The Resource Lit up : one reporter, three schools, twenty-four books that can change lives, David Denby
Lit up : one reporter, three schools, twenty-four books that can change lives, David Denby
- Summary
- "It's no secret that millions of American teenagers, caught up in social media, television, movies, and games, don't read seriously-they associate sustained reading with duty or work, not with pleasure. This indifference has become a grievous loss to our standing as a great nation--and a personal loss, too, for millions of teenagers who may turn into adults with limited understanding of themselves and the world. Can teenagers be turned on to serious reading? What kind of teachers can do it, and what books? To find out, Denby sat in on a tenth-grade English class in a demanding New York public school for an entire academic year, and made frequent visits to a troubled inner-city public school in New Haven and to a respected public school in Westchester County. He read all the stories, poems, plays, and novels that the kids were reading, and creates an impassioned portrait of charismatic teachers at work, classroom dramas large and small, and fresh and inspiring encounters with the books themselves, including The Scarlet Letter, Brave New World, 1984, Slaughterhouse-Five, Notes From Underground, Long Way Gone and many more. Lit Up is a dramatic narrative that traces awkward and baffled beginnings but also exciting breakthroughs and the emergence of pleasure in reading. In a sea of bad news about education and the fate of the book, Denby reaffirms the power of great teachers and the importance and inspiration of great books"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages cm
- Contents
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- Beacon, September : the first days of English 10G
- Beacon, October : Faulkner and Hawthorne
- Beacon, October : Sylvia Plath and confessions
- Beacon, November : nuts matter, and bolts, too
- Beacon, November : Huxley
- Beacon, December & January : Orwell
- Mamaroneck, all year : personal choice
- Beacon, January : satire
- Beacon, February : Coelho and Hesse
- Thoughts at winter break
- Beacon, February : Vonnegut
- Beacon, March : Viktor E. Frankl
- Hillhouse : the year
- Mamaroneck, spring : tenth-grade English
- Beacon, April & May : Dostoevsky
- Beacon, May & June : Sartre and Beckett
- Appendix I. Reading lists
- Appendix II. Beacon students
- Isbn
- 9780805095852
- Label
- Lit up : one reporter, three schools, twenty-four books that can change lives
- Title
- Lit up
- Title remainder
- one reporter, three schools, twenty-four books that can change lives
- Statement of responsibility
- David Denby
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "It's no secret that millions of American teenagers, caught up in social media, television, movies, and games, don't read seriously-they associate sustained reading with duty or work, not with pleasure. This indifference has become a grievous loss to our standing as a great nation--and a personal loss, too, for millions of teenagers who may turn into adults with limited understanding of themselves and the world. Can teenagers be turned on to serious reading? What kind of teachers can do it, and what books? To find out, Denby sat in on a tenth-grade English class in a demanding New York public school for an entire academic year, and made frequent visits to a troubled inner-city public school in New Haven and to a respected public school in Westchester County. He read all the stories, poems, plays, and novels that the kids were reading, and creates an impassioned portrait of charismatic teachers at work, classroom dramas large and small, and fresh and inspiring encounters with the books themselves, including The Scarlet Letter, Brave New World, 1984, Slaughterhouse-Five, Notes From Underground, Long Way Gone and many more. Lit Up is a dramatic narrative that traces awkward and baffled beginnings but also exciting breakthroughs and the emergence of pleasure in reading. In a sea of bad news about education and the fate of the book, Denby reaffirms the power of great teachers and the importance and inspiration of great books"--
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- Title
- Lit up
- Summary
- Returning to high school to find out whether or not books can shape lives, a distinguished critic, sitting in on a 10th-grade English class for an entire academic year, presents a dramatic narrative that traces awkward and baffled beginnings, but also exciting breakthroughs and the emergence of pleasure in reading
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- DLC
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- 807.1273
- Index
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- LC call number
- PN70
- LC item number
- .D46 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Lit up : one reporter, three schools, twenty-four books that can change lives, David Denby
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- Society and culture -- Education
- Literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
- Manhattan, New York City
- High school students -- Books and reading
- Learning
- Arts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- High school students -- Books and reading -- United States.
- Teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States.
- High schools
- Teenagers -- Books and reading
- Literature -- Study and teaching
- Westchester County, New York
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- Beacon, September : the first days of English 10G -- Beacon, October : Faulkner and Hawthorne -- Beacon, October : Sylvia Plath and confessions -- Beacon, November : nuts matter, and bolts, too -- Beacon, November : Huxley -- Beacon, December & January : Orwell -- Mamaroneck, all year : personal choice -- Beacon, January : satire -- Beacon, February : Coelho and Hesse -- Thoughts at winter break -- Beacon, February : Vonnegut -- Beacon, March : Viktor E. Frankl -- Hillhouse : the year -- Mamaroneck, spring : tenth-grade English -- Beacon, April & May : Dostoevsky -- Beacon, May & June : Sartre and Beckett -- Appendix I. Reading lists -- Appendix II. Beacon students
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- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- pages cm
- Isbn
- 9780805095852
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2015029973
Subject
- High school students -- Books and reading -- United States.
- Literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
- Teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States.
- Arts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- High school students -- Books and reading
- High schools
- Learning
- Literature -- Study and teaching
- Manhattan, New York City
- Society and culture -- Education
- Teenagers -- Books and reading
- Westchester County, New York
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