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Method to the madness : a common core guide to creating critical thinkers through the study of literature / B.H. James and Elizabeth James.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, B. H., 1978- author.
- James, Elizabeth, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
- Literature.
- American literature--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
- American literature.
- English literature--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
- English literature.
- English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
- English language.
- Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
- Critical thinking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The authors intent is to empower districts and their teachers to create their own (free!) curriculum that will exceed the expectations of Common Core assessments, as well as create life-long learners that are college and career ready. By employing inquiry based units of study that insist on the use of iconic literature at the center, students will be more prepared for what awaits them with Common Core exams.
- Contents:
- Writing for critical thinking and logical cohesiveness (or, how to survive the shift to common core)
- Begin with close reading
- The great Gatsby : applying the skills of close reading
- The Taming of the shrew : an introduction to Shakespeare
- Teaching Hamlet, or, How to approach the most important piece of literature ever written
- Teaching fiction writing : the importance of allowing students to create, revise, and publish
- Slaughterhouse 5 and The things they carried : appreciating postmodern approaches to fiction
- Toni Morrison's Beloved : recognizing and evaluating theme and purpose in a complex text
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Abraham Lincoln : designing a cross-curricular unit of study.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4758-2539-0
- OCLC:
- 938856149
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