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Method to the Madness : A Common Core Guide to Creating Critical Thinkers Through the Study of Literature.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (201 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781475825398
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Method to the MadnessDDC classification:
  • 807.1273
LOC classification:
  • PN59.J36 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ch01. Writing for Critical Thinking and Logical Cohesiveness (Or, How to Survive the Shift to Common Core) -- Ch02. Begin with Close Reading -- Ch03. The Great Gatsby -- Ch04. The Taming of the Shrew -- Ch05. Teaching Hamlet -- Ch06. Teaching Fiction Writing -- Ch07. Slaughterhouse 5 and The Things They Carried -- Ch08. Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Ch09. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Abraham Lincoln -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: The authors intent is to empower districts and their teachers to create their own (free!) curriculum that will exceed the expectations of Common Core assessments, as well as create life-long learners that are college and career ready. By employing inquiry based units of study that insist on the use of iconic literature at the center, students will be more prepared for what awaits them with Common Core exams.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ch01. Writing for Critical Thinking and Logical Cohesiveness (Or, How to Survive the Shift to Common Core) -- Ch02. Begin with Close Reading -- Ch03. The Great Gatsby -- Ch04. The Taming of the Shrew -- Ch05. Teaching Hamlet -- Ch06. Teaching Fiction Writing -- Ch07. Slaughterhouse 5 and The Things They Carried -- Ch08. Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Ch09. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Abraham Lincoln -- Index -- About the Authors.

The authors intent is to empower districts and their teachers to create their own (free!) curriculum that will exceed the expectations of Common Core assessments, as well as create life-long learners that are college and career ready. By employing inquiry based units of study that insist on the use of iconic literature at the center, students will be more prepared for what awaits them with Common Core exams.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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