Classroom Strategies

Step 1: The Reading

Guiding and Assigning Reading

 

Step 2: The Classroom

Lecturing

• “Thoughts on the Lecture Method” from the Center for Teaching and Learning
  http://ctl.unc.edu/fyc6.html

Leading Discussion

• “The Guided Discussion” from the Center for Teaching and Learning
  http://ctl.unc.edu/fyc12.html

Using Groups in the Literature Classroom

Using Technology in the Literature Classroom

• E*Pedagogy
  http://www.tulane.edu/~epedagog/ (a collection of resources for  electronic pedagogy, through Tulane; it includes assignment sequences  for renaissance through twentieth-century literary materials as well  as articles and links)

• “Technology and Web-Based Instruction Links” from Iowa State University ’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
  http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/webclass.html

• Resources for Teaching Literature
  http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ (a page with resources for all periods of literature as well as information for instructors teaching theory, "women's literature and feminism," "history of the book," "ethnicities and nationalities," etc.; maintained by professor of English literature Jack Lynch at Rutgers University)

Step 3: The Assignments

Guiding and Assigning Writing

• UNC’s Writing Center Handouts
  http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/index.html (including “Introductions,” “Conclusions,” “Plagiarism,” “Track Changes/Comments,” “Comparing/Contrasting,” “Essay Exams,” “Poetry Explications,” and “Writing About Literature”)

Assessing Student Work and Providing Useful Feedback

History in the Undergraduate Literature Classroom

 

 

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