Doing Literary Criticism Helping students engage with texts Literary criticism can be a powerful tool for tackling challenging texts. This book breaks down critical theory into clear, lively, and thorough explanations of many schools of critical thought. Each theory is given its own chapter, with an overview, brief history, and discussion of its benefits and limitations. The book also includes classroom-tested activities, essay and research paper topics, lists of recommended texts, exam questions, and more. The accompanying CD-ROM offers short overviews of each theory that are aimed at student readers, designed to be used as handouts for background knowledge. It also includes a complete bonus chapter on post-modernism, along with a rich set of additional materials and tools. Coming in September 2010! Author(s): Tim Gillespie Pages: 324 Publication Date: 2010 ISBN: 9781571108425 Price: $47.95 Breathe, Stretch, Write Learning to write with everything you ve got Designed to spark the imagination and enhance creativity, the guided exercises and fun-filled suggestions in this innovative book integrate elements of writing with simple movements and yoga principles to create a safe and joyful learning experience. The book combines writing tasks with basic physical movements that are easy to incorporate into classroom instruction. Useful and inspiring for students and teachers alike, the book is committed to getting kids writing and playing with words and ideas. It challenges teachers to refresh their teaching of writing, inspire students, and find the fun in everyday learning. Coming in December 2010! Author(s): Sheree Fitch Pages: 96 Publication Date: 2010 ISBN: 9781551382562 Price: $24.95 The Writing Triangle: Planning, Revision, and Assessment A fresh look at your tired writing process Writing improves when students learn good planning, revision, and assessment strategies that specifically apply to different writing forms -- Description, Narration, Lyric Poetry, Exposition, Persuasion/Deliberative Inquiry Research, Business Letters, and Exploratory Writing. Each of these forms is thoroughly discussed in this book, with suggestions for exploring key features, planning strategies, specific revision criteria, and assessment techniques. This bold book represents a complete makeover for tired textbooks about the writing process. It illustrates effective ways teachers can guide their students to become inspired, and turn ordinary writing into something extraordinary. In our warehouse NOW! Author(s): Graham Foster Pages: 96 Publication Date: 2010 ISBN: 9781551382593 Price: $24.95 Make Me a Story Teaching writing through digital storytelling When working with digital stories, it s easy to focus on the bells and whistles -- images, music, sound effects. But in reality, a good digital story -- like any story -- is all about the writing. This thoughtful book shows how to use digital stories to lead students through all the stages of the writing process, from planning to revising and editing.
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