Chris Crutcher : Teacher Resource File
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[Biography]
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[Literary Criticism]
[ERIC Resources]
[Bibliography]
Biography
About
Chris Crutcher
His web site; contact him; news; his views on topics
Chris
Crutcher
Biography from Random House
Chris
Crutcher
From Random House. Biography; fun facts; his
e-mail
address
Chris
Crutcher
Resources on his books; biography; from KidReach
Chris
Crutcher Chat
From The KidReach Reading Center
Interview
sith Chris Crutcher
1993 BookPage interview
Chris
Crutcher Biography and book reviews. From Kay Vandergrift's Page
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Lesson Plans
Lesson
Plans Chinese Handcuffs
Anticipation Guide and lesson plan from KidReach
Lesson Plans
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Anticipation guide and lesson plan from KidReach
Lesson Plans
Stotan
Anticipation guide from KidReach; will have lesson plan
shortly
Teacher's
Guide for Ironman
From Random House
Using
Young Adult Problem Fiction and Non-Fiction to Produce Critical
Readers
Article by Joan Kaywell. Not lesson plans, but
relevant
Booktalks
-- Quick and Simple
From Nancy Keane. Authors Cr-Cz. Book is Stotan!.
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Literary Criticsm
An
Adult Reads Chris Crutcher
Article by Susannah Sheffer in ALAN Review, Spring
1997
Chris
Crutcher - Hero or Villain?
Article by Betty Greenway in ALAN Review, Fall,
1994.
On
the Question of Integrating : Young Adult Literature into the
Mainstream
Article by Terry Davis, ALAN Review, Spring 1997.
Article is about young adult literature, rather than Crutcher
specifically.
"Motherly
Business" and the Moves to Manhood"
By John Noell Moore; article from ALAN Review, Fall
1994.
War
of Words : Lessons from a Censorship Case
Article on censorship by Gary M. Salvner. From ALAN
Review, Winter, 1998.
The
Coach in YA Literature : Mentor or Dementor
Article by Chris Crowe; books are Running Loose,
Chinese Handcuffs, The Crazy Horse Electric
Game,
Stotan!
Book
Review for Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Review from KidReach
Teen
Reviews. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Book review by 10th grader. Space down for review. From
Santa Clara County Library
Book
Review. Athletic Shorts
Review by an 8th grader; from KidLit
Review
Ironman
From ALAN Review, Spring, 1995.
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ERIC Resources
Coping
with Harsh Realities: The Novels of Chris Crutcher
By John H. Bushman and Kay Parks Bushman. English
Journal
New
Voices, New Visions
By Christine McDonnell. Horn Book
Magazine article
An
Adult Reads Chris Crutcher
Article by Susannah Sheffer. From ALAN Review
A
Healing Vision
Article by Terry Davis. English Journal
Will
I "Run Loose"?
Article by Sara Boose. From Voices from the
Middle
Hero
or Villain? Responses of Parents, Students, Critics, Teachers
Article by Betty Greenway. From ALAN Review
On
the Question of Integrating Young Adult Literature into the
Mainstream
Article by Terry Davis. ALAN Review
Hit
List: Frequently Challenged Books for Young Adults
By Merri M. Monks and Donna Reidy Pistolis; ED 397855
Meet
the Authors: 25 Writers of Upper Elementary and Middle School Books
Talk about Their Work
By Deborah Kovacs. E386736
"Motherly Business" and the Moves to Manhood
By John Noell Moore. Article from ALAN Review
The
Role of Young Adult Literature: The Reading/Writing Connection
Article by John H. Bushman. From ALAN Review
YA
Novels in the AP Classroom: Crutcher Meets Camus
By Patricia Spencer. From English Journal
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Bibliography
Bibliography
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