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Download full textHamilton, Carole L., Ed.; Kratzke, Peter, Ed. – 1999
Examining how teachers help students respond to short fiction, this book presents 25 essays that look closely at "teachable" short stories by a diverse group of classic and contemporary writers. The approaches shared by the contributors move from readers' first personal connections to a story, through a growing facility with the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Literature Appreciation, Reader Response
Myszor, Frank – 1994
This paper is the beginning of a plea for a reconsideration of the way in which educators teach short stories. It is only the beginning because the paper's main purpose is to draw together literary critical perspectives on the short story and then briefly examine their implications for teaching. It is the convenient yet evasive nature of short…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres
Newell, George E.; And Others – 1986
A study investigated the effects of writing in a personal and a formal mode on students' understanding of literary text. Formal text-based and personal reader-based writing samples produced by 65 tenth grade students in response to two stories from D. Sohn's "Ten Modern American Short Stories" were analyzed for quality of response,…
Descriptors: Discourse Modes, High Schools, Literary Criticism, Reader Response
Miller, Darcy – 1993
The Literature Project is a literature-based reading program designed to meet the needs of adolescent females with behavioral/emotional disorders, adolescent female offenders, and adolescent females at risk. The project uses novels and short stories written by and for women as basic reading material. Literary selections with heroines who are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Curriculum, Delinquency
Fleming, Margaret, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1985
Drawing from both research and practice, the articles in this collection address a number of issues related to the reading and writing connection. The 24 articles are grouped into five sections: "Reading, Writing, and Thinking"; "The Parts and the Whole"; "Reading for Writing"; "Contexts for Literacy"; and…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Critical Thinking, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
