Carol Jago offers ways to teach the works of Judith Ortiz Cofer in the high school English classroom.
Judith Ortiz Cofer in the Classroom: A Woman in Front of the Sun
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Amy Tan in the Classroom: "The art of invisible strength"
8 - 12
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Offers high school teachers an activity-based approach to teaching the works of Amy Tan, especially The Joy Luck Club and The Opposite of Fate.
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Alice Walker in the Classroom: "Living by the Word"
8 - 12
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Carol Jago offers readers a handy guide for bringing this celebrated author's work into the classroom, including biographical information, ideas for literature circles using Walker's short stories, sample writing lessons using Walker's poems, suggestions for teaching The Color Purple, and a wealth of resources for further investigation of Alice Walker and her work.
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Roots and Branches: A Resource of Native American Literature
7 - 12
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This valuable resource book offers teachers an opportunity to learn and to teach about Native American literatures in context. Susag examines the historical and literary contexts that frame the literary work of Native peoples.
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Literary Terms: A Practical Glossary
9 - 12
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Literary Terms: A Practical Glossary provides up-to-date definitions, drawing on recent developments in literary theory and emphasizing the role of reading practices in the reproduction of literary meanings. Unlike other glossaries, it includes brief activities to help students develop a working knowledge of the concepts.
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Risking Intensity: Reading and Writing Poetry with High School Students
9 - 12
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Judith Michaels approaches the subject of the self at both the personal and practical levels, opening the world of poetry to her classes through carefully planned strategies.
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Nikki Giovanni in the Classroom: "The same ol' danger but a brand new pleasure"
9 - 12
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The first volume in the NCTE High School Literature Series, this small, practical book features primary source materials including many of Giovanni's poems reprinted in full, easily adaptable lessons and activities, and a resource section for students and teachers wishing to study Giovanni further.
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Great Films and How to Teach Them
9 - 12
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Costanzo offers high school and college teachers an updated, expanded edition that contains 80% new material on teaching film, including study guides of 14 new film with relevant ways to engage their students through a medium that students know and love.
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Teaching Poetry in High School
9 - 12
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Albert Somers offers teachers a vast compendium of resources for teaching poetry in a highly accessible format.
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Raymond Carver in the Classroom: "A Small, Good Thing"
9 - 12
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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.
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Go Public!: Encouraging Student Writers to Publish
6 - 12
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Intended for middle and high school teachers, Go Public! offers specific writing ideas and classroom activities to help students develop the confidence and ability to publish in a wide market.
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Be Fabulous: The Reading Teacher's Guide to Reclaiming Your Happiness in the Classroom
K - 12
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Scoggin merges her straight-talking blogger persona, Mrs. Mimi, with her years of research to help you rediscover who you are and redefine the type of literacy teacher you want to become. At the heart of this book is teacher happiness and empowerment—reconnect with your inner fabulous to give the best possible literacy instruction to your students.
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Wordplaygrounds: Reading, Writing, and Performing Poetry in the English Classroom
7 - 12
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O'Connor offers new approaches to teaching poetry in middle and high school with more than 25 writing activities that can constitute an entire course or work as individual lessons.
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Genre Theory: Teaching, Writing, and Being
9 - 12
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Dean synthesizes theory and research about genres and provides secondary-level teachers with practical classroom applications.
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Designing Writing Assignments
9 - 12
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Traci Gardner offers practical tips, starting points, and a companion website to help secondary and college teachers design effective writing assignments.
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Preventing Plagiarism: Tips and Techniques
9 - 12
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DeSena offers a practical guide on how high school and college teachers can structure assignments and guide students so that students don't plagiarize.
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Talking in Class: Using Discussion to Enhance Teaching and Learning
9 - 12
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The authors guide high school teachers in developing skills in promoting and facilitating authentic discussion in the English language arts classroom.
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Getting the Knack: 20 Poetry Writing Exercises
6 - 12
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Dunning and Stafford, both widely known poets and educators, offer this delightful manual of exercises for beginning poets.
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Lesson Plans for Creating Media-Rich Classrooms
7 - 12
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This volume offers a collection of media literacy lessons for the secondary English classroom, including a CD of student handouts, teacher resources, and sample media files.
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Standards for the English Language Arts
K - 12
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Standards for the English Language Arts presents a vision of literacy education that encompasses the use of print, oral, and visual language and addresses six interrelated English language arts: reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing.