Literary Practices As Social Acts
Author | : Cynthia Lewis |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2001-07-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781135655075 |
ISBN-13 | : 1135655073 |
Rating | : 4/5 (073 Downloads) |
Download or read book Literary Practices As Social Acts written by Cynthia Lewis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the social codes and practices that shape the literary culture of a combined fifth/sixth-grade classroom. It considers how the social and cultural contexts of classroom and community affect four classroom practices involving literature--read aloud, peer-led literature discussions, teacher-led literature discussions, and independent reading--with a focus on how these practices are shaped by discourse and rituals within the classroom and by social codes and cultural norms beyond the classroom. This book's emphasis on intermediate students is particularly important, given the dearth of studies in the field of reading education that focus on readers at the edge of adolescence.