Louel C. Gibbons

Broschiertes Buch

To Kill A Mockingbird in the Classroom

Walking in Someone Else's Shoes

Beschreibung

This book examines ways of engaging students as they study Harper Lee's novel. Included are collaborative learning, discussion, writing, and inquiry-based projects as well as activities related to the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird is a staple of secondary school curricula nationwide. The novel has never been out of print since its initial publication in 1960 and continues to enjoy both critical and popular success worldwide. To Kill a Mockingbird in the Classroom: Walking in Someone Else's Shoes examines ways of engaging students as they study Lee's novel. Included are collaborative learning, discussion, writing, and inquiry-based projects as well as activities related to the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird. The twelfth book in the NCTE High School Literature Series, this volume features sample student work and excerpts of relevant literary criticism and reviews.

Autor

Louel C. Gibbons teaches American literature and Advanced Placement literature and composition at Brookwood High School in Brookwood, Alabama. She also teaches courses for preservice teachers in the College of Education at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Her research interests include rhetorical grammar, reading and writing across the content areas, and secondary students' reading interests. She has presented teacher workshops on these topics and has coauthored articles that have appeared in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy and the ALAN Review.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: National Council of Teachers of English
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 173g
• ISBN-13: 9780814125519
• ISBN-10: 0814125514
• Artikelnr.: 66138117