Literary texts provide students with valuable experiences that would otherwise not be introduced into their lives. Such literary texts occupy a special place in an English language arts program. Literature typically involves the use of language and the imagination to represent, recreate, and explore human experiences. Literary texts celebrate the richness and power of language, stimulate the imagination and aesthetic awareness, and shape thought and understanding. Through reading, viewing, listening, talking, and writing about a range of texts--fiction and nonfiction, drama and poetry, film and video--students extend their understanding of themselves and of the world.Reading Literary Texts
December 07, 2020
Literary texts provide students with valuable experiences that would otherwise not be introduced into their lives. Such literary texts occupy a special place in an English language arts program. Literature typically involves the use of language and the imagination to represent, recreate, and explore human experiences. Literary texts celebrate the richness and power of language, stimulate the imagination and aesthetic awareness, and shape thought and understanding. Through reading, viewing, listening, talking, and writing about a range of texts--fiction and nonfiction, drama and poetry, film and video--students extend their understanding of themselves and of the world.