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A text for undergraduate and graduate language arts methods courses, taking a student- and response-centered approach to literature-based teaching. Coverage includes spoken language, literature and reading, written language, and integrated teaching, with special chapters on drama and media literacy. Learning features include examples, lesson plans, discussion questions, and samples of children's drawing and writing, plus graphic organizers of response-themed learning. This third edition offers expanded material on spelling, standards, and useful web sites, plus a softcover schoolyear activities planner. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.