Teaching Strategies for Interpreting and Writing about Literature.

Autor/in	Johannessen, Larry R.
Titel	Teaching Strategies for Interpreting and Writing about Literature.
Quelle	(1988), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Class Activities; Cooperative Learning; English Instruction; Expository Writing; Higher Education; Literary Criticism; Literature Appreciation; Teacher Developed Materials; Teaching Methods; Teaching Models; Writing Exercises + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Kooperatives Lernen; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Literaturkritik; Literarische Wertung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrmodell; Schreibübung
Abstract	This teaching model, involving character analysis in literature, illustrates effective instruction that engages students in an interpretive problem, helps them make complex interpretations, and enables them to transform their conclusions into effective literary analysis. The introductory activity in the model is a discussion of a student opinionnaire which uses opinions to create interest in a work of literature and helps with problems students will encounter in trying to interpret character. Next is small group work and ensuing class discussion based on a character questionnaire which gives students practice in making inferences about a character, gathering and selecting evidence, and explaining how evidence supports a conclusion about a major character. This is followed by an activity sheet in which students must consider and weigh many possibilities as they rank an extensive list of values and argue their positions to reach a consensus with respect to a particular character's values in a group discussion. The follow-up assignment asks students to do in writing exactly what they have done orally in discussing the character. Appendixes include student activity sheets, opinionnaires and questionnaires, and a sample student essay. (KEH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC