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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
Download full textYinger, Lisa – 2001
This thematic unit is all about what a classic novel about race relations in the 1930s American South, "To Kill a Mockingbird," and a frequently banned contemporary teen story about a candy sale, "The Chocolate War," have in common. The unit considers what people have in common, what it means to stand apart, and what…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Critical Reading
Byerly, Steven L. – 1994
A study examined whether dramatization exercises generated more interpretive and evaluative thought among students regarding theme and characterization within a short story than traditional methods of answering questions or writing an essay regarding the story. Subjects, 35 junior English students at a suburban southern California high school,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis
