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Direct linkRozansky, Carol Lloyd; Aagesen, Colleen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2010
Students in an eighth-grade, urban, low-achieving reading class were introduced to critical literacy through engagement in Image Theatre. Developed by liberatory dramatist Augusto Boal, Image Theatre gives participants the opportunity to examine texts in the triple role of interpreter, artist, and sculptor (i.e., image creator). The researchers…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Empathy, Low Achievement
Langhorst, Eric – School Library Journal, 2006
In this article, the author describes how he introduced a history project that blended a book discussion activity and the use of blogs to his eighth-grade class. Over four weeks, his class participated in a lively collective journal centered on an assigned piece of reading: "Guerrilla Season" by Pat Hughes. The historical novel, set…
Descriptors: War, Adolescent Literature, Web Sites, History Instruction
