Exploring Literature invites students to connect with works of literature in light of their own experiences and, ultimately, put those connections into writing. With engaging selections, provocative themes, and comprehensive coverage of the writing process, Madden's anthology is sure to capture the reader's imagination. Exploring Literature opens with five chapters dedicated to reading and writing about literature. An anthology follows, organized around five themes. Each thematic unit includes a rich diversity of short stories, poems, plays, and essays, as well as a case study to help students explore literature from various perspectives.

With Exploring Literature, students begin to appreciate a wider scope of literary works. The updated and expanded text includes a full range of selections to draw readers in - from fables, myths, tall tales, and legends to short stories, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Students experience the works of classic and contemporary authors.

An ideal introduction to a diverse mix of genres and styles With Exploring Literature, students begin to appreciate a wider scope of literary works. The newly updated and expanded text includes a full range of selections to draw readers in--from fables, myths, tall tales, and legends to short stories, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Students experience the works of classic and contemporary authors, including Mark Twain, Gwendolyn Brooks, W. W. Jacobs, Shakespeare, Yoshiko Uchida, and other respected American and international authors. New authors featured in this edition are Barack Obama and Natasha Trethewey. Now even more visually appealing, the revised Exploring Literature text focuses students' attention. In addition, the Teacher's Edition offers numerous ELL activities and instructions for integrating graphic organizers into the lessons. Many activities for increasing learning are also provided on the Teacher's Resource Library. Lexile Level 880* Reading Level 3-4 Interest Level 8-12 * Lexile level of instructional content is 880; Lexile levels of individual text selections range from 540 to 1500.

This collection of articles and lessons provides classroom examples of how to use children's literature to teach mathematics effectively in prekindergarten through eighth grade. The articles focus on five content strands-number and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement and data analysis and probability-and describe how the different authors have used specific books to help their students learn mathematics. Most of the articles involve communication, problem solving, representation and reasoning and some of them address connections. Helpful teacher notes indicate the grade range, topic, literature selection featured in the lesson, materials needed, discussion of the mathematics and questions for students. Blackline masters of recording sheets are also included for most lessons.

This book introduces the role of children′s literature in promoting reading for pleasure and creating lifelong readers. Focusing on a range of fiction relevant to the National Curriculum, it covers genres such as poetry, non-fiction, traditional stories and picture books. Concepts and terminology are explained through a wide range of examples. This revised edition includes -Investigative activities and practical exercises for personal or classroom use -Examples from world literature and work in translation highlighting the range of diverse material available for teaching inspiration -Coverage of social, cultural and political reading practices to increase understanding of factors that influence children′s reading experience -Coverage of disability and equality issues to help inform teaching strategies that overcome barriers to learning. This book is essential for students on PGCE, BEd and BA Education courses, and for teachers undertaking CPD in English, literacy or children′s literature. It provides useful support material for language coordinators and literacy consultants, and can be used to support distance-learning, as an aid to self-study, or as a course text.

Exploring Themes is a unique interactive approach to the study of literature. It presents authentic literature about people, their experiences, their differing value systems, and their ways of thinking. As students read they are asked to apply their prior knowledge, culture, and values to the content of each selection.

Teacher's Edition to accompany Implications of Literature Trailblazer Level; includes answers to all questions posed in the Student Edition.