Teacher to Teacher: What Text Have You Found Most Successful with Your Students?

Autor/inn/en	Rallo, Curt; Roessing, Lesley J.
Titel	Teacher to Teacher: What Text Have You Found Most Successful with Your Students?
Quelle	In: English Journal, 95 (2006) 3, S.16-17 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Novels; English Instruction; Grade 9; Literature; High School Students; School Culture; Self Concept; Interpersonal Relationship; Psychological Patterns; Relevance (Education); Grade 8; Freedom of Speech; Writing Skills; Poetry; Adolescents; Adolescent Development; Childrens Literature + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Novel; Roman; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Literatur; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Selbstkonzept; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Relevance; Relevanz; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Redefreiheit; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Lyrik; Poesie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur
Abstract	"Teacher to Teacher" provides a forum for teachers to share ideas, materials, and activities. In this article, the first teacher describes the effects the well-known novel "Bleachers" (John Grisham, New York: Doubleday, 2003) had on a ninth-grade english class. The novel bought to life the high school culture that the students found challenging. The novel raises sensitive issues, including self-worth, identity, relationships, forgiveness, and tolerance. This compelling novel allowed high school students to explore themes and issues they struggled with daily. Teaching the text through literature circles proved to be the appropriate choice, and the novel proved to be a provocative piece of literature that connected with the students. The second teacher talks about the influence the novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" (Salman Rushdie, New York: Granta, 1990) had on eighth-grade students' examination of free-speech. The teacher explained "All that we teach about good writing is contained in its pages"; students experience the poetic conventions they have learned. The novel appealed especially to adolescents who are themselves caught between the worlds of childhood and adulthood and vacillate between them. This dichotomy enables them to both identify with and appreciate the levels of the story: the unambiguous and enjoyable children's story and the more sophisticated treatise on our freedoms. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10