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pedagogy literature "Teaching Literature in the Secondary School" Richard W. Beach, Jam... - 10 views

The book's response-centered approach engages the student with literature. Contains in-depth discussions of multi-cultural literature and the uses of drama and film in the classroom that will enhan...

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Dana Huff

BBC - Drama - 60 Second Shakespeare - Shakespeare's plays, themes and characters - 18 views

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    BBC's 60 Second Shakespeare: Shakespeare newspapers with quick summaries of the plot and characters of fourteen major Shakespeare plays.
Mark Smith

The art of slow reading | Books | The Guardian - 9 views

  • Seeley notes that after a conversation with some of her students, she discovered that "most can't concentrate on reading a text for more than 30 seconds or a minute at a time. We're being trained away from slow reading by new technology."
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    My students have even told me that they cannot read in school because it is "too distracting" with friends and activities, etc!!! The phones are vibrating, the latest drama unfolds minute by minute--I have decided that half my job it is train them to recognize the proper environment for the proper activity. It is slow going!
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    I noticed this myself in my second year of college; the way I was reading (especially literature, etc) was changing rapidly as I became more inundated with short-message communication (Facebook, email, texting, etc.). I would even argue that our composition models are changing. I can fire off short bursts of information very quickly (like right now). However, I am finding more often that I may have to actually plan to find a place to read (frightening...?).
anonymous

Poetry Out Loud - 0 views

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    National Recitation Project for how to set up and run your own poetry out loud project in class or for the competition. Different than a slam: students choose existing poems by recognized poets and perform it through oral recitation. Go to the site and ch
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