Teaching the Magic of Literature

Scott Cameron has been teaching high school English for 15 years and wrote this book to help teachers make learning fun, relevant, and meaningful. It consists of six parts with over 50 essays: Part 1: The Value and Beauty of Literature and Language; Part 2: Inspiring Young Writers and Thinkers; Part 3: Projects and the Search for Meaning; Part 4: New Ways to Communicate: Keeping Up with Technology; Part 5: The Art of Pedagogy and Classroom Culture; Part 6: Outside the Classroom: Teacher as LearnerThe essays in the book focus on inspiring creativity and curiosity, project-based, real world learning, new technologies, working smart, not hard, simplifying the teaching of writing and literature, student-centered and small group learning, exciting classroom activities, stress-free teaching and learning, positive classroom culture, and teaching a diversity of literary voices. This is an excellent resource for professional development and as a conversation starter about all topics related to teaching English language arts. Cameron hosts a podcast, The Joys of Teaching Literature, and runs Teacher's Workshop, which offers online professional development courses.