Upcoming Assignments—Methods of Teaching Literature
Feb. 28—Chapter 11
Go to www.teachingliterature.org and click on activities
Choose one to complete for class:
#3—analyze film technique
#4—analyze media representations
#11—analyze an ad
#20—analyze local TV news
Write up analysis and how you could incorporate it into your teaching. You
will present ideas to class:
Feb. 28-Mar. 7.—
Short Story Presentations by Graduate Students. Read “Soldier’s Home,” p.
46; “A Rose for Emily,” p. 1, and
Mar. 7--Tears of a Tiger and Novel Activities
Spring Break
Mar. 21—Night and Novel Activities
Mar. 28—Presentation and Judging of Reading Fair Boards
Discussion of papers/projects; poetry practice
April 4—Chapter 12
#11—develop a test on a novel discussed in class; give directions, pt. values
for questions, answer guide, grade level,and include:
15 ids. (can be quotes, people, places, things, etc.)
5 short answer questions
Choice of 2 discussion prompts
Test should be able to be completed in one hour.
And-- Chapter 13
Complete #3
Poetry Presentations:
April 11—
April 18-Wednesday, April 27, Paper/Project Due by noon to Jennings 301.
Monday, May 2—4:30-6:30 p.m.; Final Exam on literary terms,
textbook, and novels.