Responding to Literature through Student-Author Interviews: Eighth-Grade Students Challenge Chris Crowe's "Mississippi Trial, 1955"

Autor/inn/en	DeFauw, Danielle L.; Crowe, Chris; Burnett, Christine
Titel	Responding to Literature through Student-Author Interviews: Eighth-Grade Students Challenge Chris Crowe's "Mississippi Trial, 1955"
Quelle	In: Reading Horizons, 61 (2022) 1, S.1-20, Artikel 2 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-0502
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Grade 8; Reader Response; Adolescent Literature; Novels; Interviews; Authors; Critical Reading; Civil Rights; African American History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Leserbrief; Adolescent; Adolescents; Literature; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; literatur; Novel; Roman; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Author; Autor; Autorin; Kritisches Lesen; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht
Abstract	This study explores virtual, student-author interviews eighth-grade students led with Chris Crowe in response to his young adult novel "Mississippi Trial, 1955." The opportunity to interview the author motivated students to read the novel. Through their text-world development, students connected with the fictional and nonfictional characters, Hiram Hillburn and Emmett Till, respectively. Through their critical reader-responses, students sought truth about Emmett Till's case as they questioned Crowe about the choices he made as an author and researcher, which supported students' understanding of character development and historical significance of Emmett Till's case. Crowe's answers to the students' critical questions were not easy, but through the student-author interview preparation and implementation process, participants captured a shared understanding of Emmett Till's case and how its connection to the U.S. civil rights movement impacted history and is pertinent today. Ultimately, this article advocates for reader-response pedagogy to include virtual or in-person student-author interviews. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01