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ERIC Number: EJ596833
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
What Is the Best Novel You've Ever Taught?
Schreck, Mary Kim; Lewandowski, Suzanne; Green, Jill; Hart, Carol Ann
English Journal, v89 n2 p30-32 Nov 1999
Presents four teachers' reasons why they each favor teaching a particular novel. Discusses teaching "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Ken Kesey), "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (Betty Smith), "My Antonia" (Willa Cather), and "The Wave" (Tod Strasser). (NH)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Literature, Literature Appreciation, Novels, Secondary Education, Student Reaction, Symbols (Literary), Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Literary Theory
Note: Theme: Our Love Affair with Literature.