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Gannon, Susanne – English in Australia, 2009
A critical/creative paradigm in contemporary English carries with it an imperative that students should be given opportunities for deep engagement with texts relevant to what matters in their everyday lives. In this paper, I argue that the materiality of everyday life includes the physical and geographic places where we live. When students live in…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Opportunities, Pragmatics, Second Languages
McCarthy, William Bernard – 1992
The principle of empathic learning (involving activities that help students feel what it is to be like someone else) can be used to teach poetry, a material about which students have strong prejudices, and an activity they cannot imagine themselves ever doing or being interested in. First, students are presented with the conception that people…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Writing, Empathy, Figurative Language
Smith, Denzell – 1978
The nine modules presented in this paper are designed to guide students in a one-semester Shakespeare Course through the reading of three Shakespearean tragedies ("Hamlet,""Othello," and "Macbeth"), three comedies ("Midsummer Night's Dream,""Merchant of Venice," and "The Tempest"), and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Characterization, Course Objectives, Drama
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
Based on the philosophy, goals, and objectives of the Alberta (Canada) Education 1978 curriculum, this revised curriculum guide stresses the importance of students' active involvement in using language. The guide regroups the 1978 skills and concepts for junior high school into the following five language strands: speaking, listening, viewing,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking