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Teaching the Mock Printz Novels
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Hipple, Ted; Scherff, Lisa; Claiborne, Jennifer; Sullins, Amy Cinci; Waters, Patricia – English Journal, 2004
Annotations of noteworthy novels like Holes by Louis Sachar (1999), Tangerine by William Bloor (1998), Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas (1997) etc. are given. Tips for teaching these books or others that teachers might choose to use and others like them are provided.
Descriptors: Novels, Adolescent Literature, Teaching Methods, Annotated Bibliographies
Notes on a Keynote from the Keynoter.
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Hipple, Ted – ALAN Review, 1993
Challenges readers to work harder than they have been working for young adult literature in general and ALAN in particular. Suggests ways to promote young adult literature. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, English Instruction, Literature Appreciation, Secondary Education
Sue Ellen Bridgers: An Appreciation.
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Hipple, Ted – ALAN Review, 1990
Reviews the career of southern young adult novelist Sue Ellen Bridgers. (RS)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Biographies, Novels
"Have You Read...?" (Part 4).
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Hipple, Ted – English Journal, 1992
Presents a list of 18 books chosen by teachers, college professors, and publishers as the best young-adult novels of the 1980s. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Reading Material Selection, Reading Materials, Secondary Education
Here to Stay: Recorded Young Adult Literature (The Publisher Connection).
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Hipple, Ted – ALAN Review, 1995
Advocates the use of "talking books" (books recorded on tape) with young adult literature and adolescent readers. Discusses the joys of audio books, opportunities they offer for motivation and instruction, and their availability. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Literature Appreciation, Reading Motivation
Twenty Recent Novels (and More) about Adolescents for Bibliotherapy.
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Hipple, Ted; Comer, Melissa; Boren, Dodie – Professional School Counseling, 1997
Lists 20 problems adolescents may encounter, with a description of one young adult novel in which that problem is a central feature. Some of the problems addressed include abuse, AIDS, alcohol, alienation, crime, death, disabilities, divorce, drugs, ethics, homosexuality, peer pressure, pregnancy, prejudice, rape, religious pressure, school, sex,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Behavior Development
An Overview from "The ALAN Review."
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Carroll, Pamela Sissi; Hipple, Ted – Voices from the Middle, 2001
Presents brief annotations of 11 articles that consider the place of young adult literature in the classroom. Notes that these 11 are judged the best of Hipple's compilation (published in "The ALAN Review") of 99 fine articles about young adult literature, articles that were written across several decades and published in a variety of journals.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
What's Good about the Best?
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Hipple, Ted; Maupin, Amy B. – English Journal, 2001
Discusses three award-winning novels for young adults that are very popular with school teachers: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse, and "Holes" by Louis Sachar. Examines the quality of plots, characters, and themes but also considers the artistry in details and emotional impact. Offers…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Books, Class Activities, English Instruction
It's the THAT, Teacher.
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Hipple, Ted – English Journal, 1997
Questions the value of classic literature in teaching secondary school students to read for pleasure. Suggests that a better vehicle for the same goal is young adult literature like "The Outsiders." (TB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Classics (Literature), Curriculum Evaluation, English Curriculum