Crossley Alice (126 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ex Library (Elm Grove School.) Thirty Plays for Classroom Reading by Donald D. Durrell and B. Alice Crossley is an educational anthology designed to enhance reading instruction in intermediate-grade classrooms. The book presents a curated selection of thirty one-act plays, each chosen for its literary quality and suitability for classroom performance. The plays encompass a range of genres and themes, providing diverse material to engage students and stimulate discussion. A notable feature of this collection is its emphasis on active reading. By incorporating performance into the reading process, the anthology aims to improve students' fluency, comprehension, and appreciation of literature. The plays are intended not only to be read but also to be enacted, allowing students to embody characters and explore narratives in a dynamic way. This approach aligns with educational strategies that recognize the value of interactive and experiential learning. By engaging with the material through performance, students can develop a deeper understanding of the text and enhance their critical thinking and collaborative skills. Overall, Thirty Plays for Classroom Reading serves as a resource for educators seeking to incorporate drama into their curriculum, offering a practical means to foster a more engaging and effective reading experience for students.…

Condition: Acceptable. Musty with a rip in the spine. Soil to the page edge, two distinct spots. What can I say good about this edition, smells yes, but the plays are all readable and on clean pages.

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Paperback. Condition: New.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Focusing on works by George Meredith, W. M. Thackeray, and Anthony Trollope, Alice Crossley examines the emergence of adolescence in the mid-Victorian period as a distinct form of experience. Adolescence, Crossley shows, appears as a discrete category of identity that draws on but is nonetheless distinguishable from other masculine types. Important more as a stage of psychological awareness and maturation than as a period of biological youth, Crossley argues that the plasticity of male adolescence provides Meredith, Thackeray, and Trollope with opportunities for self-reflection and social criticism while also working as a paradigm for narrative and imaginative inquiry about motivation, egotism, emotional and physical relationships, and the possibilities of self-creation. Adolescence emerges as a crucial stage of individual growth, adopted by these authors in order to reflect more fully on cultural and personal anxieties about manliness. The centrality of male youth in these authors' novels, Crossley demonstrates, repositions age-consciousness as an integral part of nineteenth-century debates about masculine heterogeneity.…

hardcover. Condition: Good.

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paperback. Condition: New.

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Condition: New. In English.