Critically thinking about Harry Potter: A framework for discussing controversial works in the English classroom

Harry Potter as Test Case Since J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series was first published in 1997, parents, teachers, and readers of all ages have been fans of the boy wizard, enthusiastically standing in bookstore lines at midnight to purchase the next installment, or flocking to the movies, or rushing to buy the DVD. [...]I draw "for Harry" and "against Harry" columns on a chalkboard and ask the class to quickly fill in the arguments for reading the Harry Potter books and against reading them. [...]I ask the audience to make an overall statement about whether they think these particular books are worth reading, and if there are any limits that they would place on their being read. If I were using this framework in a high school or middle school classroom, I would ask students to write a short persuasive essay outlining their position about the appropriateness of Harry Potter, in keeping with research on the positive effects that inquiry-based activities such as this one have on student writing (Hillocks; Johannessen).

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Marshall, Joanne M.

Đề mục:

Lỉterature

Nhà xuất bản:

Assembly on Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English

Ngày xuất bản:

Spring 2003

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Định danh tư liệu:

https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v30i2.a.4

Nguồn gốc:

ALAN Review; Youngstown, Volume 30, Issue 2, Spring 2003, Pages 20-23

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ISSN 0882-2840

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Critically thinking about Harry Potter: A framework for discussing controversial works in the English classroom

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