Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2009
Department
English
Keywords
text preview assignment, literature study and teaching, college students, teaching literature
Abstract
In this article, the author describes a text preview assignment that she gave to her students. Students completing the text preview assignment use multimodal design, introducing classmates to texts in ways that motivate and inform their reading. She discusses using previews to set the stage for reading and discussion and to deepen personal engagements with literature.
Source Publication Title
Teaching English in the Two-Year College
Publisher
National Council of Teachers of English
Volume
36
Issue
3
First Page
301
Recommended Citation
Zuidema, L. A. (2009). Seeing Literature Through Students’ Eyes: The Text Preview. Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 36 (3), 301. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/faculty_work/78
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, Higher Education Commons
Comments
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