Why I Love Teaching the Gifted, Hated Seeing "Brazil," and Am Dropping "A Tale of Two Cities.".

Sarrett, Sylvia

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Publication Date: 1987

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Why I Love Teaching the Gifted, Hated Seeing "Brazil," and Am Dropping "A Tale of Two Cities."

Sarrett, Sylvia

English Journal, v76 n4 p56-58 Apr 1987

Contrasts the complaints of a class of gifted students about Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities" with their teacher's discomfort at sitting through the long and tedious movie "Brazil." (NKA)

Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Authors, Classics (Literature), Comparative Analysis, Film Criticism, Films, Literary Criticism, Literary Devices, Literature Appreciation, Novels, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Brazil

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