Are you looking for a book that will give you some better understanding of literature and how to teach it? With this teaching textbook and lesson planner you will leave your students with a better understanding and appreciation of literature through many of the works and stories covered.
This book covers writing responses and includes essay questions and projects for a student to work on. From the exploration of literature to post modernism, you will have plenty of material to cover a 12-week course. Have no fear, your lesson planner is complete!
From discussing the works of Ann Bradstreet to Thomas Jefferson to Emily Dickenson to Kate Chopin to Toni Morrison with many between, you will find this an excellent teaching guide and lesson planner.
Whether you teach in an institution or home school, you will find this book valuable.
Valerie Hockert has taught Literature at a college level for many years, and has a PhD in Literary Studies, and has written many college literature courses.
Genre: EDUCATION / GeneralBelow is a list of terms commonly used when reading great literature. It helps to go through these terms in the beginning of a course as well as do a review throughout the course.
summary--terse, general narration
short story--a form more realistic than the tale and of modern origin, the writer usually presents the main events in greater fullness
scene--a vivid or dramatic moment described in enough detail to create the illusion that the reader is practically there
epiphany--some moment of insight, discovery, or revelation by which a character's life, or view of life, is greatly altered
dramatic situation--a person is involved in some conflict
exposition--the opening portion that sets the scene (if any), introduces the main characters, tells us what happened before the story opened, and provides any other background information that we need in order to understand and care about the events to follow
complication--a new conflict is introduced
protagonist--the central character in a literary work
hero--especially brave or virtuous
suspense--the pleasurable anxiety we feel that heightens our attention to the story, inheres in our wondering how it will all turn out
antagonist--the most significant character or force that opposes the protagonist in a narrative or drama
foreshadowing--an indication of events to come
crisis--a moment of high tension
climax--the moment of greatest tension at which the outcome is to be decided
conclusion--the outcome
resolution (denouement)--same as conclusion
in medias res--in the midst of things
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