Dr. Sara Hauptman
Literature and Literacy: Reading and Writing in the Framework of Literary Genres on the Theme of "The Family" in the Project "Literature in the Context of Literacy".
Descriptors: literary genres, literacy, a reading-writing model, research in literature, teaching literature, reading for the purpose of writing, process and product, Learning Center
The article presents the rationale and the ways of implementing an interdisciplinary method - combining the principles and objectives in literary research and the teaching of literature with the aims and approaches in literacy within the school framework. This methodology aims at written production by the learner on the principle of "reading for the purpose of writing," thematically related to "the family" and to the characteristics of the literary genre. The experiment was conducted in a Literature Learning Center set up by third-year students majoring in literature at Achva College of Education, in the framework of their project, under the guidance of the author.
The article will feature the theoretical rationale of the methodology and the manner of its practical operation.
