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Direct linkWilliam Sewell – Kansas English, 2021
Since pairing the classics with young adult literature can increase reading comprehension and spark interest amongst our students, this essay explores a unit plan for connecting Will Hobbs's "Downriver" (1991) with William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" (1954). Both works espouse significant and timely themes: the importance of…
Descriptors: Novels, English Instruction, Units of Study, Reading Comprehension
White, Britt – Knowledge Quest, 2011
The use of graphic novels to engage students has increased steadily in recent years. School librarians and teachers throughout elementary, middle, and secondary schools are integrating graphic novels into English language arts learning and across the curriculum. The growing acceptance of graphic novels in teaching and learning activities is due in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, School Libraries, Novels, Teaching Methods
Pyne, Kimberly B. – Educational Leadership, 2012
The lobby of the college building echoes with the noise of teenagers milling around a table filled with books. Hands flutter over the bright covers, picking them up, flipping them over, thumbing through pages. Welcome to an Elon Academy Saturday at break time, the mid-point pause in this monthly gathering of the more than 70 student participants…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Secondary Education, College Readiness, First Generation College Students
Download full textÖz, Hüseyin; Efecioglu, Emine – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2015
This article reports the findings of a study that investigated the role of graphic novels in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) to International Baccalaureate students (aged 15-16) in TED Ankara College Foundation Private High School. Two intact 10th grade classes were randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups who studied…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Novels, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Closter, Kathryn; Sipes, Karen L.; Thomas, Vickie – 1998
Intended for teachers of grades 6-10, this book was designed to motivate young people to read, build their comprehension skills, and extend their learning across the curriculum. The book's participatory mealtime programs incorporate learning with activities such as writing and art projects, role-playing, storytelling, games, interviewing, and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Classroom Techniques, Enrichment Activities, Fiction
National Council of Teachers of English, 2007
This document is a compilation of the four issues in the 24th volume of "Classroom Notes Plus." issue of "Classroom Notes Plus" contains descriptions of original, unpublished teaching practices, and of adapted ideas. The August 2006 issue (v24 n1) includes: More Choice Leads to More Reading (Amy Ishee); Book-of-the Month Reports (Patricia Crist);…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Literacy, Adolescents, Adolescent Literature
Guzzetti, Barbara J., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
Living in an age of communication, literacy is an extremely integral part of our society. We are impacted by literature during our infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. "Literacy for the New Millennium" includes information from specialists in the field who discuss the influence of popular culture, media, and technology on…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Young Adults, Adolescents, Literacy Education
