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Kerekes, Beverley; Burchett, Dennis – Australian Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes the rationale, problems, and successes of a literature-based reading program. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
Arac, Jonathan; And Others – ADE Bulletin, 1985
Describes the focus of a freshman literature course: understanding literary meaning, analyzing literary form, and exploring literary value with each of the three one-quarter classes drawing on the resources of a major area within current literary studies, such as hermeneutics (meaning), poetics (form), and criticism (evaluation). (EL)
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, Educational Theories, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRosch, Sue-Ann – English Journal, 1986
Describes a three-week unit with disadvantaged students in an alternative school called "Outsiders: Literature and Life," which focused on experiences of alienation, involved reading "The Outsiders" by S. E. Hinton, and culminated in the production of a magazine of student-written oral histories. (EL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Class Activities, Economically Disadvantaged, English Instruction
