Literature and life : making connections in the classroom / Patricia Phelan, editor.

Other author Phelan, Patricia.
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana, IL : National Council of Teachers of English, 1990.
Descriptionix, 181 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Literature--Study and teaching.

SeriesClassroom practices in teaching English ; v. 25
Classroom practices in teaching English ; v. 25. ^A514645
Contents The collaborating and creating connection with literature. Making connections through literature / Charles J. Nolan, Jr. -- Developing the social conscience through literature / Peter Smagorinsky -- Connecting with literature : activities for The cay and The bedspread / Vicki L. Olson -- Using journals and small groups to explore literature / JoAnna Stephens Mink -- Poetry to engage the person / Nancy Gorrell -- "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening" : a classroom experiment in literary response / Mary Alice Delia -- Making sense of poetry through constructing, collaborating, and imitating / Jeff Golub -- Literature on the screen : film adaptations in the classroom / Peter S. Gardner -- The dinner party : how to breathe life into literature / Chella Courington Livingston -- Portraying and interpreting literature through art / Jill Hamilton -- The Sophocles connection / Mary Cobb -- Drama as a way into poetry / Elizabeth Komar.
Contents (cont.) Moral dilemmas and Death of a salesman / Eva Kafka Barron and David N. Sosland -- The reading and writing connection with literature. The reader's work : learning through enactment / Richard Jenseth -- Ambiguous texts in teaching the reading of literature / Miriam B. Mandel -- Students and literature : intimate friends / Maureen H.A. Morrissey -- Engaging students with literature / Robin Auslander Grusko -- A marriage of form and content : teaching Twelve angry men / Ken Hogarty -- Using junior high readers' poetry preferences in the classroom / Karen Kutiper, Richard F. Abrahamson -- Deconstructing the multiple-choice test / Thomas McKendy -- Cowboys, cowgirls, and literary criticism / Anne Sherrill -- Listening : an invitation to literacy / Wendy Rodgers Clark -- Action books as story retelling prompts / Gerry Bohning -- Writing poetry in response to literature / Penelope Bryant Turk -- Style from the inside out / Patricia P. Kelly.
Contents (cont.) Creating text : students connecting with literature / Leila Christenbury -- Helping students discover their private texts / Leroy Perkins -- An approach to critical writing : begin with contradictions / Janet Bean-Thompson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 85644740
ISBN0814129625

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Joyner General Stacks PN59 .L57X 1990 ✔ Available Place Hold