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- Alternative discussion formats: A public relations campaign
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 4
- By creating a PR campaign for a historial or literary figure, students can practice a wide range of thinking skills.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Alternative discussion formats: History and literature on trial
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 3
- Putting historical or literary figures on trial makes a lively and challenging alternative to a class debate.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Alternative discussion formats: Monuments and memorials
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 5
- Creating monuments or memorials for historical and literary figures encourages students to think creatively and provides a lively structure for an in-class discussion.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Alternative discussion formats: The talk show
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 2
- The talk show is a format with which students are already familiar, and it provides the structure for a great discussion.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Children's literature promotes understanding
- Bibliotherapy and critical literacy are two ways to use books to help children better understand themselves, others, and the world around them. This article explains both strategies and provides resources for selecting appropriate books.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Comics in the classroom
- Graphic novels aren't just “literature lite”: they're a genre you can use to explore philosophy, history, human interactions, visual literacy, and more with soon-to-be adults in a high school English class.
- Format: article
- By Ross White.
- The George Moses Horton Project: Celebrating a triumph of literacy
- The only American poet to publish books of poems while living in slavery, George Moses Horton is an inspiration for the power of literacy in our lives.
- By Marjorie Hudson.
- Reading for relevance in literature
- A unit-length instructional plan for using graphic organizers to promote active reading of novels, using The Count of Monte Cristo as an example.
- By Suzanne Micallef.
- Reading is for the boys (and girls)!
- This WebQuest for teachers looks at the difficult issue of how to get — and keep — boys interested in reading. It guides you through the research, then looks at text selection and pedagogy and helps you find specific strategies for narrowing the adolescent "literacy gap."
- Format: article
- By Kimberly Bowen.
- What good is Beowulf?
- High school students can follow the English language's evolution in Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales, and they can focus on words and their meaning as they compare translations.
- By Jo Barbara Taylor.
