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Fall 2011ENGL 479H.00P1TTH12:30 - 1:45RH 201 SusanF Callahan

Title: THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE (HONORS)

Course Description: Approaches to teaching literature on the junior and senior high school level with emphasis on recent developments in the field.

PRQ: ENGL 200, 9 hours of literature at the 300 and 400 level, and senior standing; or consent of department.

Detailed Course Description:

ENGL 479 provides information about approaches to teaching literature in grades 6-12 and offers students opportunities to select some of the most promising approaches for practice. We will also examine controversial issues surrounding the teaching of literature such as text selection, appropriate methods for engaging students with limited reading proficiency, the introduction of contemporary critical theory at the high school level, and the use of texts incorporating graphic representations.

 

Course Requirements:

Regular attendance and active participation in discussions and small group activities are mandatory.  Students will respond to assigned readings, create and present lessons to the class, collaborate with other students, prepare materials, practice leadership, and make satisfactory progress with their English Certification Portfolio.

 

Required Texts:Reading Shakespeare with Young Adults—Mary Ellen Dakin, NCTE, 2009; Deeper Reading—Kelly Gallagher, Stenhouse, 2004; Writing about Literature—Larry Johannessen, et al., 2009; How to Read Literature Like a Professor—Thomas C. Foster. Harper Collins, 2003; The Great Gatsby—F. Scott Fitzgerald; A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry; How to Eat a Poem, The Academy of American Poets; American Born Chinese, Gene Yang; The Misfits—James Howe; The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie; The Watson’s Go to Birmingham
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