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Classic connections : turning teens on to great literature / Holly Koelling.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koelling, Holly.
- Series:
- Libraries Unlimited professional guides for young adult librarians 1532-5571
- Libraries Unlimited professional guides for young adult librarians, 1532-5571
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenagers--Books and reading--United States.
- Teenagers.
- Teenagers--Books and reading.
- High school libraries--Collection development.
- School libraries--Collection development.
- United States.
- Young adults--Books and reading--United States.
- Young adults.
- Young adults--Books and reading.
- Libraries and teenagers--United States.
- Libraries and teenagers.
- School libraries--Collection development--United States.
- School libraries.
- High school libraries--Collection development--United States.
- High school libraries.
- School libraries--Activity programs--United States.
- School libraries--Activity programs.
- Best books.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 405 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
- Summary:
- Learn how to attract, motivate, and inspire teens to read and appreciate great classic literature. A practical guide, packed with ideas, techniques, and booklists.
- Contents:
- Teens Need You: Be Their Literary Connection xviii
- What's This Book All About and What Will You Find Here? xix
- Part 1 Laying the Groundwork 1
- 1 What Are the Classics and What's in Them for Teens? 3
- What Are the Classics and Just Who Says So? 3
- What's in the Classics for Teens? 9
- 2 Get to Know the Classics-Read! 27
- Read for Personal Pleasure, Professional Benefit 29
- Read to Connect with Teen Readers 29
- How to Find Great Classics to Read 33
- Set a Reading Schedule, Make a Reading Plan 36
- The More, the Merrier! Join a Book Discussion Group 37
- Give Yourself a Jump Start and Learn How to Skim 40
- Don't Like It? Try the Rule of Fifty 40
- Don't Forget that Reading Classics Is Fun! 42
- Resources to Help You Choose Classics to Read 44
- An Annotated List of Online "Bests" 45
- 3 Understand the Classics without a Ph.D. 49
- Understanding the Classics (Except for James Joyce's Ulysses ...) 50
- Using Classics Study Tools (Like Teens Do!) 52
- More Classics Resources with a Broad Scope 71
- 4 Make Sense of Teens as Growing People and as Readers 73
- Understanding Teens as Growing People 74
- Understanding Teens as Readers 81
- Online Resources on Adolescent Development 101
- 5 Find and Combine Classics to Attract Teen Readers 103
- Classics of All Kinds for Teens of All Kinds 104
- Must-Know Classics 111
- Classics Combos 120
- Finding and Keeping Track of Your Own Classics Combos 141
- Selected Anthologies of Classic and "Best" Short Stories 147
- Selected Anthologies of Classic Poetry 147
- Part 2 Making It Happen 149
- 6 Develop, Maintain, and Display Your Classics Collection for Teens 151
- Your Classics Collection 152
- Displaying Your Classics 163
- 7 Be a Successful Classics Readers' Advisor with Teens in Your Library or School 169
- The Rudiments of Readers' Advisory 170
- Readers' Advisory Techniques with Teens 198
- Other Readers' Advisory Tools for Teens 205
- Genre Guides 211
- 8 Fit Classics into Teen Reading Programs and Other Activities 215
- Classics Book Discussion Groups for Teens 215
- Other Classics Programs for Teens 223
- Classics Activities for Teens 229
- Books to Help You Find Classics on Film 245
- 9 Booktalk the Classics to Teens 247
- A Few Basics of Booktalking 248
- Booktalking the Classics 257
- 10 Promote the Classics in Schools and Your Teen Community 289
- If You Don't Sell Yourself, No One Else Will! 291
- Know Your Audience, the Whole Lot of Them 301
- Appendix A An Annotated List of Free, Full-Text Classics Online 311
- Appendix B An Annotated List of Resources about Classics and the Canon 317
- Appendix C More Classics Lists, Fiction and Nonfiction 321
- Fiction 322
- Nonfiction 329
- Reference List 333
- The Classics 333
- The Classics Defined 359
- Classics Reference Resources 359
- Comics-Classic and Contemporary 370
- Contemporary Fiction and Nonfiction 371
- Conversations, Correspondence, and Questionnaires 373
- Educational and Professional Resources 374
- Media 380.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-383) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1591580722
- OCLC:
- 55633865
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