A comparison of a highly acclaimed, recent realistic adolescent novel, Richard Peck's "Are You in the House Alone?" with J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan" yields some surprises. For all its realism of subject matter (including rapes, birth control, and corrupt adults) and its skillful exposition of the traumas of growing up, too often…

Examines the textbooks currently available to secondary teachers of English as sources of materials, ideas, and activities. (RB)

Analyzes the role of Jim in "Treasure Island" on the basis of his Oedipal relationship with adult father figures, and suggests the book requires a more careful reading than most adolescents give it. (RB)

Insists that rather than putting the art work at a disadvantage through either a condemnatory or overpraiseful handling that makes a reader suspect the work's credibility, the student or professional critic should feel obligated to immerse himself in that work and report his feelings. (TO)

THIS TEST--"MYTH"--WAS DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A SEVENTH-GRADE LITERATURE CURRICULUM. IT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY THE CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 139 AND ED 010 140. (MM)

For use by junior and senior high school English teachers and students in search of appropriate subjects for written compositions, this publication contains 1,237 topics compiled from a questionnaire sent to about 250 teachers. The topics are divided into categories: personal reminiscences, personal reactions, the familiar essay, description,…

The purpose of this study was to organize, synthesize, and explain Kenneth Burke's Title I; the uses of Title I; Process for developing Title I proposals--responsible to rhetoric instruction in the secondary schools. Sections contain (1) a chronological survey of Burke's writing, (2) a consideration of rhetoric as a primary dimension of language,…

In this booklet, the author discusses the ways in which film may be used to extend and enrich the study of literature and explores the rhetoric of film--how it uses visual symbols, similes, and other metaphors to give depth to its content, and how it can broaden characterization and emphasize the symbolic and aesthetic highlights of setting in…

Science fiction today provides the best opportunity to introduce ideas that will get students involved.

Presents both an exercise and a game for analyzing the words and images in a poem. (MAI)

An overview of 30 studies published since 1968 which employed the "elements" proposed by Purves and Rippere for analyzing student response to literature. (DD)

Techniques for improving students' understanding of literary devices in junior novels. (DD)

Discusses specific stories and approaches for introducing the works of West Indies author Michael Anthony in secondary school literature classes. (HTH)

Provides suggestions for using transactional theory, which stresses the importance of interacting with text, in teaching literature at the secondary level. Lists seven principles for teaching that are inherent in transactional theory. (SKC)