Reader Response in Secondary and College Classrooms

Reader Response in Secondary and College Classrooms
Author: Nicholas J. Karolides
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2000
Genre: Literature
ISBN: 9780805830248

This textbook focuses on the application of the transactional theory of literature asserted by Louise Rosenblatt - on activating it in the classroom, with the theory being expressed as background.

Reader Response in Secondary and College Classrooms

Reader Response in Secondary and College Classrooms
Author: Nicholas J. Karolides
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136608001

This text, based on Louise M. Rosenblatt's transactional model of literature, focuses on the application of transactional reader-response theory in the classroom. It grows from frequent requests from secondary school and college teachers for teaching suggestions on how to put theory into practice. This is not a "What should I do on Monday?" cookbook, but an expression of the practice of theory in college and secondary school classrooms. The chapters portray a spectrum of strategies--including biopoems, expressive and imaginative writing, journal writing, readers' theater, role playing, and unsent letters--using as examples individual works from several genres. Recognizing that teachers who may have been trained in other theories and methodologies may be hesitant about their quite different role and expectations in the reader-centered classroom, the authors provide stepping stones to develop readiness and confidence, suggestions, and insights to ease the transition to the transactional model of teaching and learning. Pedagogical features: * An explanatory introduction to each section defines its orientation and describes the content and direction of the chapters it contains. * Invitations elicit engagement of readers with concepts, attitudes, or strategies presented in the chapters; they invite readers, as individuals or members of a small group, to consider ideas or to practice a strategy, among other activities, in order to enhance understandings. * A glossary defines key concepts and strategies discussed in the text. * A bibliography provides an extensive list of resources--books and journal articles--both theoretical and applied. New in the second edition: * Six new chapters--three deal with the roles of film-as-literature in the English classroom, and three with enhancing multicultural understandings. * Updates and revisions to several chapters that appeared in the first edition. * Invitations, new in this edition, have been added to focus and expand readers' thinking.

The Reader Response Notebook

The Reader Response Notebook
Author: Ted Kesler
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780814138403

"Shows how to breathe new life into use of the reader response notebook in elementary classrooms by using it for design work, expanding what counts as text, and making it an integral part of a community of practice"--

Mary's Monster

Mary's Monster
Author: Lita Judge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2018-01-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1626725004

A free verse biography of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, featuring over 300 pages of black-and-white watercolor illustrations.

Critical Encounters in Secondary English

Critical Encounters in Secondary English
Author: Deborah Appleman
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2015-04-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0807773557

Because of the emphasis placed on nonfiction and informational texts by the Common Core State Standards, literature teachers all over the country are re-evaluating their curriculum and looking for thoughtful ways to incorporate nonfiction into their courses. They are also rethinking their pedagogy as they consider ways to approach texts that are outside the usual fare of secondary literature classrooms. The Third Edition of Critical Encounters in Secondary English provides an integrated approach to incorporating nonfiction and informational texts into the literature classroom. Grounded in solid theory with new field-tested classroom activities, this new edition shows teachers how to adapt practices that have always defined good pedagogy to the new generation of standards for literature instruction. New for the Third Edition: A new preface and new introduction that discusses the CCSS and their implications for literature instruction. Lists of nonfiction texts at the end of each chapter related to the critical lens described in that chapter. A new chapter on new historicism, a critical lens uniquely suited to interpreting nonfiction and informational sources. New classroom activities created and field-tested specifically for use with nonfiction texts. Additional activities that demonstrate how informational texts can be used in conjunction with traditional literary texts. “What a smart and useful book!” —Mike Rose, University of California, Los Angeles “[This book] has enriched my understanding both of teaching literature and of how I read. I know of no other book quite like it.” —Michael W. Smith, Temple University, College of Education “I have recommended Critical Encounters to every group of preservice and practicing teachers that I have taught or worked with and I will continue to do so.” —Ernest Morrell, director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME), Teachers College, Columbia University

Reading Reconsidered

Reading Reconsidered
Author: Doug Lemov
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2016-02-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119104246

TEACH YOUR STUDENTS TO READ WITH PRECISION AND INSIGHT The world we are preparing our students to succeed in is one bound together by words and phrases. Our students learn their literature, history, math, science, or art via a firm foundation of strong reading skills. When we teach students to read with precision, rigor, and insight, we are truly handing over the key to the kingdom. Of all the subjects we teach reading is first among equals. Grounded in advice from effective classrooms nationwide, enhanced with more than 40 video clips, Reading Reconsidered takes you into the trenches with actionable guidance from real-life educators and instructional champions. The authors address the anxiety-inducing world of Common Core State Standards, distilling from those standards four key ideas that help hone teaching practices both generally and in preparation for assessments. This 'Core of the Core' comprises the first half of the book and instructs educators on how to teach students to: read harder texts, 'closely read' texts rigorously and intentionally, read nonfiction more effectively, and write more effectively in direct response to texts. The second half of Reading Reconsidered reinforces these principles, coupling them with the 'fundamentals' of reading instruction—a host of techniques and subject specific tools to reconsider how teachers approach such essential topics as vocabulary, interactive reading, and student autonomy. Reading Reconsidered breaks an overly broad issue into clear, easy-to-implement approaches. Filled with practical tools, including: 44 video clips of exemplar teachers demonstrating the techniques and principles in their classrooms (note: for online access of this content, please visit my.teachlikeachampion.com) Recommended book lists Downloadable tips and templates on key topics like reading nonfiction, vocabulary instruction, and literary terms and definitions. Reading Reconsidered provides the framework necessary for teachers to ensure that students forge futures as lifelong readers.

Literature and Lives

Literature and Lives
Author: Allen Carey-Webb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Telling stories from secondary and college English classrooms, this book explores the new possibilities for teaching and learning generated by bringing together reader-response and cultural-studies approaches. The book connects William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, and other canonical figures to multicultural writers, popular culture, film, testimonial, politics, history, and issues relevant to contemporary youth. Each chapter contains brief explications of literary scholarship and theory, and each is followed by extensive annotated bibliographies of multicultural literature, approachable scholarship and theory, and relevant Internet sites. Each chapter also contains descriptions of classroom units and activities focusing on a particular theme, such as genocide, homelessness, race, gender, youth violence, (post)colonialism, class relations, and censorship; and discussion of ways in which students often respond to such "hot-button" topics. Chapters in the book are: (1) A Course in Contemporary World Literature; (2) Teaching about Homelessness; (3) Genderizing the Curriculum: A Personal Journey; (4) Addressing the Youth Violence Crisis; (5) Shakespeare and the New Multicultural British and World Literatures; (6) "Huckleberry Finn" and the Issue of Race in Today's Classroom; (7) Testimonial, Autoethnography, and the Future of English; and (8) Conclusion. Contains approximately 350 references. Appendixes contain an email exchange between the author and a first year, inner-city teacher; a note to teachers on the truth of Rigoberta Menchu's testimonial; a brief account of philology; a 13-item annotated bibliography of readings in literary theory for English teachers; and lists of web sites exploring literary theory and cultural studies, supporting literature teaching, and for new teachers. (NKA)

Teaching Reading in the 21st Century

Teaching Reading in the 21st Century
Author: Michael F. Graves
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Reading (Elementary)
ISBN: 9780205492640

With new chapters on fluency and motivation and a greatly expanded Assessments and Lesson Plans booklet, Teaching Reading in the 21st Century maintains the friendly voice of its widely recognized author team and its superior coverage of assessment for learning, and strengthens its commitment to a rich, balanced, and comprehensive program of reading instruction. READ THE NEW MOTIVATION AND ENGAGMENT CHAPTER NOW: Click on Sample Chapter the left menu bar. Informed by the latest research on topics ranging from phonemic awareness and phonics to teaching comprehension strategies and assessment, this text provides the knowledge base, skills, and assessment strategies that all teachers need to guide elementary students successfully toward literacy for the 21st Century--using reading and writing for thinking, problem solving, and communicating. Always practical, this edition is even richer in first-person accounts, instructional routines, classroom vignettes, and hands-on literacy activities. approaches; fostering the love of reading; and successfully teaching all students--mainstream and minority, native speakers of English and English-language learners, and special needs and gifted--to become able and eager readers. All the chapters have been extensively updated and the text contains well over 100 new references and 100 new children's books!

Reader Response in the Classroom

Reader Response in the Classroom
Author: Nicholas J. Karolides
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1992
Genre: Education
ISBN:

From the Back Cover: Reader Response in the Classroom: Evoking and Interpreting Meaning in Literature explains and demonstrates how teachers can use a reader response approach to teaching literature. Strategies for implementing reader response pedagogy in the classroom are illustrated through essays that focus on the teaching of specific literary works. Many of the essays include classroom transcripts of the reader response method in action. This edited volume is arranged in four sections: Section 1 (The Transactional Theory of Literature) explains the theory of ready response-its significant features and applications; Section 2 (Initiating Readers' Responses) and Section 3 (Developing Readers' Responses) focus on classroom processes for facilitating readers' responses; Section 4 (Exploring Differences: Gender, Race, Culture) addresses how different readers respond to texts.