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Direct linkHarrison, Lisa M., Ed.; Hurd, Ellis, Ed.; Brinegar, Kathleen, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2020
Originally published as a special issue of the "Middle School Journal," this book presents integrative curriculum as a foundational element of the middle school. By addressing the current gap in literature on curriculum integration in the middle grades, this text explores how learning can be organized around authentic concepts or…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Integrated Curriculum, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Methods
Naylor, Amanda; Wood, Audrey – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Teaching Poetry" is an indispensable source of guidance, confidence and ideas for all those new to the secondary English classroom. Written by experienced teachers who have worked with the many secondary pupils who "don't get" poetry, this friendly guide will help you support pupils as they access, understand, discuss and enjoy classic and…
Descriptors: Poetry, English Instruction, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Wright, Trevor – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Now in its second edition, Trevor Wright's hugely popular "How to be a Brilliant English Teacher" is packed with practical advice drawn from his extensive and successful experience as an English teacher, examiner and teacher trainer. This accessible and readable guide offers sound theoretical principles with exciting practical suggestions for the…
Descriptors: Poetry, Self Help Programs, Teacher Educators, English Teachers
Small Roseboro, Anna J. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2010
"Teaching Middle School Language Arts" is the first book on teaching middle school language arts for multiple intelligences and related twenty-first-century literacies in technologically and ethnically diverse communities. More than 670,000 middle school teachers (grades six through eight) are responsible for educating nearly 13 million students…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Language Arts, Middle School Teachers, Fiction
Summerfield, Geoffrey; Summerfield, Judith – 1989
Developed for college English courses, this book presents selections of poetry, short stories, and commentary intended to invite different ways of reading and interpreting literature. An introduction provides an overview of the book's content, as well as a discussion of how to read. The first section, "Entering a Language," considers the…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation, Poetry
Duke, Charles R., Ed.; Jacobsen, Sally A., Ed. – 1983
Intended for the high school and college reader, this collection of essays from poets, teacher-poets, and classroom teachers presents the available resources for making poetry in the classroom a varied, pleasurable, and intellectual experience. The collection is divided into three sections. In the first section, some perspectives on what poetry is…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
O'Connor, John S. – National Council of Teachers of English, 2004
John S. O'Connor offers exciting new approaches to teaching poetry in middle school and high school classrooms with more than 25 high-interest activities designed to sharpen students' writing and self-understanding and heighten their awareness of the world around them. In the process, he demystifies poetry for teachers and students by using…
Descriptors: Poetry, Teaching Methods, Secondary Education, English Instruction
Download full textSomers, Albert B. – 1999
Suggesting that the teaching of poetry must be engaging as well as challenging, this book presents practical approaches, guidelines, activities, and scenarios for teaching poetry in high school. It offers 40 complete poems; a discussion of assessment issues (including authentic assessment); poetry across the curriculum; and addresses and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Class Activities, English Instruction, High Schools
Stewig, John Warren – 1975
This book describes a program designed to help children think about the writing process in order to express their ideas better in writing: to stimulate children's thought and to introduce them to forms of literature they might not ordinarily read, the teacher should read aloud to both primary and secondary level students at least 20 minutes every…
Descriptors: Characterization, Childrens Literature, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
Wyse, Dominic, Ed.; Andrews, Richard, Ed.; Hoffman, James, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
Edited by three authorities in the field, this "Handbook" presents contributions from experts across the world who report the cutting-edge of international research. It is ground-breaking in its holistic, evidence-informed account that aims to synthesize key messages for policy and practice in English, language and literacy teaching. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Writing (Composition), Spelling
O'Sullivan, Colleen, Ed. – 1988
This book was designed to supply information on available resources in Australian children's literature and a tradition of teaching which incorporates the Australian experience in an inclusive manner. Essays and their authors consist of the following: (1) "Children's Books in Australia: Two Hundred Years of Social Life" (Maurice Saxby);…
Descriptors: Australian Literature, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Education
Norris, Ruby Lee, Ed.; Sange, Sally Harris, Ed. – 1977
This book emerged from a Poetry in the Schools program which had two facets: teacher workshops and instruction by poets in elementary and secondary classrooms. Part one, "Poets and Teachers in Dialogue," describes major issues discussed in teacher workshops: keeping the imagination alive, writing as a way of discovery, exploration of…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Literary Criticism
Gensler, Kinereth; Nyhart, Nina – 1978
This book contains a collection of "model" poems by adults and by children and ways to use the poems in children's poetry writing workshops and activities. After an introduction to the text and its subject matter, several chapters discuss ways to write poems, focusing on acrostics, the sound or shape of a poem, poems from memories or dreams,…
Descriptors: Children, Creative Writing, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Anderson, Frances E. – 1974
This book is designed as an introduction to Christopher Smart's poetry for the general reader, the college student, and the college teacher. The political, social, and literary background of eighteenth-century England is examined in the first part of this volume. The second part concerns itself with Smart's life and the factors affecting his…
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, English Instruction, English Literature, Higher Education
Verble, David – 1973
A way in which poetry can be successfully approached in the classroom is discussed in this book about teaching poetry. It presents a method by which teachers can teach students to read poems rather than teaching them about poems. The first chapter discusses and criticizes the "what-does-this-poem-mean" approach to teaching poetry. The…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
