Method to the madness : a common core guide to creating critical thinkers through the study of literature /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	James, B. H., 1978- (Author), James, Elizabeth, 1984- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Subjects:	Literature > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States. American literature > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States. English literature > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States. English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States. Critical thinking > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States. American literature > Study and teaching (Secondary) Critical thinking > Study and teaching (Secondary) English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching (Secondary) English literature > Study and teaching (Secondary) Literature > Study and teaching (Secondary) United States.

Table of Contents:

Writing for critical thinking and logical cohesiveness (or, how to survive the shift to common core)
Begin with close reading
The great Gatsby : applying the skills of close reading
The Taming of the shrew : an introduction to Shakespeare
Teaching Hamlet, or, How to approach the most important piece of literature ever written
Teaching fiction writing : the importance of allowing students to create, revise, and publish
Slaughterhouse 5 and The things they carried : appreciating postmodern approaches to fiction
Toni Morrison's Beloved : recognizing and evaluating theme and purpose in a complex text
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Abraham Lincoln : designing a cross-curricular unit of study.