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Raymond Carver in the Classroom: “A Small, Good Thing”
by Susanne Rubenstein
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| Pages | 119 |
| Published | July 2005 |
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Rubenstein offers specific, classroom-tested strategies for teaching Raymond Carver's short stories and poems in the high school English classroom.
Rubenstein, Susanne. 2005. Raymond Carver in the Classroom "A Small, Good Thing." Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity | May 18
Raymond Carver was inducted into the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1988.
Students identify characteristics of Carver's work and compare them to other authors, as well as to literary minimalism. Students then write original poems or short stories in minimalist style.
