What Is the Best Novel You've Ever Taught?

Presents four teachers' reasons why they each favor teaching a particular novel. Discusses teaching "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Ken Kesey), "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (Betty Smith), "My Antonia" (Willa Cather), and "The Wave" (Tod Strasser). (...

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Published in:English journal 1999-11, Vol.89 (2), p.30
Main Authors: Schreck, Mary Kim, Lewandowski, Suzanne, Green, Jill, Hart, Carol Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcoholism
Cather, Willa (1873-1947)
Education
English Instruction
Grade 8
Grade 9
Group Dynamics
High Schools
Illiteracy
Kesey, Ken (1935-2001)
Literary Theory
Literature
Literature Appreciation
Middle Schools
Novels
Oral Reading
Poverty
Secondary Education
Student Reaction
Symbols (Literary)
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Presents four teachers' reasons why they each favor teaching a particular novel. Discusses teaching "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (Ken Kesey), "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" (Betty Smith), "My Antonia" (Willa Cather), and "The Wave" (Tod Strasser). (NH)
ISSN:0013-8274
2161-8895