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Less Is More
Teaching Literature with Short Texts, Grades 6-12
Language arts teachers want all of their students to love literature and embrace the novels they assign. The classroom reality is that many students are not ready or motivated to immerse themselves in an entire novel. In order to reach and engage all students, teachers need to look beyond novels alone and embrace a richer variety of literature.
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Language arts teachers want all of their students to love literature and embrace the novels they assign. The classroom reality is that many students are not ready or motivated to immerse themselves in an entire novel. In order to reach and engage all students, teachers need to look beyond novels alone and embrace a richer variety of literature.
In Less Is More Kimberly Hill Campbell draws on research as well as her own classroom experiences to show how short texts engage a wid...read more
Less Is More is full of powerful ideas for teaching with short, provocative text. This book broadens and extends our available teaching tools and materials, and can help engage all students. It is a valuable resource for language arts teachers.
About the Author(s)
Table of Contents
Foreword by Leila Christenbury
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Teaching Literature with Short Texts
Chapter 2: Structures and Strategies That Support the Teaching of Short Texts
Chapter 3: Short Stories
Chapter 4: Essays
Chapter 5: Memoir
Chapter 6: Poetry
Chapter 7: Children's Literature and Picture Books
Chapter 8: Graphic Novels
Index