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The English Teacher's Companion

by: Burke, Jim

The English Teacher's Companion

by: Burke, Jim

ISBN 13:
9780325005386
ISBN 10:
0325005389
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2003
Publisher: HEINEMAN
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Summary

This book covers the entire English curriculum, from basic reading and writing to digital literacy, media literacy, and integrated instruction.

Foreword

xiii

Acknowledgments

Introduction

xvii

Introduction to the First Edition

xxi

FOUNDATIONS

August: Dreams and Realities

(2)

Thinking About Teaching and Learning

(21)

The Four Components of Effective Teaching and Learning

(14)

The Continuum of Performance

(3)

Endnote: What It Means to Be a Master Teacher

(3)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

A Modern Profile of Adult Literacy

(4)

The Profile

(2)

Endnote

(2)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Teaching Reading in High School: The Continuum of Possibilities

(75)

Evolving Notions of Literacy

(1)

Content Standards: Samples from California, the NCTE, and the IRA

(5)

Teaching a Range of Texts

(2)

Teaching Functional/Expository Texts: The Literature of Daily Life

(6)

Teaching Narrative Texts: A Study in the Novel's Complexity

(3)

Reading for Appreciation

(3)

Case Study: Teaching the Novel Lord of the Flies

(16)

Teaching Dramatic Texts: Shakespearean Vignette

(5)

Teaching Poetic Texts: Courting the Elusive Muse

(11)

Reading Textbooks: A Sample Sequence

(1)

How We Read: A Brief Explanation

(5)

Profiles of Readers

(2)

Strategies to Improve Reading Skills

(9)

The English Teacher's Dilemma: How to Reinvent Reading for Yourself

(3)

Endnote: Evolution of the Story

100

(3)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

The Place and Purpose of Vocabulary Instruction

103

(21)

What to Teach: Expressive versus Receptive Vocabulary

106

(1)

Content Standards for Vocabulary

107

(1)

Strategies for Vocabulary Development

108

(1)

Activities for Building a Better Vocabulary

109

(10)

Endnote: Reflecting on Vocabulary

119

(5)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Putting Grammar in Its Place

124

(17)

Content Standards for Grammar

125

(1)

Sample Sequence: Teaching Appositives

126

(6)

Classroom Connection: What to Do Tomorrow?

132

(5)

Closing Thoughts

137

(4)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Teaching Writing: From Practice to Performance

141

(71)

The Components of an Effective Writing Program

141

(2)

Performance Standards for Writing

143

(3)

The Writing Product: The Process of Working with Words

146

(6)

Error as an Invitation to Improve

152

(1)

Teachable Moments During a Writer's Development

153

(1)

Sample Unit: Teaching the Paragraph

154

(5)

Sample Activities

159

(5)

Forms and Functions: Writing in Our Lives, at School, and in the Workplace

164

(1)

The Essay

164

(1)

The Weekly Paper: Writing About Different Text Types

165

(3)

The Group Essay

168

(2)

The Six Traits Analytical Writing Rubric

170

(1)

The Journal: Practice Makes Writers

171

(16)

Creative Writing: Drama, Fiction, and Poetry

187

(9)

Writing in the Workplace: What It Can Look Like in English Classes

196

(4)

Responding to Student Writers

200

(6)

Computers and Writing: The Promise and the Problems

206

(1)

Endnote: The Last Word

207

(5)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Teaching Speaking and Listening: The Verbal Curriculum

212

(15)

Types of Speeches

212

(2)

Standards for Speaking and Listening

214

(1)

Focus Questions: How to Get Started

214

(1)

Parts of a Speech

215

(1)

Tricks of the Trade for Student Speakers

215

(2)

Possibilities: Speaking Activities for the English Class

217

(3)

Rules of the Game: Applause, Applause!

220

(1)

Dealing with Anxiety

220

(2)

Rehearsal Tactics to Help Students Prepare

222

(1)

Reading Aloud: How, Why, and When

223

(1)

Listening for Participation and Assessment

224

(1)

Endnote: Last Words

225

(2)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Teaching Thinking in the English Class

227

(27)

Ways of Thinking

227

(1)

Embracing Complexity

228

(1)

Domains of Thinking

229

(1)

Conversation as Curriculum: Using Talk to Help Students Think

230

(3)

Using Writing to Help Students Think

233

(4)

Graphic English: Using Drawing to Help Students Think

237

(10)

Using Questions to Help Students Think

247

(4)

Using Reading to Help Students Think

251

(1)

Making Connections: Integrating Thinking Across Disciplines

252

(1)

Endnote: Asking Questions

252

(2)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendation

Composing a Curriculum: How to Plan a Unit of Study

254

(17)

Planning: Getting from Here to There

254

(3)

A Way of Seeing: Designing a Unit of Study

257

(6)

Sample Unit: The Dictionary of the American Mind

263

(3)

What Music Does Your Curriculum Make?

266

(2)

Taking Stock: Did the Curriculum Work?

268

(1)

Endnote: The Dream of a Unified Curriculum

269

(2)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Measuring Student Progress

271

(34)

Defining the Terms: Assessment, Evaluation, and Grading

271

(1)

Guiding Principles for Measuring Performance

272

(4)

The Role and Uses of Assessment

276

(3)

Assessment Tools: Rubrics, Checklists, Portfolios, and Exams

279

(12)

Measuring Progress: The Role of Evaluation

291

(3)

Grading: The Catch-22 of the Curriculum

294

(4)

Endnote: Making the Grade

298

(7)

Reflection

Activity 1

Activity 2

Recommendations

NEW DIRECTIONS IN TEACHING ENGLISH: IMPLICATIONS

Digital Literacy: Technology in the English Class

305

(16)

Brave New Classrooms

305

(1)

Technology Standards: What Teachers Should Know

306

(1)

Implications for the English Class

307

(9)

How Teachers Can Use Computers

316

(2)

Endnote: New Frontiers

318

(3)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Media Literacy: Reading the Visual and Virtual Worlds

321

(13)

Principles of an Effective Media Literacy Program

323

(1)

Writing About Film

324

(3)

A Clean Well-Lighted Screen: Reading the Internet

327

(2)

Sample Activity: Image Studies Unit

329

(3)

Endnote: The New Marketplace

332

(2)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Integrating English Projects and Exhibitions into the Curriculum

334

(16)

The Project Method

334

(11)

CyberGuides: A Brief Description of the Future?

345

(2)

Endnote: The Self as Project

347

(3)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Service Learning: Its Place and Purpose

350

(11)

Service Learning Projects in the English Class

354

(5)

Endnote: Extending Ourselves

359

(2)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendation

ISSUES IN TEACHING ENGLISH---INEVITABILITIES

Success For All: Teaching Students with Special Needs

361

(10)

The Human Need for Success

361

(1)

``The Loop'' : It Takes a Team to Teach a Child

362

(1)

English Language Learners

363

(1)

Learning Difficulties

364

(1)

Strategies for Success: What We Can Do

365

(3)

The Elusive Ideal of Success for All

368

(1)

Endnote: The Inclusive Classroom

369

(2)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

What Gender Is English?

371

(11)

How Gender Affects Classroom Dynamics

371

(4)

Honoring Gender

375

(3)

Gender and the English Department

378

(1)

Endnote: The Mentor

378

(4)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Thoughts About Culture, Race, and Language

382

(8)

Respecting Race and Culture

385

(2)

Endnote: The Human Language

387

(3)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Ethics and the Study of English

390

(7)

Strategies for Discussing Ethics in the English Class

394

(1)

Endnote: Moments of Truth

395

(2)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Teaching Advanced Placement and Honors English

397

(7)

Preparing Honors Students

399

(3)

Endnote: Gifts of the Gifted

402

(2)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendation

English Teachers and the Law

404

(9)

Questions About the Law

410

(3)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendation

FROM BECOMING TO BEING AN ENGLISH TEACHER

Dear New Teacher

413

(9)

The Courage to Teach: The English Teacher's Role

413

(1)

The Good, the Bad, and the Cynical: Your Colleagues

414

(1)

Teachers' Teachers: On Mentors and Learning

414

(2)

Examining Your Roots: Reflecting on the Student You Were

416

(1)

Isolation: The Blessing and the Curse

416

(1)

Strategies for Survival and Success

417

(1)

Rough-Draft Teaching: Revision Through Reflection

418

(1)

Available Companions: Who Can Help You?

419

(2)

Endnote: English Matters

421

(1)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendation

Getting a Job Teaching English

422

(8)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendation

Organizing Yourself to Teach English and Have a Life

430

(12)

Papers: Where to Put Them

431

(2)

The Computer

433

(5)

Endnote: Having a Life

438

(4)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendation

Creating a Thoughtful Community: The Classroom

442

(12)

The Elements of the Classroom

444

(10)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendation

The Politics of Education: Parents, School Boards, Politicians, and the Media

454

(7)

Public Relations: Reaching the Community

454

(3)

Lights! Camera! Anxiety!

457

(2)

Endnote: The Political Context

459

(2)

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

Joining the Professional Conversation

461

(1)

Regional and National Conventions

461

(2)

Virtual Conversations: The Online Community

463

(2)

Endnote: The Great Conversation

465

Reflection

Activity

Recommendations

APPENDICES

A Writing Student Recommendation Letters

(4)

B Helping Students Write College Application Essays

(6)

C How to Read a Short Story

(1)

D 103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading

(2)

E How to Help Your Child Write Better

(1)

F Components of an Effective Presentation or Speech

(1)

G Classroom Self-Evaluation/Checklist

(1)

H New Teacher Checklist

(1)

I A Concise Glossary of Literary Terms

(2)

J The Timetables of Teaching High School English

(2)

K The History of the Relationship Between the Text, the Reader, and the Teacher

(1)

L Santa Monica High School Textbooks by Grade Level

(3)

M Santa Monica High School Summer Reading Lists

(5)

N Works Cited

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0325005389

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Table of Contents

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