This text for pre-service and in-service English education courses presents current methods of teaching literature to middle and high school students.

The text engages readers in considering the dilemmas and issues facing literature teachers through inquiry-based responses to authentic case narratives.

With its sights clearly set on middle school teachers and the middle school teaching experience, this new text expands the definition of literacy to encompass today's popular electronic and audiovisual media.

This edition includes a stronger focus on culturally relevant pedagogy and the needs of English Language Learners as well as a Standards in Practice feature, which helps teachers incorporate state and national standards in teaching and ...

This collection is based on the premise that four basic stances (orientations) underlie the discourse practices: social, textual, institutional, and field. These four stances form the organizing rubric for these 17 papers.

Susan Hynds chronicles the experiences she had while she was observing a middle school classroom to develop theories about literacy.