One even stated, “I really liked this activity, but I don’t think my ninth graders could do this. The teachers enjoyed identifying all of the literary devices, discussing the effect of those devices, and writing an analysis of the author’s style, but some participants seemed skeptical. I had met Judy Kitchner, their teacher, at a summer workshop where I had modeled teaching literary analysis to secondary students through close reading. Panic set in, and I reached for my life raft: Alex Flinn’s novel I looked out at the English class before me, a group of 21 ninth graders deemed at-risk, and wondered if I was in over my head. At-Risk Ninth Graders Dive into Literary Analysis
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