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Frankenbach, Charlie – 1989
Although many teachers force-feed the "meaning" of poetry to puzzled students or teach poetry by way of dissecting poetic techniques, more productive approaches to the study of poetry exist, as reflected in the literature in the ERIC database. Units of study can be organized around particular kinds of inquiry instead of around a literary…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Cobine, Gary R. – 1995
Student journal writing can connect reading, writing, and discussing through activities that accommodate diverse learning styles and that further students' linguistic development. The various uses of journal writing can be incorporated into one compact student notebook. A notebook for an English class might consist of a dialogue journal as a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dialog Journals, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Probst, R. E. – 1987
Intended for literature instructors, this digest explains the relationship of transactional theory (a reciprocal, mutually defining relationship between the reader and the literary text) to the teaching of literature. The importance of the reader's part in literature is first demonstrated, noting that attention must be paid to who the readers are,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, English Instruction, Higher Education, Individualized Reading