This book provides new and traditional activities that are aimed at developing students' personal responses to literature in ways that improve their other language skills. The introductory chapter discusses organizing literature for study, and other chapters focus on specific literary genres, including drama, short story, novel, poetry, nonfiction prose, and rhetorical style. The last chapter suggests ways to plan a literature program, to prepare for potential censorship issues, and to conduct informal research in class. Appendixes provide addresses of producers of resources, a list of university film rental libraries, and reproduction pages for class exercises and activities. (RL)