Teaching Secondary English Readings and Applications

Name: Teaching Secondary English Readings and Applications
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ISBN: 9780805828719

ISBN-10: 0805828710

ISBN-13: 9780805828719

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Daniel Sheridan

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This new edition of Teaching Secondary English is thoroughly revised, but its purpose has not changed. Like the popular first edition, it balances content knowledge with methodology, theory with practice, and problem-posing with suggested solutions. The tone and format are inviting, while addressing student-readers on a professional level. Rather than attempting to cover everything, the text provides a framework and materials for teaching a secondary English methods course, while allowing considerable choice for the instructor. The focus is on teaching literature, writing, and language--the basics of the profession. Attention is given to the issues that arise as one seeks to explore what it…

Book details

List price: $80.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.05" wide x 10.00" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.738



Preface



English Teachers


Introduction


Readings and Applications


"A Target on the Blackboard"



For Further Thought



Remembering Your English Teachers


"Where's That Fairy Dust When You Need It?"



For Further Thought



What Makes an Effective English Teacher?


Writing Assignment: Telling Your Story


For Further Reading



Reading Literature


Introduction


Readings and Applications


"A Performing Art"



For Further Thought



A Look at Three Lesson Plans


"Reader-Response Theory and the English Curriculum"



For Further Thought



Working With Student Response


"Making Time"



For Further Thought



Adapting the Reading Workshop


"Provocations"



For Further Thought


Writing Assignment: A Literature Lesson


For Further Reading



Choosing Texts


Introduction


Readings and Applications


"Canons to Right of Them, Canons to Left of Them, Canons in Front of Them, Volley'd and Thunder'd"



For Further Thought



The Process of Choosing


"Academic Guidelines for Selecting Multiethnic and Multicultural Literature"



For Further Thought



Dealing With Diversity


"It's the THAT, Teacher"



For Further Thought



Working With Young Adult Literature


"Protecting Holden Caulfield and His Friends From the Censors"



For Further Thought



Thinking About Censorship


Writing Assignment: Building a Unit


For Further Reading



Teaching Writing


Introduction


Readings and Applications


"Write Before Writing"



For Further Thought



Finding and Exploring a Topic


"Responding to Student Writing"



For Further Thought



Working With Student Drafts


"Ranking, Evaluating, and Liking: Sorting Out Three Forms of Judgment"



For Further Thought



Evaluating Student Writing


"Process Writing and the Secondary School Reality: A Compromise"



For Further Thought



Adapting the Writing Workshop


"Teaching Poetry Writing to Adolescents: Models and Teaching Designs"



For Further Thought



Reading and Writing Poetry


Writing Assignment: Creating a Writing Assignment


For Further Reading



Teaching About Language


Introduction


Readings and Applications


"Language Variation in the United States"



For Further Thought



Four Aspects of Language


"Parsing the Question: 'Why Teach Grammar?'"



For Further Thought



Grammar for Teachers?


"Teaching Grammar in the Context of Writing"



For Further Thought



Dealing With Error


"Grammar Instruction: What Teachers Say"



For Further Thought



Sentence Fluency


"When Some of Them Don't Speak English"



For Further Thought


Writing Assignment: A Plan to Address a Problem


For Further Reading



Joining the Profession


Introduction


Readings


"Paradoxes of Planning"



For Further Thought


"I'm Going to Get Paid Today!"



For Further Thought


Writing Assignment: A Philosophy of Teaching English


Appendixes



Rough Drafts (Tenth Grade)



Short Stories (Seventh Grade)



Childhood Toy Papers (Eighth Grade)



Hundred Year Birthday Papers (Tenth Grade)



Then/Now-There/Here Comparison-Contrast Papers (Tenth Grade)



Literary Analysis Papers (Eleventh Grade)


Author Index


Subject Index