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Direct linkKendrick, Mary – English Journal, 2010
Meaningful discussion helps students develop new knowledge about the world around them. "Progressive discourse" is talk that encourages people to develop a new understanding together. In this article, the author discusses how she used student collaboration to foster progressive discourse and describes assignments that engage her students in group…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Discussion, Grade 9, English Instruction
Peer reviewedHesse, Douglas – English Journal, 1989
Presents three assignment sequences--covering both canonical and noncanonical stories, mini-anthologies, and novels--that encourage secondary school students to think critically about the concept of literature. Notes that students can learn to analyze literature critically by comparing both canonical and noncanonical texts. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, English Instruction
Peer reviewedConner, John W.; And Others – English Journal, 1986
Lists and briefly describes 24 books in several categories chosen by young readers as the best books of 1986. (NKA)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Book Reviews
Peer reviewedCulp, Mary Beth – English Journal, 1985
Concludes that young people are reading less and are less influenced by reading than their counterparts of almost a decade ago. (EL)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, English Instruction, Influences
