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Through the Sliding Glass Door: #EmpowerTheReader
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Johnson, Nancy J.; Koss, Melanie D.; Martinez, Miriam – Reading Teacher, 2018
This article seeks to complicate the understanding of Bishop's (1990) metaphor of mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors, with particular emphasis on sliding glass doors and the emotional connections needed for readers to move through them. The authors begin by examining the importance of the reader and the characters he or she meets. Next, the…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Figurative Language, Reading Instruction, Emotional Response
People: Past, Present, and Future.
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Giorgis, Cyndi; Johnson, Nancy J. – Reading Teacher, 2003
Notes that literature about people from the past allows readers to experience vicariously another time and place. Proposes that readers might discover that the actions of people in the past or present may influence the future. Presents annotations of 30 children's books which deal with special characters of the past or present in the categories of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Literature Circles Resource Guide: Teaching Suggestions, Forms, Sample Book Lists and Database [with CD-ROM].
Hill, Bonnie Campbell; Noe, Katherine L. Schlick; Johnson, Nancy J. – 2001
This guide provides the practical support teachers need to make literature circles succeed. The information provided in the guide should answer the kinds of questions teachers ask colleagues about implementing literature circles. It is not intended to stand alone. It is designed to supplement and extend two professional books on literature…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Getting Started with Literature Circles. The Bill Harp Professional Teachers Library Series.
Noe, Katherine L. Schlick; Johnson, Nancy J. – 1999
Designed to help teachers get started using literature circles in their classrooms, this book gives teachers a boost to begin, offers some insights from other teachers, and helps teachers clarify where to go next. It notes that literature circles (or literature study groups, book clubs, or discussion circles) take many forms and engage students in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education
Children's Books: Response.
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Giorgis, Cyndi; Johnson, Nancy J. – Reading Teacher, 2000
Presents brief descriptions of 36 children's books (published in 1999 and 2000), organized around the theme of the various ways readers respond to text and illustration. Presents the books in the following categories: questioning "who am I?"; interaction; interpreting the world; gaining insight; assuming responsibility; and taking action and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation
Literary Weavings: Extending Response through the Arts.
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Johnson, Nancy J. – Voices from the Middle, 1997
Describes how students in an undergraduate children's literature class constructed and created interpretations of the books they were reading. Notes that the students each designed a three-foot paper strip reflecting his or her personal response to the book. Finds fresh thinking, fewer repeated ideas, and more understanding of symbol, metaphor,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Expression, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education