| Description |
xiv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part I. Understanding -- Questions of definition / Glenna Sloan -- Perspectives on the use of children's literature in reading instruction / Mary Jo Skillings -- The literature-based movement today : research into practice / Barbara A. Lehman -- Journey from hypocrisy : the teacher as reader becomes a teacher of readers / Donna Peters -- Part II. Considering -- Children's literature, language development, and literacy / Virginia G. Allen -- Literary characters who write : models and motivators for middle school writers / Sharon Kane -- The power of story and storying : children's books as models / Karla Hawkins Wendelin -- Part III. Preparing -- Decisions about curriculum in a literature-based program / Patricia R. Crook -- Teaching with literature : some answers to questions that administrators ask / Jean McCabe -- Developing a teaching guide for literary teaching / Marilou R. Sorensen -- Part IV. Modeling -- The different faces of literature-based instruction / Barbara A. Lehman -- A literary studies model curriculum for elementary language arts programs / Jill P. May -- Self-selected books of beginning readers : standing before the smorgasbord / Mary Jo Fresch -- Thematic units : integrating the curriculum / Sylvia M. Vardell -- Making the move from basals to trade books : taking the plunge / Patricia L. Scharer -- Teaching and learning critical aesthetic responses to literature / Patricia J. Cianciolo -- Part V. Teaching -- Guiding children's critical aesthetic responses to literature in a fifth-grade classroom / Renee Leonard -- Literature in the classroom : from dream to reality / Gloria Kinsley Hoffman -- Hear ye, hear ye, and learn the lesson well : fifth graders read and write about the American Revolution / Gail E. Tompkins -- Supporting children's learning : informational books across the curriculum / Evelyn B. Freeman -- Keeping the reading lights burning / Peter Roop -- "Joyful noises" across the curriculum : confessions of a would-be poetry teacher / Joel D. Chaston -- Literary tapestry : an integrated primary curriculum / Peggy Oxley -- Part VI. Collaborating -- Collaborating with children on theme studies / Linda Lamme -- Teachers encouraging a love for literature / Charles A. Elster ... [et al.] -- Part VII. Assessing -- Assessment in a literature-based classroom / Linda J. Fenner -- Part VIII. Supporting -- Support groups for literature-based teaching / Marilou R. Sorensen. |
| Subject |
Literature -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Interdisciplinary approach in education.
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Reading (Elementary)
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| Added Author |
Sorensen, Marilou R.
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Lehman, Barbara A.
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National Council of Teachers of English.
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| ISBN |
0814152929 paperback |
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