Annotated Bibliography
Barton, Linda G. Quick Flip Questions for Critical Thinking. Janesville, WI. 2010.
A tiny booklet that gives examples of question sets that cover the hierarchy of Bloom's Taxonomy.
Brown, Susan C., and Marcella L. Kysilka. Applying Multicultural and Global Concepts in the Classroom and Beyond. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2002.
A book that asks the reader to participate in completion of cultural-awareness activities.
Bynane, Patrick. "A Method to the Madness: Laughter Research, Comedy Training, and Improv." In Theatre Symposium: A Journal of the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Volume 16. Pages 31-39, 2008 University of Alabama Press. Tuscaloosa, AL.
An improv methodology manual.
Cosgrove, Shady. "Teaching and Learning as Improvisational Performance in the Creative Writing Classroom." In Pedagogy, Volume 5, Issue 3, Fall 2005, pp. 471-479 Published by Duke University Press.
An article that intertwines the concept of improvisation as a teaching style and a student learning strategy.
Hinton, S. E.. The Outsiders,. New York: Viking Press, 1967.
The novel used within this unit.
Hunt, Peter. Understanding Children's Literature: Key Essays from the International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. London: Routledge, 1999.
A book of essays about children's literature.
Phillips, June K. "Practical Implications of Recent Research in Reading." Foreign Language Annals 17, no. 4 (1984): 285–296.
An article that discusses the reading process and suggests reading strategies for foreign language classrooms. Though seemingly taken out-of-context for use in this unit, new language learners all use a similar process. The research in this article is beneficial to all language learners, foreign and domestic.
Schultz, Jean Marie. "The Gordian Knot: Language, Literature, and Critical Thinking." In SLA and the Literature.
This article discusses the changing role of literature in the language classroom.
Spolin, Viola. Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques. 3th ed. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1999.
Classroom: Fostering Dialogues, edited by Virginia M. Scott and Holly Tucker, 3–31. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, 2001.
A methods book on improvisation.
Strong, Richard W., Harvey F. Silver, and Matthew J. Perini.Teaching What Matters Most: Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement. Alexandria, Va.: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001.
An article about rigor.
Wimsatt, William K. The Verbal Icon: Studies in the Meaning of Poetry. Lexington, Ky.: University of Kentucky Press, 1954.
A detailed description of a method of understanding the meaning of a text.
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