Now in its second edition, Trevor Wright's hugely popular "How to be a Brilliant English Teacher" is packed with practical advice drawn from his extensive and successful experience as an English teacher, examiner and teacher trainer. This accessible and readable guide offers sound theoretical principles with exciting practical suggestions for the…

This textbook is part of a series of school readers to help children acquire the art and the habit of reading well enough to give pleasure not only to themselves, but also to those who listen to them. The selections to be memorized are such as have been recommended and required by the departments of education in New York state and elsewhere. They…

This textbook is part of a series of school readers to help children acquire the art and the habit of reading well enough to give pleasure not only to themselves, but also to those who listen to them. The selections to be memorized are such as have been recommended and required by the departments of education in New York state and elsewhere. They…

This textbook is a seventh-year reader. The book provides daily systematic practice in readings not too difficult for comprehension and yet embracing various styles of literary workmanship and illustrating all the different forms of English composition. Many of the selections are introduced or followed by historical or bibliographical notes.…

This textbook is a sixth-year reader. The pupil who is in his sixth year at school should be able to read quite well. He is now prepared to devote more and more attention to literary criticism. The selections in this book are of a highly interesting character and illustrate almost every variety of English composition. To assist in their…

This textbook is a reader developed on the principle that the expanding life of a child as a citizen of the world demands acquaintance with a considerable portion of the world's best thought as expressed in literature. The general method of presenting these classics rests upon the assumption that literature is addressed to the heart and to the…

This textbook is the seventh reader in a series of school readers to help children acquire the art and the habit of reading well enough to give pleasure not only to themselves, but also to those who listen to them. The contents of this volume have been chosen and arranged to supply the young reader such selections that will be interesting to him…

This textbook is part of a series of school readers to help children acquire the art and the habit of reading well enough to give pleasure not only to themselves, but also to those who listen to them. The selections have been chosen and arranged with strict reference to the capabilities and tastes of the pupils who are to read them, thus making…

This textbook is a fourth-year reader. The lessons in this volume have been prepared and arranged with a view towards several ends: to interest the young reader; to cultivate a taste for the best style of literature as regards both thought and expression; to point the way to an acquaintance with good books; to appeal to the pupil's sense of duty,…

Offers six high school teachers' suggestions about using adolescent novels to introduce students to a literary classic. Reports that this approach can help young readers relate the literary experience to their own lives. (SR)

This book presents 16 original scripts that have been adapted from classic works of literature for use for readers theatre with young adults and ESL (English as a Second Language) students. Adaptations of the following works are included: "Little Women" (Louisa May Alcott); episodes from "Don Quixote" (Miguel de Cervantes; "The Necklace" (Guy de…

Argues that when introductory activities to the classics begin with background information, it can upstage or confine the life of the story, and shows little faith in the students as readers or in the literature itself. Suggests sometimes letting the literature begin, and then helping students make sense of it. Discusses examples from "To Kill a…

Notes that the use of Young Adult literature to introduce the complex literary concept of the archetype is ideally suited to teachers of gifted students in high school classrooms. Discusses how once students understand the concept of archetypes in literature, they can begin to make deeper connections among all of the literary works that they read.…

This article offers a guide to introduce Shakespeare's plays and his life. All it takes are five days in the library media center; some student handouts; plenty of resources, both print and online; some word processing software; plus a little patience and flexibility. Students complete a timeline, a paper and a cover sheet, all of which can be…

This textbook is a reader intended to develop children's taste for classic, diverse works. In addition to providing a definite and flexible method for teaching beginners to read, effort has been made to include only material that may justly be called classic and that have held up under repeated school use. Care has also been taken to present a…