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Conversations in Literature
Conversations in Literature — Workshop
About CONVERSATIONS IN LITERATURE

Individual Program
Descriptions

1. Responding
as Readers


2. Envisioning

3. Stepping In

4. Moving Through

5. Rethinking

6. Objectifying
the Text


7. The Stances
in Action


8. Returning to the
Classroom

Support Materials
Teacher-Talk




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Moving Through


Introduction

Key Points

Learning Objectives

Background Reading

Homework Assignment

Extension:
Classroom Connection


Ongoing Activity
Additional Reading


Additional Reading

An article by Dr. Judith Langer, "A Response-Based Approach to Reading Literature." Here, Dr. Langer offers guidelines for instruction and a framework for teaching strategies that support an envisionment-building classroom.

A comprehensive summary of Dr. Langer's research and the envisionment building process entitled "Thinking and Doing Literature."

Dr. Judith Langer's article "Discussion Exploration: Literature and the Horizon of Possibilities." This article explores how the teacher can frame discussion and move along students' critical thinking and exploration of a horizon of possibilities in envisionment building.

A guidelines booklet on "Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read and Write Well." This practical guide offers six effective features of successful instruction.

Additional reports and articles about envisionment building.


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