The Literature Workshop: Teaching Texts and Their Readers

Author:   Sheridan Blau
Publisher:   Heinemann USA
ISBN:  

9780867095401


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   10 February 2003
Format:   Paperback
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In this groundbreaking book, Sheridan Blau introduces the literature workshop as the most effective approach to solving many of the classic instructional problems that perplex beginning and veteran teachers of literature. Through lively re-creations of actual workshops that he regularly conducts for students and teachers, Blau invites his readers to become active participants in workshops on such topics as: helping students read more difficult texts than they think they can read where interpretations come from the problem of background knowledge in teaching classic texts how to deal with competing and contradictory interpretations what's worth saying about a literary text balancing respect for readers with respect for texts and intellectual authority ensuring that literary discussions are lively and productive how to develop valuable and engaging writing assignments. Each workshop includes reflections on what transpired and a discussion of the workshop's rationale and outcomes in the larger context of an original and practice-based theory of literary competence and instruction.

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Author:   Sheridan Blau
Publisher:   Heinemann USA
Imprint:   Boynton/Cook Publishers Inc US
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780867095401


ISBN 10:   0867095407
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   10 February 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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?Sheridan Blau is a gem in the English teaching profession: a teacher-researcher and an innovative teacher who blows the lid off of traditional forms of literary instruction.?-Jeff Wilhelm


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A past president of NCTE, a member of the National Writing Project Task Force, and teacher of literature for two generations of students, Sheridan Blau directs the South Coast Writing Project and the Literature Institute for Teachers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is a senior faculty member in the departments of English and Education.

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