). The loom and other stories. Graywolf.

Seabrooke, B. (1992). The bridges of summer. Dutton-Cobblehill.

Sender, R. M. (1997). The cage. Simon and Schuster.

Sherman, A. (1996). Reservation Blues. Warner Books.

Sherman, A. (2004). The Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in Heaven. Grove Press.

Sinclair, A. (1996). Coffee will make you black. Harper Collins

Soto, G. (1991). A summer life. Bantam Doubleday Dell.

Soto, G.  (1992). Neighborhood odes. Harcourt Brace & Company.

Soto, G. (1992). Local news: A collection of stories. Scholastic.

Soto, G. (1994). Jesse. Harcourt Brace.

Spiegelman, A. (1992). Maus II: A survivor's tale: And here my troubles began. PantheonBooks.

Staples, S. F. (1993). Haveli. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Staples, S. F. (2003). Shabanu: Daughter of the wind. Bantam.

Stavans, I. (2001). Wáchale! Poetry and prose about growing up Latino in America. Cricket Books.

Taylor, M. D. (1997). Roll of thunder, hear my cry. Puffin Books.

Ten Boom, C. Sherrill, J. & Sherrill, E. (1996). The hiding place. Chosen Books.

Thomas, R. (1998). Slave day. Simon & Schuster.

Voigt, C. (2003). Dicey's song. Simon and Schuster.

Wangerin, W. J. (2003). The crying for a vision: A novel. Paraclete Press.

Wiesel, E. (1982). Night. Bantam Books.

Wiesenthal, S. (1998).The sunflower: On the possibilities and limits of forgiveness. Schocken Books.

Wing, N. (1996).  Jalapeno bagels. Atheneum.

Wolff, V. E.. (1994). Make lemonade. Scholastic Inc.

Woodson, J. (2003). Hush. Puffin.

Woodson, J. (2004). The dear one. Penguin Group.

Yen, A. M. (2001). Chinese Cinderella: The true story of an unwanted daughter. Dell Laurel-Leaf.

Yep, L. (1991). The star fisher. Morrow Junior Books.

Yep, L. (1995). American dragons: Twenty-five Asian American voices. Harper Collins.

Yep, L. (1996). The lost garden. Simon and Schuster.

Yolen, J. (2004). The Devil's arithmetic. Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers.

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