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Learning to Enjoy Literature
How Teachers Can Model and Motivate
34,99 € |
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Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 01.07.2021 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781475860238 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 170 |
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Beschreibungen
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<p><span>Students will not become enthusiastic readers of literature from a teacher simply assigning reading tasks and assessing the completion of the tasks, especially when the assessment takes the form of threatened quizzes. Instead, as this book shows, teachers have an obligation to reveal to learners the </span><span>procedures</span><span> that skilled readers follow as they work with and enjoy literature and a further obligation to help learners to recognize some value in tackling complex works of literature.</span></p>
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<p><span>Students will not become enthusiastic readers of literature from a teacher simply assigning reading tasks and assessing the completion of the tasks, especially when the assessment takes the form of threatened quizzes. Instead, as this book shows, teachers have an obligation to reveal to learners the </span><span>procedures</span><span> that skilled readers follow as they work with and enjoy literature and a further obligation to help learners to recognize some value in tackling complex works of literature.</span></p>
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<p><span>This book offers teachers productive approaches to treating textual interpretation not as an effort to reach a single right view or answer, but rather as a collaborative activity involving lively discussion of texts drawn from a variety of media.</span></p>
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<p><span>Preface</span></p>
<p><span>Acknowledgments</span></p>
<p><span>Introduction</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1. Don’t Go There</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2. Why Do We Have to Read This?</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3. Preparing for the Literature Experience</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4. Noticing and Making Meaning</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5. Modeling, Sharing, and Practicing</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6. Seeing Patterns and Structures and Making Complex Inferences</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 7. Considering Competing Critical Views </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 8. Responding to Literature</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 9. Expanding Conceptions of Literary Texts </span></p>
<p><span>Appendix. Gary Soto’s “Like Mexicans”</span></p>
<p><span>References</span></p>
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<p><span>Acknowledgments</span></p>
<p><span>Introduction</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1. Don’t Go There</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2. Why Do We Have to Read This?</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3. Preparing for the Literature Experience</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 4. Noticing and Making Meaning</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 5. Modeling, Sharing, and Practicing</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 6. Seeing Patterns and Structures and Making Complex Inferences</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 7. Considering Competing Critical Views </span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 8. Responding to Literature</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 9. Expanding Conceptions of Literary Texts </span></p>
<p><span>Appendix. Gary Soto’s “Like Mexicans”</span></p>
<p><span>References</span></p>
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<p><span>Thomas M. McCann </span><span>is a professor of English at Northern Illinois University, where he contributes to the teacher licensure program. His books include </span><span>Transforming Talk into Text</span><span>, </span><span>Raise Your Voices: Inquiry, Discussion, and Literacy Learning</span><span> (Rowman & Littlefield), and </span><span>Teaching on Solid Ground</span><span>, with John V. Knapp. </span></p>
<p><span>John V. Knapp</span><span> is emeritus Professor of English at Northern Illinois University, and, continuing since 2007, has served as the editor of the literary journal, </span><span>Style</span><span>. Knapp is the author and/or editor of several other books, including</span><span> Striking at the Joints: Contemporary Psychology and Literary Criticism ; Learning from Scant Beginnings: English Professor Expertise</span><span>; and Editor, </span><span>Critical Insights: Family</span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>John V. Knapp</span><span> is emeritus Professor of English at Northern Illinois University, and, continuing since 2007, has served as the editor of the literary journal, </span><span>Style</span><span>. Knapp is the author and/or editor of several other books, including</span><span> Striking at the Joints: Contemporary Psychology and Literary Criticism ; Learning from Scant Beginnings: English Professor Expertise</span><span>; and Editor, </span><span>Critical Insights: Family</span><span>.</span></p>