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Honig, Michal; Porat, Dan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2019
We examined the response of high school students in Israel to biographical texts. Students were exposed to three sub-genres of biographical texts (a literary-biographical text, an autobiographical text and a scientific-biographical text). These texts all differ from the conceptual schema of ordinary school texts. The data were collected from 64…
Descriptors: Biographies, High School Students, Literary Genres, Autobiographies
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de Oliveira, Luciana C., Ed.; Obenchain, Kathryn M., Ed.; Kenney, Rachael H., Ed.; Oliveira, Alandeom W., Ed. – English Language Education, 2019
This practitioner-based book provides different approaches for reaching an increasing population in today's schools - English language learners (ELLs). The recent development and adoption of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (CCSS-ELA/Literacy), the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Secondary School Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts
Goldsmith, Francisca – School Library Journal, 2008
This article lists 30 titles, published between September 2007 and November 2008 (with reviews published in 2008), which the "School Library Journal's" ("SLJ's") Adult Books for High School Students Committee decided to recognize as the best for high school readers. The list includes realistic and historical novels as well as some genre-blending…
Descriptors: Novels, Biographies, History, Nonfiction
Hall, Arethusa – John P. Jewett & Co., 1850
This textbook is a reader that aims to interest the youthful mind, furnish scope for effective reading, and facilitate study of literature and the history of literature. Many pieces are suitable for declamation.
Descriptors: Textbooks, High School Students, Literature Appreciation, Literary Genres
Jewett, Arno – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1952
Recordings are not a new educational "gadget" to high-school language arts teachers. For more than a score of years some teachers have been using a few recordings of literature with varying degrees of success. Today, the extensive range of recordings available, the professional quality of the performances, and the fidelity of the…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Fidelity, High Schools, Literature
Wilson, Martha, Comp. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1918
This list is based on the Minnesota school library list, Books for High Schools, 1913-14. The number of titles has been materially increased to include the suggestions of many high-school teachers, specialists in the Bureau of Education, high-school librarians, public librarians, and commission workers. The effort has been to provide a thoroughly…
Descriptors: School Libraries, High Schools, Educational Finance, Psychology