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Classics in the Classroom Designing Accessible Literature Lessons

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ISBN-10: 0325005907

ISBN-13: 9780325005904

Edition: 2004

Authors: Carol Jago

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Reading the classics isn't easy. Students often balk at the difficult syntax, unfamiliar settings, and descriptive passages. Length alone keeps some books out of the curriculum. For a teacher to persist - sometimes coaxing, sometimes driving - requires an act of will. In Classics in the Classroom Carol Jago provides practical ideas for making these challenging texts come alive for contemporary students. Continuing in the tradition of her popular book With Rigor for All, Jago argues that all students, not just those enrolled in honors classes, deserve to read great literature. To make this happen requires artfully crafted lessons that address specific textual challenges. In Classics in the…    
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List price: $36.05
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 2/11/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.30" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.682

Introduction: Literature Instruction at a Crossroads
Seven Guiding Principles for Literature
Teachers All About
Words Choosing
Which Books to Teach
How Stories Work
How Poems Work Lesson
Design for Classical Literature
Literature, Knowledge, and the High School Graduate
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