Teaching Literature Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/teach-literature/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:08:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Teaching Literature Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/teach-literature/ 32 32 89931359 Dante’s 750th Anniversary, Properly Celebrated https://doingwhatmatters.com/dantes-750th-anniversary-properly-celebrated/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/dantes-750th-anniversary-properly-celebrated/#respond Mon, 04 May 2015 20:57:04 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=1918 The 750th anniversary of the birth of the great poet Dante Alighieri is being fittingly celebrated today in Italy. Oscar-winning actor Roberto Benigni will visit the Italian Senate to read from Dante’s masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, to an audience that will include Italy’s...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/dantes-750th-anniversary-properly-celebrated/feed/ 0 1918 Autumn Carnival: Looking Forward, Looking Back https://doingwhatmatters.com/autumn-carnival-looking-forward-looking-back/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/autumn-carnival-looking-forward-looking-back/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:05:05 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1612 This 463rd Carnival of Homeschooling offers a smorgasbord of creative ideas, inspiration, and practical tips for homeschooling. As you read each post, I hope you'll find kindred spirits among the bloggers, and lots of good things to read as you sit by the fire and sip tea.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/autumn-carnival-looking-forward-looking-back/feed/ 2 1612 Telling the Truth in Fiction https://doingwhatmatters.com/telling-the-truth-in-fiction/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/telling-the-truth-in-fiction/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:27:49 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1262 Fairy tales, parables, and other true stories I have been thinking about fairy tales this week after coming across a bowdlerized (to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content) version that appears on a third grade Common Core...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/telling-the-truth-in-fiction/feed/ 2 1262 Teach Classic Literature in Context https://doingwhatmatters.com/teach-classic-literature-in-context/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/teach-classic-literature-in-context/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:41:23 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1226 Reading and teaching literature in context is a bit like studying a map before you set out for a walk in a strange city. Context helps you find significant intersections, decipher archaic language, and find a path through old-fashioned rhetoric. Here's how to do it.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/teach-classic-literature-in-context/feed/ 4 1226 Why Context? What You Know Changes How You Read https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-context-what-you-know-changes-how-you-read/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-context-what-you-know-changes-how-you-read/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:38:49 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1044 Most modern readers have little context for the mindset, manners, and morals, or even many of the conflicts that consumed the characters in the novels of the late 19th and early 20th century. This lack of context can affect understanding and appreciation of the tales.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/why-context-what-you-know-changes-how-you-read/feed/ 0 1044 Literature, Language Arts, and the Common Core Standards https://doingwhatmatters.com/literature-language-arts-and-the-common-core-standards/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/literature-language-arts-and-the-common-core-standards/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:54:55 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1110 A look at the literature portion of the the Common Core Standards (CCS), with an excerpt from Hard Times by Charles Dickens.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/literature-language-arts-and-the-common-core-standards/feed/ 3 1110 Things to Know About Public Libraries https://doingwhatmatters.com/things-to-know-about-public-libraries/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/things-to-know-about-public-libraries/#respond Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:11:38 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=933 If you have a local library, support it through regular visits, volunteering, and other ways. As a homeschooler, you can help to shape your library's collections and programs through strategic requests (nicely conveyed, of course!). And finally, an infographic on "Why Support Your Local Library?"

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/things-to-know-about-public-libraries/feed/ 0 933 The Map that Inspired Treasure Island by Celia Blue Johnson https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-map-that-inspired-treasure-island-by-celia-blue-johnson/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-map-that-inspired-treasure-island-by-celia-blue-johnson/#respond Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:37:40 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=763 Today's guest post is from Celia Blue Johnson, the author of Dancing with Mrs. Dalloway: Stories of the Inspiration Behind Great Works of Literature. It's a book I thoroughly enjoyed.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-map-that-inspired-treasure-island-by-celia-blue-johnson/feed/ 0 1865 The Stages of Learning Language Arts https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-stages-of-learning-language-arts/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-stages-of-learning-language-arts/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:47:38 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=655 There are five stages in learning language arts, and each stage has a different focus. This graphic will help you remember what to do when.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-stages-of-learning-language-arts/feed/ 4 1855 Learn to Write While Using Excellence in Literature https://doingwhatmatters.com/learn-to-write-with-excellence-in-literature/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/learn-to-write-with-excellence-in-literature/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:15:28 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=581 By using classics and models and learning by doing, it's natural and possible to learn to write well while using Excellence in Literature.

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