literature

"On bookstore [and library] shelves, one book looks as authoritative as the next. Online, posts and memes don't announce their relative veracity. It is up to readers to establish how accurate, how thorough, how fair material may be. After laying out general principles of reading nonfiction, [this book] offers advice for specific reading strategies in various genres from histories and biographies to science and technology to social media. Throughout, the emphasis will be on understanding writers' biases, interrogating claims, analyzing arguments, remaining wary of broad assertions and easy answers, and thinking critically about the written and spoken materials readers encounter"--Publisher's description.

A guide to preparing for the English literature and composition exam for advanced placement, featuring topic reviews, a glossary of key terms, and full-length practice exams with explained answers.

Talking Texts is a guide for teachers to the steps and strategies of implementing text clubs in many forms? fiction and nonfiction book clubs, textbook clubs, article clubs, and even poetry clubs?in the classroom. All strategies presented are applicable to any discipline so that text clubs can be employed across the curriculum in any grade level.

An anthology of short stories, fables, poems, fairy tales, and folklore from a variety of sources.

A guide to preparing for the English literature and composition exam for advanced placement, featuring topic reviews, a glossary of key terms, and full-length practice exams with explained answers.

"Through discussions of literature, assessment ideas, teaching anecdotes, and student insights, this book outlines how a rigorous and relevant English class can also heal, empower, and provide wisdom for teens weathering social turbulence. Widely taught novels brim with lessons about courtship, love, heartbreak, sexuality, bonds, and belonging. Learning to tell stories, reflect, argue, speak confidently, and listen critically gives students necessary tools for self-expression, advocacy, and empathy in a world that too often feels unsafe and bereft of compassion"--.

"This informative . . . picture book explores how a love of birds inspired two literary greats-Charles Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe"--Provided by publisher.

"A step-by-step guide to using the brain's hardwired desire for story to achieve any goal, whether it's successfully pitching a product, saving the planet, or convincing your kids not to text and drive, from the author of Wired for Story"--Provided by publisher.

"Uses the tools of literary theory and criticism to analyze elements and characteristics common in [classic literature]"--Provided by publisher.

"Uses the tools of literary theory and criticism to analyze elements and characteristics common in [the genre of nonfiction]"--Provided by publisher.