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Re: Abandon literary circles
Posted by Confused on 7/21/08
Sorry, but I didn't understand a word you said.
On 7/21/08, L. Swilley wrote:
>
> If students can produce for themselves the important
> factors in a work of literature, what need have we of
> teachers?
>
> Let the teacher begin with a very short work, a very
> short story or a poem - one that he himself finds
> fascinating, with points that he thinks others should
> appreciate; let him/her read this through with his class,
> making sure that every word is understood. Let him then
> begin asking questions of individual students to lead the
> class to an understanding of the points he wants them to
> see. (If the story is one to be read the night before by the
> student, let the teacher give a "cranky" 5-minute quiz -
> e.g., a matching test with 10 items on one side and 13 on
> the other - to determine who has read the story carefully
> and who has not.)
>
> There is no other way to approach and teach a work of
> literature - unless the teacher is Dame Judy Dench or Sir
> Lawrence Olivier and can make the work dramatically "live".
>
> Students do not teach one another in the classroom but by
> being asked by a teacher (who knows what she wants the class
> to learn) to respond to an answer given by a student who has
> just answered a teacher's previous question, both the
> previous question and the present one directing the class to
> factors the teacher knows they all should know and
> appreciate ("If you agree with what Sally has just said,
> what should we think of ..... in the story? If you don't
> agree, please tell us what in the story contradicts her
> remark - then give us an answer to the question I just asked
> her.")
>
> L. Swilley
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Lit. Circles--talk to me..., 7/15/08, by GA/8.
- Re: Lit. Circles--talk to me..., 7/15/08, by in the same boat.
- Re: Lit. Circles--talk to me..., 7/15/08, by Chele/5/SoCal.
- Re: Try these links...more inside, 7/19/08, by cam.
- Re: Try these links...more inside, 7/21/08, by JGS.
- Re: Abandon literary circles , 7/21/08, by L. Swilley .
- Re: Abandon literary circles , 7/21/08, by Confused.
- Re: Confused, 7/21/08, by Really? I thought Swilley was very clear + on target! nfm.
- Re: research points to the value of student based learning, 7/21/08, by cam.
- Re: research points to the value of student based learning, 7/21/08, by JGS.
- Re: Chele--Lit. Circles--talk to me..., 7/21/08, by Wanda.
- Re: Chele--Lit. Circles--talk to me... for Wanda, 7/21/08, by Chele/5/SoCal.
- Re: Implementing Lit. Circles, 7/24/08, by Laura.
- Re: Implementing Lit. Circles - Q for Laura, 7/24/08, by new teacher.
- Re: Implementing Lit. Circles - I'm not Laura, but... :D, 7/24/08, by Chele/5/SoCal.
- Re: Implementing Lit. Circles - Q for Laura, 7/25/08, by JGS.
- Re: Implementing Lit. Circles - Q for Laura, 7/25/08, by Laura.
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