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Peer reviewedSewell, Ernestine P., Ed. – English in Texas, 1981
The major articles in this journal issue deal with various aspects of young adult literature. Specific topics covered in the articles are (1) questions worth asking students about young adult novels, (2) the five major functions of adolescent literature in high school literature programs, (3) Southwestern literature for adolescents, (4) teaching…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Classroom Techniques, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedSewell, Ernestine P., Ed. – English in Texas, 1981
The articles in this journal issue reflect the theme of "passages." Five articles contain teachers' reflections and descriptions of the following forms of passage: (1) passing from the classroom to motherhood and back again; (2) passing from academe to the world of work--the retraining of literature professors; (3) ways in which students gain…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Experiential Learning
Download full textVerner, Zenobia, Ed. – English in Texas, 1977
This issue provides a selection of articles about literature and the teaching of literature. Titles include "Sin, Salvation, and Grace in 'The Scarlet Letter,'""'The Road Not Taken': A Study in Ambiguity,""In Search of Shakespeare: The Essential Years,""Right Deeds for Wrong Reasons: Teaching the Bible as…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Elective Courses, English Instruction, Higher Education
Ortego, Philip D., Ed. – English in Texas, 1976
The introduction to this issue of "English in Texas," by Philip D. Ortego, discusses briefly the need of young Chicanos for a literary identity. In the first article of the issue, Ortego expands the discussion, focusing especially on the background of Mexican-American literature, the history of Mexican Americans in the southwest, and a definition…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Drama, Fiction
Peer reviewedSpencer, Jeff – English in Texas, 1994
Discusses a class activity designed to demythologize Shakespeare, to show that he aimed his craft at drawing a crowd to the theater. Discusses an eight-step process by which students draw the Globe Theater. Addresses how design elements reflect Shakespeare's time. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Freehand Drawing, Literature Appreciation, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBell, Reatta – English in Texas, 1994
Describes a reading/writing relationship between students in different districts and in different grade levels (middle school students and at-risk freshmen) and how it gave meaning and purpose to the activity of reading and writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Books, Helping Relationship, High School Students, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedSaunders, Jane – English in Texas, 1994
Describes a class activity in which students analyze modern song lyrics and their poetic devices as an introduction to the study and analysis of poetry. (SR)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Poetry
