Engaging American Novels
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Engaging American Novels

Lessons from the Classroom

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eBook - ePub

Engaging American Novels

Lessons from the Classroom

About this book

This collection, edited by Joseph O. Milner and Carol A. Pope, focuses on ten frequently taught American novels, both classic and contemporary, that can help promote student engagement.In today's world, in which reading is sometimes considered passé and visual literacy rules, urging students to read novels can be a truly demanding task. But the ability to help students find novels engaging is a mark of an exceptional teacher. This collection focuses on ten frequently taught American novels, both classic and contemporary, that can help promote such engagement: Of Mice and Men; Out of the Dust; The Great Gatsby; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; To Kill a Mockingbird; The Bluest Eye; The Outsiders; The Chocolate War; Their Eyes Were Watching God; and Bless Me, Ultima. This collection opens with large ideas about reading texts, written by highly respected leaders in our field: Sheridan Blau, Carol Jago, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Robert E. Probst, and John Noell Moore. Their brief but bold arguments challenge teachers to think about how students best engage with texts, especially novels. The following chapters provide specific lessons, written by classroom teachers who have successfully taught these novels. Each lesson is an effective model for classroom use that you can adopt and adapt to meet your and your students' needs.

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Yes, you can access Engaging American Novels by Joseph O. Milner, Carol A. Pope, Joseph O. Milner,Carol A. Pope in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Éducation & Enseignement des langues. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. I. Some Helpful Theory
  4. II. Teaching John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men Bonnie Ericson
  5. III. Past and Present in Out of the Dust Sheryl Long and Carol A. Pope
  6. IV. Teaching F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Elizabeth A. Kahn
  7. V. Lesson Plans for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Elizabeth A. Callahan
  8. VI. To Kill a Mockingbird: Characterization, Historical Context, and Technology Integration Jane C. Brocious
  9. VII. Talking Back to The Bluest Eye KaaVonia Hinton
  10. VIII. Teaching S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders Carl A. Young
  11. IX. The Chocolate War: So Bad, It’s Good—And That’s Why We Need to Teach It Lisa Scherff
  12. X. Teaching Zora Neale Hurston’s Classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God Joan F. Kaywell
  13. XI. Engaging Students on the Journey of Bless Me, Ultima MaryCarmen Cruz
  14. Index
  15. Editors
  16. Contributors