Using Young Adult Literature in the English Classroom (3rd Edition)

John H. Bushman

ISBN 10: 0130264555 / ISBN 13: 9780130264558

Editore: Prentice Hall, 2000

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0130264555I5N00

Riassunto:

For courses in Young Adult and Adolescent Literature.

This practical methods text provides future middle and high school English teachers with the direction they'll need to choose reading selections and to develop ideas for teaching them. Using a highly effective conversational tone, it provides the latest information about young adult literature in a short, concisely written, classroom-oriented format. The authors show the busy English teacher how to accomplish four important goals that address life-long reading, reader response, teaching the classics, and reaching a diverse student population.

L'autore:

JOHN H. BUSHMAN is Professor of Teaching and Leadership (English Education) at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. He is also director of the Writing Conference, Inc., a nonprofit organization established to provide services and materials that support the teaching of writing and literature. Bushman, a frequent contributor to national journals in English education, has written three books in addition to Using Young Adult Literature in the English Classroom (with Kay parks Haas): The Teaching of Writing, Teaching the English Language, and Teaching English Creatively (also with Kay Parks Haas). He is a frequent workshop leader and consultant on the teaching of English and the language arts. He is active in the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the Assembly on Literature for Adolescence (ALAN).

Kay Parks Haas teaches English and serves as English department chair at Ottawa High School, Kansas. She is former president of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescence (ALAN), National Council of Teachers of English, former associate chair of the secondary section, and former member of the executive committee of the NCTE. She is co-author with John H. Bushman of Teaching English Creatively, as well as Using Young Adult Literature in the English Classroom. In addition, she contributes to national journals in English education and serves as a consultant to publishing companies.

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Titolo: Using Young Adult Literature in the English ...
Casa editrice: Prentice Hall
Data di pubblicazione: 2000
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Fair
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket
Edizione: terza edizione