Yin and Yang in the English Classroom Teaching with Popular Culture Texts [Hardcover]

Yin and Yang in the English Classroom: Teaching with Popular Texts is exactly what English studies needs: A 21st century reboot. Drawing from a wide range of popular culture trends, it offers English teachers practical ideas for teaching key concepts in theoretically sophisticated ways. Even more important, it gives teachers an energized vision for how to make English Studies both exciting and relevant for life in todays world.?This collection of essays will help teachers of writing and literature think outside the boxand not just because the authors suggest using pop culture texts. Instead, by exploring the varied ways we might use these texts and the multiliteracies that students bring to them, these essays help us focus more on the processes we want students to learn as readers, writers, and critical thinkers and not just on the products we use to get them there.Yin and Yang in the English Classroom: Teaching With Popular Culture Texts is designed to provide college professors and high school teachers with both halves they need to tackle the job of teaching students literature and writing skills: theoretical foundations of, and practical applications for, the modern classroom.English studies today are driven by demanding curriculum, but this need is often met with unenthusiastic students. Fun worklike movie days or projectsis often seen as what to do after the real work is finished. But what if instructors could blend the two pieces together more effectively, motivating students with interesting material while still achieving curriculum goals? This text attempts to fuse the pieces in to a cohesive philosophy.Yin and Yang in the English Classroom: Teaching With Popular Culture Texts is designed to provide college professors and high school teachers with both halves they need to tackle the job of teaching students literature and writing skills: theoretical foundations of, and practical applications for, the modern classroom. In addition to theory and researclãq