literature

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.

"In More Ramped-Up Read Alouds, educators will discover practical ideas for ramping up interactive read alouds to increase learners' language comprehension and build their knowledge about a wide variety of topics. The introduction details research-proven reasons that reading aloud is essential for literacy learners and shares success factors for creating engaging read-aloud experiences. With that foundational knowledge in place, readers will be able to choose from 50 read-aloud experiences, fully detailed and carefully designed to enrich and extend literacy instruction in grades K-5"--Provided by publisher.

"[This book] dares to ask the obvious but crucial questions about the whole business of reading: What is reading really for? What are stories trying to do for us? Why should we care? In a tone that's engaging and playful, we're shown how books help us to grow, why we cry about the fate of certain characters and how to read for genuine pleasure rather than to please a teacher or parent. Along the way, we learn about the history of literature and about some of the many . . . books from around the world we might enjoy"--OCLC.

Contains readings on literary relationships in works published between the sixteenth and the twentieth centuries from Harold Bloom, examining works by William Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, and mapping connections between John Milton, Percy Bysshe, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, John Ashbury, Amy Clampitt, Charles Wright, and others.

"A fresh, fierce, and timely meditation on data, pain, time, and the limited capacity of literature to comprehend life and death in a sensate and vulnerable body"--Provided by publisher.

Contains poems and short stories by Edgar Allan Poe.

"The former Los Angeles Times book critic expands his short book on the importance of reading to include considerations of fake news, siloed information, and the necessity of critical thinking as a key component of engaged citizenship and resistance. Ulin builds the case in favor of slow reading in this distracted and troubled time"--Back cover.

Presents tools for teaching Jeanette Caines's "I Need a Lunch Box" in kindergarten through second grade, including comprehension, writing, and other activities.

Provides materials for teaching a unit on Markus Zusak's "The Book Thief," including multiple-choice and free-response questions, a chapter-by-chapter study guide, and lecture notes.

A thematic unit designed to teach students about slavery, including literature selections, planning guides, curriculum connections, group projects, literature-related activities, enrichment and culminating activities, a bibliography, resource materials, and reproducible pages.