Putting Characters First in a Middle School Classroom

Autor/in	Sass-Henke, Amanda
Titel	Putting Characters First in a Middle School Classroom
Quelle	In: English Journal, 102 (2012) 1, S.71-75 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Interpersonal Relationship; Grade 6; Literature Appreciation; Middle School Students; Adolescents; Middle School Teachers; Literary Devices; Literary Genres; English Instruction; Classics (Literature); Reading; Teacher Student Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Literarische Wertung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Literaturarbeit; Literarische Form; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Leseprozess; Lesen; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	One of the most important aspects of developing a close, personal relationship with literary characters is "relevancy." Readers have to find something to connect with in characters to care about them, and for that connection to take place, stories and their characters have to be relevant in the eyes of an adolescent to the point where they can assign their own individual meaning. The author wanted to find ways to make the characters from a variety of genres and settings come across as relevant to her classroom full of sixth graders so that they could create their own lists of memorable characters. In this article, she shares traditional and technology-rich activities that encourage students to forge personal connections with characters, such as Percy Jackson and White Fang. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10