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Direct linkErik D. Goen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to gauge the effects of offering LGBTQIA+ novels to students in an English Language Arts and Reading high school setting. Most novel options for students come from old books available in the school's book closet consisting of antiquated stories offering little in the way of diversity. Students are more likely to be…
Descriptors: High School Students, English Curriculum, Student Diversity, LGBTQ People
Peer reviewedBrooke Richelle Holland – English Journal, 2016
By exploring the uses of plain, middle, and grand styles, the author examines how theories of classical rhetoricians can be applied to Atticus Finch's speeches in "To Kill a Mockingbird." In the high school English classrooms the author has encountered, "rhetoric" has not been a focus or even a passing discussion. It forms the…
Descriptors: Literary Devices, Novels, Reading Materials, Reader Text Relationship
Jenkins, Henry, Ed.; Kelley, Wyn, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2013
Building on the groundbreaking research of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media & Learning initiative, this book crosses the divide between digital literacies and traditional print culture to engage a generation of students who can read with a book in one hand and a mouse in the other. "Reading in a Participatory Culture" tells the story of an…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, English Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, Language Arts
Meyers, G. Douglas – English Journal, 2009
The young adult novels of Alex Sanchez belong in every high school English classroom and media center. With compelling plots and significant themes, Sanchez's six novels create numerous rich learning opportunities for students. In this article, the author describes how Sanchez's novels on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender themes can be…
Descriptors: Novels, Adolescent Literature, Homosexuality, High Schools
Carlson, James R. – English Journal, 2010
Guiding students through a unit of study in any discipline can be a challenging endeavor. Answers to possible questions that may be raised about historical events and literary texts cannot be confined to just one text, one author's point of view, or even one genre. The song-poem, in combination with poetry, novels, nonfiction, and other genres, is…
Descriptors: Literature, English Curriculum, Singing, Poetry
Waitt, Alden – Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2006
Today's teachers bemoan the fact that their students, immersed in a media culture, appear to be uninterested in reading works typically assigned in traditional language arts classrooms. However, the incorporation of young adult novels has served to engage even reluctant learners with their young adult protagonists dealing with familiar themes and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Novels, Rural Areas, United States Literature
