Classics in Their Own “Words”: Analytical Remixes in a Land of Essays

The author shares his experience in effecting change in an AP English Literature and Composition course by employing book trailers as an assessment. Using multimodal responses fostered a shared classroom space that combined the students’ preferred, everyday communicative modes with the canonical lit...

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Published in:Journal of adolescent & adult literacy 2019-05, Vol.62 (6), p.625-633
Main Author: Baize, Jonathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
4‐Adolescence
Academic writing
Advanced Placement
Advocacy < Policy
Assessment
Authentic < Assessment
Classical Literature
Digital/media literacies
Discourse analysis < Research methodology
English language
English Literature
Essays
FEATURE ARTICLE
Literary Criticism
Literature
Literature‐based instruction < Literature
Making inferences < Comprehension
Modes < Writing
New literacies < Digital/media literacies
Scaffolding
Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Specific media (hypertext, Internet, film, music, etc.) < Digital/media literacies
Visual literacy < Digital/media literacies
Writing
Writing (Composition)
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Summary:The author shares his experience in effecting change in an AP English Literature and Composition course by employing book trailers as an assessment. Using multimodal responses fostered a shared classroom space that combined the students’ preferred, everyday communicative modes with the canonical literature study required by the curriculum. This inclusive space proved valuable in helping a diverse group of students produce competent literary analyses and in scaffolding their comfort and efficacy with the language of literature study.
ISSN:1081-3004
1936-2706
DOI:10.1002/jaal.942