Yin and Yang in the English Classroom (eBook, PDF)

Teaching with Popular Culture Texts
Redaktion: Eckard, Sandra

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

English studies today are driven by demanding curriculum, but this need is often met with unenthusiastic students. "Fun" work-like movie days or projects-is often seen as what to do after the real work is finished. But what if instructors could blend the two pieces together more effectively, motivating students with interesting material while still achieving curriculum goals? This text attempts to fuse the pieces in to a cohesive philosophy.

Yin and Yang in the English Classroom: Teaching With Popular Culture Texts is designed to provide college professors and high school teachers with both halves they need to tackle the job of teaching students literature and writing skills: theoretical foundations of, and practical applications for, the modern classroom. In addition to theory and research, each chapter also offers ready-to-use activities and projects that can be immediately brought into the classroom. Whether you're new and need a guide to begin your journey as a teacher, or you're experienced and want to add some spice to your classroom, this text can offer new ways to fold popular culture effectively into your teaching toolbox.

Other key features of this book include:

Clear, easy-to-read sections for each chapter, including a Review of Current Literature and Classroom ConnectionsStudent-centered solutions to increase engagement with popular culture and technologyStep-by-step plans for taking the activities from the page to the classroom easily

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216329077
• Artikelnr.: 74626130

Autorenporträt

Edited by Sandra Eckard - Contributions by April Brannon; Mary T. Christel; Katelynn Collins-Hall; Salena Fehnel; Hannah R. Gerber; Carmela Delia Lanza; Jennifer Marmo; Laura Sloan Patterson; Carissa Pokorny-Golden; Luke Rodesiler; Alex Romagnoli; Blake T

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Part I - Literature Fundamentals and Pop Culture Connections
Chapter 1 Entering a Noir World in the Classroom through Detective Fiction
and Film Analysis Mary T. Christel Chapter 2 A PTI-Inspired Pedagogy:
Appropriating Sports-Talk Discussion Protocols to Facilitate Literature
Study Luke Rodesiler Chapter 3 Whose Side is He On? Teaching Complex
Characters with Novels and Films Carmela Delia Lanza Chapter 4 The Graphic
Novel as Historical Marker: Making "History Readable" Through
Reader-Response Theory Carissa Pokorny-Golden Chapter 5 The Truth is Out
There: Using Science Fiction as a Springboard to Teach Literature Sandra
Eckard Chapter 6 Hacker Heuretics and Intertexuality in Videogames and
English Language Arts Hannah R. Gerber Part II - Developing Writing and
Critical Thinking Skills with Popular Culture Chapter 7 Make it Work: What
We Can Learn About The Writing Process from Watching Project Runway April
Brannon and Elle Yarborough Chapter 8 Up, Up, and Away: Superman in the
Composition Classroom Alex Romagnoli Chapter 9 Popcorn and Movies for All:
Four Reasons Feature Films Work in Developmental Writing Classes Salena
Fehnel Chapter 10 The Heroine's Journey: Writing and Buffy the Vampire
Slayer Jennifer Marmo Chapter 11 Speed Dating an iPad Until the Break of
Dawn: Creative Techno-Feminist Pedagogy for Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga
Laura Patterson Chapter 12 Composing Digital Found Poetry in Secondary
English Language Arts Classrooms F. Blake Tenore and Katelynn Collins-Hall