Teaching Literature

american literature

british literature

multicultural/women's/world literature

lesson plans/course syllabi

drama/speech

shakespeare

young adult literature

literary genres/mythology

nonfiction

poetry

critical lenses

story response/writing

assessment

censorship

professional development

media/technology

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CHAPTERS

1

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

2

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?

5

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?

11

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

12

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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literary texts

Alexie, S. (1994). The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Perennial.

Alvarez, Julia.  (1991). How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents . Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books. 

Anderson, Laurie Halse. (1999). Speak .  NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Block, Francesca Lia. (1989). Weetzie Bat .  NY: Harper Collins.

Bloor, Edward. (2001). Tangerine . NY: Scholastic, Inc.

Blume. J. (1989) . Wifey. Pocket.

Block, F. L. (1999). Weetzie Bat . Harper Trophy.

Bloor, E. (2001). Tangerine . Scholastic Signature

Edgell, D. (1986). Bekkah Lamb . Heinemann.

Brashares, A. (2003) . Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Delacorte.

Cormier, R. (1986). The chocolate war . Laurel Leaf

Davis, T. (2002) . Vision Quest: A Wrestling Story . Eastern Washington University Press.

Dillard, A. (1988) An American Childhood. Perennial.

Frank, A. (1967). Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl . Doubleday.

Gibbons, K. (1997). Ellen Foster Vintage Books.

Golding W. G. (1959). The lord of the flies . Perigee Books.

Walker, M. (1999). Jubilee . Mariner Books.

Haddon, M. (2004). The curious incident of the dog in the night-time . Vintage.

Halse Anderson, L. (1999). Speak . Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Hesse (2004). Stowaway . Aladdin.

Hesse, K. (1995). Phoenix Rising Puffin Books.

Hesse, K. (1999). Out of the dust . Scholastic.

Kojima, G. (1996). Mai, the Psychic Girl VIZ LLC.

Kaysen, S. (1993). Girl Interrupted . New York: Turtle Bay Books,

Kerr, M.E. Deliver us from Evie (1995). Harper Trophy.

Kincaid. J. (1997). Annie John. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Kudo, K. (2000). Lone Wolf and Cub 1: The Assassin's Road Dark Horse Comics

Lee, H. (1988). To kill a mockingbird . Warner Books

Lorde, A. (1983). Zami: A new spelling of my name. Trumansburg, NY: Crossing Press.

McCourt, F.. (1999). Angela's ashes: A memoir. Scribner.

Mathabane, M. (1998). Kaffir boy: The true story of a black youth's coming of age in apatheid South Africa . Free Press

Myers, Walter Dean.  Monster .  Harper Collins, 1999

Otsuka, J. (2003). When the emperor was divine, a novel Anchor

Paterson, K. (1990). Jacob have I loved . Harper Trophy.

Pini, W. & Pini, R. (2003). Elfquest Archives Vol. 1. DC Comics

Rennison, L. (2001). Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging: confessions of Georgia Nicolson. Harper Tempest.

Sebold, A. (2002). The lovely bones: A novel. Little, Brown.

Salinger, J.D. (1991). The catcher in the rye . Little, Brown

Santiago, Esmerelda.  When I was Puerto Rican .  Vintage, 1994. 

Spiegelman, A. (1993). Maus : A survivor's tale. Pantheon Books

Steinbeck, (1993). Of mice and men . Penguin Books.

Toriyama, A. (2000). Dragonball (Volume I) . VIZ LLC

Tajiri, V. (1989). Through innocent eyes : Teenagers' impressions of ww2 internment camp life. Keiro Services.

Twain, M. (1981). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Bantam Classics.

Taylor, M. D. (1991). Roll of thunder, hear my cry . Puffin Books

Woodson, J. (2003). From the notebooks of Melanin Sun . Scholastic Paperbacks.

Wright, R. (1998). Black boy Perennial.

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