This new edition of Teaching Secondary English is thoroughly revised, but its purpose has not changed. Like the popular first edition, it balances content knowledge with methodology, theory with practice, and problem-posing with suggested solutions. The tone and format are inviting, while addressing student-readers on a professional level. Rather than attempting to cover everything, the text provides a framework and materials for teaching a secondary English methods course, while allowing considerable choice for the instructor. The focus is on teaching literature, writing, and language--the basics of the profession. Attention is given to the issues that arise as one seeks to explore what it means to "teach English." The problems and tensions of becoming a teacher are discussed frankly, in a manner that helps students figure out their own attitudes and solutions.
Features:
* Focuses on a few central concepts in the teaching of secondary English
* Provides an anthology of 22 readable and challenging essays on key topics--allowing students to hear a variety of voices and opinions
* Includes an applications section for each reading that extends the discussion and asks students to explore problems and grapple with important issues related to the articles
* Offers short writing assignments in questions that follow the readings and in brief writing tasks in the applications, and a longer writing assignment at the end of each chapter
* Addresses student readers directly without talking down to them
New in the Second Edition:
* This edition is shorter, tighter, and easier to use.
* The opening and concluding chapters more directly address the concerns of new teachers.
* The anthology is substantially updated (of the 22 articles included, 14 are new to this edition).
* Each essay is preceded by a brief introduction and followed by questions for further thought.
* There are fewer applications, but these are more extensive and more fully integrated within the text.
* A writing assignment is provided at the end of each chapter.
* Interviews with college students--before and after student teaching--are included in Chapters 1 and 6.
* The bibliographies at the end of each chapter are fully updated.
Preface xi English Teachers 1(24) Introduction 1(6) Readings and Applications 7(15) ``A Target on the Blackboard 7(6) Keith M. Reins For Further Thought 13(1) Remembering Your English Teachers 13(2) ``Wheres That Fairy Dust When You Need It? 15(5) Gabrielle Albertsen Debbie Luth Nicole Poolman Dan Sheridan For Further Thought 20(1) What Makes an Effective English Teacher? 20(2) Writing Assignment: Telling Your Story 22(1) For Further Reading 23(2) Reading Literature 25(57) Introduction 25(4) Readings and Applications 29(49) ``A Performing Art 29(6) Louise M. Rosenblatt For Further Thought 35(1) A Look at Three Lesson Plans 36(5) ``Reader-Response Theory and the English Curriculum 41(10) Robert E. Probst For Further Thought 51(1) Working With Student Response 52(3) ``Making Time 55(12) Nancie Atwell For Further Thought 67(1) Adapting the Reading Workshop 67(5) ``Provocations 72(6) John Rouse For Further Thought 78(1) Writing Assignment: A Literature Lesson 78(2) For Further Reading 80(2) Choosing Texts 82(52) Introduction 82(5) Readings and Applications 87(42) ``Canons to Right of Them, Canons to Left of Them, Canons in Front of Them, Volleyd and Thunderd 87(6) Ken Donelson For Further Thought 93(1) The Process of Choosing 93(3) ``Academic Guidelines for Selecting Multiethnic and Multicultural Literature 96(9) Sandra Stotsky For Further Thought 105(1) Dealing With Diversity 106(3) ``Its the THAT, Teacher 109(4) Ted Hipple For Further Thought 113(1) Working With Young Adult Literature 113(3) ``Protecting Holden Caulfield and His Friends From the Censors 116(10) Edward B. Jenkinson For Further Thought 126(1) Thinking About Censorship 127(2) Writing Assignment: Building a Unit 129(3) For Further Reading 132(2) Teaching Writing 134(81) Introduction 134(5) Readings and Applications 139(71) ``Write Before Writing 139(6) Donald Murray For Further Thought 145(1) Finding and Exploring a Topic 146(2) ``Responding to Student Writing 148(8) Nancy Sommers For Further Thought 156(1) Working With Student Drafts 156(4) ``Ranking, Evaluating, and Liking: Sorting Out Three Forms of Judgment 160(15) Peter Elbow For Further Thought 175(1) Evaluating Student Writing 176(1) ``Process Writing and the Secondary School Reality: A Compromise 177(11) Barbara Carney For Further Thought 188(1) Adapting the Writing Workshop 188(3) ``Teaching Poetry Writing to Adolescents: Models and Teaching Designs 191(13) Joseph Tsujimoto For Further Thought 204(1) Reading and Writing Poetry 205(5) Writing Assignment: Creating a Writing Assignment 210(3) For Further Reading 213(2) Teaching About Language 215(80) Introduction 215(5) Readings and Applications 220(72) ``Language Variation in the United States 220(13) Caroline Adger Donna Christian Walt Wolfram For Further Thought 233(1) Four Aspects of Language 233(11) ``Parsing the Question: `Why Teach Grammar? 244(5) Russell Tabbert For Further Thought 249(1) Grammar for Teachers? 250(5) ``Teaching Grammar in the Context of Writing 255(12) Constance Weaver For Further Thought 267(1) Dealing With Error 268(4) ``Grammar Instruction: What Teachers Say 272(6) Brenda Arnett Petruzzella For Further Thought 278(1) Sentence Fluency 278(5) ``When Some of Them Dont Speak English 283(9) Larry Andrews For Further Thought 292(1) Writing Assignment: A Plan to Address a Problem 292(1) For Further Reading 293(2) Joining the Profession 295(18) Introduction 295(2) Readings 297(14) ``Paradoxes of Planning 297(6) Dan Sheridan For Further Thought 303(1) ``Im Going to Get Paid Today! 304(6) Gabrielle Albertsen Debbie Luth Nicole Poolman Dan Sheridan For Further Thought 310(1) Writing Assignment: A Philosophy of Teaching English 311(2) Appendixes 313(52)
1. Rough Drafts (Tenth Grade) 315(6)
2. Short Stories (Seventh Grade) 321(6)
3. Childhood Toy Papers (Eighth Grade) 327(7)
4. Hundred Year Birthday Papers (Tenth Grade) 334(10)
5. Then/Now-There/Here Comparison-Contrast Papers (Tenth Grade) 344(8)
6. Literary Analysis Papers (Eleventh Grade) 352(13) Author Index 365(4) Subject Index 369
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