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Direct linkLewison, Mitzi; Heffernan, Lee – Voices from the Middle, 2009
This study focuses on ways that sixth graders reacted to the question of book awards and awards in general, positioning themselves as reflective inquirers as they engaged in the regular sixth-grade beginning-of-the-year curriculum--reading books that have been nominated for the state book award. The authors focus on four dispositions of critical…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Awards, Grade 6, Middle Schools
Perine, Maxine H. – 1978
To examine the relationship between the literary responses and the moral responses of 11-year-old children to selected literary works, a study was conducted involving 28 mature sixth-grade readers. The subjects participated in eight lessons where widely recognized literary works containing moral dilemmas were read. Their responses were given in…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Ethical Instruction, Ethics
Glassner, Sid S. – Teaching and Learning Literature with Children and Young Adults, 1996
Reviews a sixth grader's book report on Paul Fox's "The Slave Dancer" and draws critical inferences about the student's lack of real engagement with literature. (TB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Literary Criticism
Download full textNebraska Univ., Lincoln. Curriculum Development Center. – 1966
GRADE-SIX UNITS OF THE NEBRASKA ENGLISH CURRICULUM CULMINATE THE ELEMENTS OF ALL PREVIOUS UNITS AND POINT TOWARD A MORE ANALYTICAL STUDY OF LITERATURE. "THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINBAD" IS USED TO REVIEW THE FOLK-TALE "PSEUDO-GENRE." LEWIS CARROLL'S "ALICE" STORIES AND "A WRINKLE IN TIME" ILLUSTRATE THE FANCIFUL…
Descriptors: Biographies, Books, Childrens Literature, Curriculum Guides
