Teaching Literature in High School

Principles into Purposeful Practice

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvThomas M. McCann,John V. Knapp

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In looking for an approach to teaching literature in high school, teachers largely fall back on the methods that they had experienced as students. These practices often involve a teacher assigning a complex work of literature and then assessing students’ reading through in-class recitations or quizzes. Teachers typically dominate the discourse and sometimes take charge of the task by reading aloud whole swathes of texts to their students. We know from our own experience as teachers, supervisors of teachers and student teachers, and researchers in the field that students are often bored with these approaches and teachers are frequently frustrated with learners’ unenthusiastic responses to the teachers’ favorite works of literature. There has to be a better way. This book offers approaches to engage students in productive procedures for reading complex texts and provides sample activities to allow learners to practice those procedures.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-12-15
Mått152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt259 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor170
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781475860252

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Thomas M. McCann is a professor of English at Northern Illinois University, where he contributes to the teacher licensure program. His books include Transforming Talk into Text (Teachers College Press), Raise Your Voices: Inquiry, Discussion, and Literacy Learning, Learning to Enjoy Literature (Rowman & Littlefield), and Teaching on Solid Ground, with John Knapp (Guilford Press). John V. Knapp is emeritus Professor of English at Northern Illinois University, and, continuing since 2007, the editor of the literary journal, Style. Knapp is the author and/or editor of several other books, including Learning to Enjoy Literature (2021), Striking at the Joints: Contemporary Psychology and Literary Criticism (1995); Learning from Scant Beginnings: English Professor Expertise (2008), and Critical Insights: Family (2013).

AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Making Reading Literature WorthwhileChapter 2: Options for Frontloading Encounters with Complex TextsChapter 3: What We Notice and How We Construct Meaning Chapter 4: As Patterns Emerge: Joining Along and Questioning WhyChapter 5: Introducing Competing Critical ViewsChapter 6: Responding to Literature in Discussion and WritingChapter 7: Experiencing Literature as PerformanceChapter 8: Fostering a Reading HabitChapter 9: Connecting Texts in Coherent Inquiry UnitsAppendix: “Poor Alfred, Buried Three Times”

The ideas and activities articulated in this volume by McCann and Knapp provide alternatives to the routine readings and assessments teachers usually assign. Teachers need resources and options to engage and motivate students to read critically and reflect on simple and/or complex texts. Students in turn need practice to become skilled, reflective, responsive, and avid readers. The strategies considered often reflect the discourse of content area literacy, with a focus on critical, constructive thinking. Each chapter includes a review of the relevant information and perspectives and presents questions for readers’ response. The final chapter's argument for inquiry units is compelling, and readers will appreciate the steps and sample sequence based on the theme of justice. Recommended. Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals.