METHODS OF TEACHING ENGLISH SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

TEACHING LANGUAGE ARTS

Atwell, Nancie.  In the Middle: Writing, Reading, and Learning with Adolescents.  Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1987.

______________.  Side By Side: Essays on Teaching to Learn.     Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1991.

Berthoff , Anne.  Forming/Thinking/Writing: The Composing Imagination. Rochelle Park: Hayden, 1978.

______________.  The Making of Meaning: Metaphors, Models, and Maxims for Writing Teachers.  Montclair: Boynton, 1981.

Bogel, Fredric, etal.  Teaching Prose: A Guide for Writing Instructors.  NY: Norton, 1984. (Reserve)

Dunning, Stephen.  Teaching Literature to Adolescents: Poetry.  Glenview: Scott, Foresman, 1966. (Reserve)

________________.  Teaching Literature to Adolescents: Short Stories.  Glenview: Scott, Foresman, 1968. (Reserve)

Elbow, Peter.  Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process.  NY: Oxford UP, 1981.   (Reserve)

Frye, Northrop.  On Teacing Literature.  NY: Harcourt Brace, 1972.  (Reserve)

Graves, Donald.  Writing: Teachers and Children at Work. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1983.

Heath, Shirley Brice.  Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms. Cambridge UP, 1984.

Hennings, Dorothy.  Communication in Action:  Teaching the Language Arts.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986.

Hirsch, E. D. Cultural Literacy. Boston: Houghton, 1987.

____________.  The Philosophy of Composition. Chicago: UCP, 1977.

Johannessen, Larry, etal. Designing and Sequencing Prewriting Activities. Urbana: ERIC/NCTE, 1982.

Langer, Judith.  How Writing Shapes Thinking: A Study of Teaching and Learning.  Urbana: NCTE, 1987.

Lloyd-Jones, Richard and Andrea Lunsford, eds.  The English Coalition Conference: Democracy through Language. Urbana:

            NCTE, 1989. 

Shaughnessy, Mina.  Errors and Expectations.

Smith, Frank.  Reading without Nonsense. NY: Teachers College Press, 1985.

Tchudi, Stephen.  Explorations in the Teaching of English.  NY: Harper & Row.

Payne, Lucile.  The Lively Art of Writing.  NY: NAL, 1965.  (Reserve)

Scholes, Robert.  Textual Power: Literary Theory and the Teaching of English.  New Haven: Yale UP, 1985.

Tarvers, Josephine.  Teaching Writing: Theories and Practices.  Glenview: Scott, Foresman, 1988.  (Reserve)

Trimmer, Joseph and James McCrimmon.  Writing with a Purpose.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.

 

TEACHER RESOURCE BOOKS

Abrams, M. H.  A Glossary of Literary Terms.  NY: Holt, 1988. Baugh, A. C., ed.  A Literary History of England.  Englewood             Cliffs:

Prentice-Hall, 1948.

Crowley, Sharon.  A Teacher's Introduction to Deconstruction.  Urbana: NCTE Publication, 1989.

Drabble, Margaret and Jenny Stringer.  The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature.  NY:  Oxford UP, 1990.

Elbow, Peter.  What Is English? NY: MLA, 1990.

Frye, Northrop.  Anatomy of Criticism.  NY: Atheneum, 1967.

Graff, Gerald.  Professing LIterature. Chicago: U C P, 1987.

Holman, Hugh and William Harmon.  A Handbook to Literature.  NY: Macmillan, 1992.

Guide to English Literature.  NY: Penguin, 1984.

The Literature of the United States.  NY: Penguin, 1986.

Reader's Companion to World Literature.  NY: NAL, 1984.

Selden, Raman.  A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory. Lexington: U. of Kentucky P., 1989.

Zimmerman, J. Dictionary of Classical Mythology. NY: Bantam, 1980.

 

TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR

Curme, George O.  English Grammar.  NY: Barnes & Noble, 1947.

 

GENERAL LANGUAGE/GRAMMAR STUDIES FOR TEACHERS

Frank, Francine and Frank Anshen.  Language and the Sexes.    Albany: State U. of NY Press, 1983.

Herndon, Jeanne H.  A Survey of Modern Grammars.  NY: Holt,     Rinehart, 1986.

 

STRUCTURAL AND DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS

Bloomfield, Leonard.  Language.  NY: Holt, Rinehart, 1933.

de Saussure, Ferdinand.  Course in General Linguistics.  NY: McGraw Hill, 1959.

Francis, Nelson.  The English Language:  An Introduction and Background for Writing.  NY: W. W. Norton, 1965.

Gleason, H. A.  An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics.

            NY: Holt, Rinehart, 1961.

Jespersen, Otto.  Growth and Structure of the English Language.  Garden City: Doubleday, 1905.

 

TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR

Veit, Richard.  Discovering English Grammar.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986.

 

HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE

Baugh, Albert C.  A History of the English Language.  NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1957.

Pyles, Thomas.  The Origin and Development of the English Language.  NY: Harcourt Brace, 1971.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

 

JOURNAL AND PERIODICAL LITERATURE

For pedagogical studies, see Education Index on index table in library reference area; for scholarly studies of literature, see MLA (Ref z 7006 .m64).  Most journal listings are now on-line in computer bibliographies.

 

EDUCATIONAL JOURNALS:      High School Journal

                                                Journal of Education

                                                Journal of Educational Psychology

                                                NEA Journal

                                                NEA Today

                                                Peabody Journal of Education

WRITING PEDAGOGICAL JOURNALS:

            College Composition and Communication (NCTE)

            College English (NCTE)

            English Journal (NCTE)

            Writing Center Journal (NCTE)

 

LITERARY JOURNALS:                         American Literature

                                                            Essays in Criticism

                                                            PMLA (Modern Language Assoc. Journal)

                                                            Sewanee Review

                                                            Shakespeare Quarterly

                                                            Southern Literary Journal

                                                            Southern Quarterly Review

                                                            Victorian Poetry

                                                            Women and Language

                                                            Women's Studies

 

 

CRITICAL ABSTRACTS

                                                           

Write a brief (1-page, computer drafted) abstract of the journal article, and turn in with your abstract a xeroxed or printed copy of the article; consider the following points in your abstract:

 

1) give a brief overview of the content, focusing on the practical, controversial, or most interesting ideas in the article;

            2) write your reaction (either positive or negative) to the ideas presented.

 

Use MLA Bibliographical Format: 

 

Wurmser, Leon.  "Drug Abuse: Nemesis of Psychiatry."  American Scholar 41 (1972): 393-407.

(Use this format as your heading for the abstract.)

 

Evaluation: Your grade will be determined 1) by the significance, insightfulness, and interest level of the article you choose and 2) by the quality of your presentation of the ideas in the article (your writing style and mechanics).

 

*Any articles or books that you wish to read that aren't in the Shepherd holdings can be obtained through interlibrary loan facilities; ask the librarian for help.