Diverse Shorts: Literature to Promote Critical Thinking by English Media Centre

Diverse Shorts (Print) with EMC-Free Critical Literacy Cards
 
This publication fills a much-needed gap in the educational experience of today’s secondary pupils, with its focus on a richly diverse range of texts to promote critical thinking. From Andrea Levy to David Almond, from Angie Thomas to George Orwell, and from Alex Wheatle to ZZ Packer, pupils are offered challenging material by renowned authors writing about issues important to the world today. Accompanying material within the book encourages pupils to explore the texts from a range of critical standpoints. Perfect for English lessons, Citizenship, PSHE and tutor time.

Key Aspects:
Literature to challenge, entertain and inspire
Develops vital critical reading skills
Engages young people with real world values
Activities to use with each short story or extract
Read singly or in thematically linked clusters
Includes nine specifically developed critical literacy cards:‘identity’, ‘freedom’, ‘tolerance, rights & respect’, ‘justice’, ‘diversity & community’, ‘democracy’, ‘equality & responsibility’, ‘change & action’, ‘power & control’.
 
Stories and novel extracts for 11-16-year-olds: David Almond, Sita Brahmachari, Anne Cassidy, Ted Chiang, Helen Dunmore, Hans Fallada, Elizabeth Laird, Patrice Lawrence, Andrea Levy, George Orwell, ZZ Packer, Bali Rai, Gillian Slovo, Angie Thomas, Alex Wheatle, Benjamin Zephaniah
 
It includes a set of nine specifically developed critical literacy cards cover the following issues: ‘identity’, ‘freedom’, ‘tolerance, rights & respect’, ‘justice’, ‘diversity & community’, ‘democracy’, ‘equality & responsibility’, ‘change & action’, ‘power & control’.
 
Publisher: English & Media Centre
ISBN: 9781906101510
Number of pages: 160
Dimensions: 238 x 168 mm