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Tables of Contents for Exploring and Teaching the English Language Arts
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Prologue A Documentary History of Teaching the English Language Arts
1
35
Traditions in Literacy
2
3
Teaching the Mother Tongue
5
5
Creating a Tradition
10
7
Breaking with Tradition
17
6
Schooling, Society, and the "New English"
23
3
Stasis and Change
26
5
Explorations
31
3
Related Readings
34
2
1. Exploring and Teaching the English Language Arts
36
31
Language, Experience, and the Teaching of English
40
8
The Experiential Model
48
3
Into the Classroom
51
2
Positivism and Constructivism
53
1
The Community of Language
54
1
The Question of "Standards"
55
2
The Experiential Model in Action
57
1
Observing Growth and Development
58
3
The Teacher as Researcher
61
2
Explorations
63
2
Related Readings
65
2
2. The Integrated Curriculum
67
25
Coherence in English Language Arts
69
2
Curriculum: Noun or Verb?
71
2
The Development Approach to Curriculum
73
8
Developmental Curriculum and Individual Classrooms
81
1
Integrating and Expanding the Curriculum
81
7
Curriculum Planning: Top Down-Bottom Up
88
1
Explorations
89
2
Related Readings
91
1
3. Creating Instructional Units
92
25
Topics and Structures for Units
93
3
Selecting a Focus and Setting Objectives
96
3
Choosing Materials
99
3
Structuring the Unit
102
3
Orchestrating Activities
105
2
Evaluation and Assessment
107
1
Evaluating Unit Plans
107
8
Explorations
115
1
Related Readings
116
1
4. Creating Classroom Community
117
36
What is a Classroom Community?
118
4
Class Collaborations
122
4
Knowing Who Our Students Are
126
4
Dealing with Differences
130
2
Dealing with Controversial Issues
132
1
Defining Work
133
3
Defining Resources
135
2
The Textbook as Resource
137
1
But What About Discipline?
138
7
Establishing Procedures in the English Class
145
2
Miscellaneous Bothers and Procedures
147
3
Explorations
150
1
Related Readings
151
2
5. Engagement with Literature
153
29
Purposes of Literature Teaching
155
2
Literature and the Reader
157
2
Selection of Literature
159
1
Reading Skills
160
4
The Process of Engagement
164
7
Responding to and Learning from the Literature
171
1
The Place of Criticism and Analysis
171
1
What About Cultural and Literary Background?
172
3
Exploring Beyond the Text
175
1
Approaching a Poem
175
5
Explorations
180
1
Related Readings
181
1
6. Literature and the Young Adult
182
32
Young Adult Literature: Reasons to Use It in the Classroom
182
2
Knowing Young Adult Literature
184
1
Responding to Literature
184
1
In Practice: Keeping the Novel in Focus
185
4
Moving Young Adult Literature into the Classroom
189
3
Teaching the Classics
192
8
Using Tales in the Classroom
200
5
Using Children's Books in the Secondary Classroom
205
2
Teaching Short Stories
207
4
Explorations
211
1
Related Readings
212
2
7. Organizing to Teach Literature
214
27
The Whole-Class Approach
215
4
Small-Group Reading and Discussion
219
3
Individualized Reading
222
3
Involving Students in Locating and Creating Literature Resources
225
2
The Teacher as Reading Resource
227
2
The Teacher as Reading Propagandist
229
1
Organizing the Literature Program
230
5
Understanding Why You Teach Literature
235
3
Integration of the Language Arts Through Literature
238
1
Explorations
238
2
Related Readings
240
1
8. Teaching Writing
241
30
Why Write? Why Compose?
244
1
Writing as Process
245
2
Journaling and FreeWriting
247
3
Writing: Personal and Creative
250
1
To Assign or Not
251
4
When They (and You) Run Out of Ideas
255
4
Coaching the Writing Process
259
3
The Writing Workshop
262
1
Sequencing Writing Activities
263
4
A Note on Preparation for College
267
1
Explorations
268
2
Related Readings
270
1
9. Writing for the Here and Now
271
23
Writer and Audience
272
2
The Classroom as Publication Center
274
4
Writing for the Here and Now
278
2
Responding to Student Writing
280
2
The Teacher as Editor
282
2
On Not Writing on Student Themes
284
2
Peer-Group Conferencing
286
1
Copyediting and Correctness
287
2
Student Self-Assessment
289
1
The Dilemma of Grading Student Writing
290
1
Explorations
291
2
Related Readings
293
1
10. Exploring Language
294
20
Getting Back to Basics
296
1
Grammar
297
1
Usage
298
1
Spelling/Mechanics
298
1
Dialects
299
1
Teaching Grammar
300
1
Exploring the Dimensions of Language
301
8
Teaching Standard English
309
2
Offering Help with Correctness
311
1
Our Final Word on Language
312
1
Explorations
312
1
Related Readings
313
1
11. Classroom Talk, Drama, and Performance
314
24
The Uses of Conversation
314
1
Learning Through Talk
315
2
Formats for Classroom Talk
317
5
Making it Work
322
3
Overcoming Obstacles
325
1
Storytelling
325
1
Drama and Performance
326
1
Initial Experiences with Drama
327
1
Puppetry
328
1
Oral Interpretation
329
1
Scripting and Performing
330
3
Drama as Literature
333
2
Performing Poetry
335
1
Explorations
336
1
Related Readings
337
1
12. Language: A Mass Medium
338
22
Multimedia
351
Exploring Film and Video
345
2
The Print Media
347
2
The Computer
349
4
Popular Culture as Mass Media
353
2
The Fine Arts as Mass Media
355
1
Literature as a Mass Medium
356
1
Explorations
357
1
Related Readings
358
2
13. Assessment, Evaluation, and Grading
360
25
Assessment and Instruction
360
1
Assessment Tasks--Teachers Gather Data
361
6
Assessment Tools--Teachers Interpret Data
367
5
Some Assessment Definitions
372
1
Students and Grades
372
1
Grading
373
4
Teacher Self-Assessment
377
6
Explorations
383
1
Related Readings
384
1
Coda Idea(l)ism and Successive Approximation
385
5
Bibliography
390