Literature: the Book, the Place and the Pen
A Teaching Resource Book
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Forewords
About the Authors
Preface
Letter to the Teacher
Welcome Back to School
The Writing Process
The Revising Process
The Editing Process
Chapter 1 Through the Eyes of Others
Genre: Fiction
The Short Story
Chapter 2 We are all booked up…
Genre: Fiction
The Novel
Chapter 3 Something New. . .Something Extraordinary
Genre: Fiction
The Setting of the Novel
Chapter 4 Catching Sight of the Past
Genre: Fiction
The Historical Novel
Chapter 5 Gathering Thoughts
Genre: Fiction
A Reader’s Response Log
Chapter 6 It’s True . . . this time it’s personal
Genre: Non-Fiction
Autobiography/Memoir
Chapter 7 Another Writer’s Beginnings
Genre: Non-Fiction
The Art and Craft of Biography
Chapter 8 A Critic’s Eye
Genre: Fiction and Non-Fiction
The Book Review
Chapter 9 Story Teller Extraordinaire
Genre: Fables, Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Once Upon a Time
Chapter 10 Shakespeare Re-Imagined
Genre: Drama
The Curtain Opens
Chapter 11 Victorian Writers Who Had Great Expectations
Genre: Victorian Drama and Fiction
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Chapter 12 Poetry: The Golden Flax of Literature
Genre: Poetry
Sonnets, Concrete Poetry and Narrative Poetry