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Danielle Lillge; Diana Dominguez – English Journal, 2017
Huddled around a table, a group of English teachers eagerly discuss their chosen book club young adult novels. The authors appreciate that these texts explore how social injustice and inequity influence people's worlds. The novels invite teachers to consider the perspectives of those whose viewpoints and experiences differ from their own. With an…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Adolescent Literature, Inquiry, Sense of Community
Hassett, Dawnene D.; Schieble, Melissa B. – English Journal, 2007
Dawnene D. Hassett and Melissa B. Schieble contend that literacy instruction must include attention to the multiple ways in which print and visual images work together. They propose ways to update accepted reading strategies "with visual texts and new literacies in mind." Using examples from picture books and graphic novels, they expand our…
Descriptors: Semantics, Novels, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Strategies

Harvey, Sandra – English Journal, 1987
Recommends several strategies to make reading novels in class more enjoyable and rewarding for students, so that they would not depend so much on "Cliff's Notes." (NKA)
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), English Instruction, Literature Appreciation, Media Adaptation