Teach Me How to Work and Keep Me Kind
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Teach Me How to Work and Keep Me Kind

The Possibilities of Literature and Composition in an American High School, Volume 1

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Teach Me How to Work and Keep Me Kind

The Possibilities of Literature and Composition in an American High School, Volume 1

About this book

Teach Me How to Work and Keep Me Kind offers the content of AP English classes. This book intends to serve as a guide and encouragement to educators by showing what can be possible when a teacher enjoys the freedom to find their own voice. Poems, novels, short stories, essays, and plays become the means to have conversations with young people about love and life, peace and war, virtue and vice, joy and grief. The author/teacher describes creating an environment and curriculum where students could greatly improve their writing skills. He explains the rationale for his presentations and literary selections. Even those who missed a thoughtful introduction to literature the first time around may find a useful beginning in what's presented here. Seeking to engage in the ongoing educational debate in the US, the writer demonstrates how the material presented in these courses can contribute to students' genuine artistic and literary education. These volumes suggest that such reading and writing prepare young people to be good citizens in a democracy.
offers curriculum for AP English classesexplains how to present challenging material to high school studentspresents a method to increase students' writing skillsuseful as an introduction to literature (for those who missed it)stresses the value of a humanistic approach to literatureargues against Common Core Curriculum homogenization

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Information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781475816969
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover-Page
  2. Halftitle
  3. 1 First Four Classes
  4. 2 Some Initial Remarks about Essay Writing
  5. 3 The Fifth and Sixth Classes
  6. 4 The First Novel
  7. 5 First Nonfiction Book
  8. 6 First Real Piece of Analysis
  9. 7 A Modern Woman
  10. 8 Adding Malcolm Gladwell to the Mix
  11. 9 Henry James and a Wee Bit of Queer Theory
  12. 10 Habeas Corpus Doesn’t Mean Much Until They Put the Handcuffs On You
  13. 11 Embracing Holden
  14. 12 Rant Number One: Remarks on Common Core Standards
  15. 13 The American Heart in Its Darkness: Racism in American Literature and Life
  16. 14 Spending Awhile with Huck and Jim
  17. 15 Rant Number Two: On the Impossibility of Teaching Anyone to Write
  18. 16 Poets and Some of Their Poems
  19. 17 A Foray into Theory and Its Consequences
  20. 18 Heroes, the Truth, and the Danger to Us All
  21. 19 Happy Ending: Moving away from the Canon
  22. 20 Living with the Unliveable
  23. 21 Important Questions for Student Writing
  24. 22 How Evil Harms the Participant
  25. 23 The Power of Youth and Love
  26. 24 A Journey into Darkness
  27. 25 How to Make the World Better
  28. 26 What Does Modern Mean? Considering “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot
  29. 27 Two Points of View
  30. 28 Some Thoughts on Teaching Students to Take AP English Exam’s “Free Response” Essay Portion
  31. 29 “You’re going to school with Bigger Thomas”
  32. 30 Poem for a Snowy Day
  33. 31 Most Important Essay EVER
  34. 32 Why Walt Whitman Still Sings
  35. 33 Some Remarks about Grades
  36. 34 Once A Teacher . . .
  37. 35 A Very Large Social Problem of Our Time
  38. 36 Last Novel—Recovering from Trauma
  39. 37 Gladwell’s Charming Challenge
  40. 38 A Ghost, Madness, Genius, Romance, and a Happy Ending!
  41. 39 Last Class
  42. Appendix 1: Letters to DCPS Teacher Evaluator, and Essay on IMPACT as a Way to Evaluate Teachers
  43. Index
  44. About the Author