Yin and Yang in the English Classroom

Contents
Part I - Literature Fundamentals and Pop Culture Connections
Chapter 1
Entering a Noir World in the Classroom through Detective Fiction and Film Analysis
Mary T. Christel
Chapter 2
A PTI-Inspired Pedagogy:
Appropriating Sports-Talk Discussion Protocols to Facilitate Literature Study
Luke Rodesiler
Chapter 3
Whose Side is He On? Teaching Complex Characters with Novels and Films
Carmela Delia Lanza
Chapter 4
The Graphic Novel as Historical Marker:
Making "History Readable" Through Reader-Response Theory
Carissa Pokorny-Golden
Chapter 5
The Truth is Out There: Using Science Fiction as a Springboard to Teach Literature
Sandra Eckard
Chapter 6
Hacker Heuretics and Intertexuality in Videogames and English Language Arts
Hannah R. Gerber
Part II - Developing Writing and Critical Thinking Skills with Popular Culture
Chapter 7
Make it Work:
What We Can Learn About The Writing Process from Watching Project Runway
April Brannon and Elle Yarborough
Chapter 8
Up, Up, and Away: Superman in the Composition Classroom
Alex Romagnoli
Chapter 9
Popcorn and Movies for All:
Four Reasons Feature Films Work in Developmental Writing Classes
Salena Fehnel
Chapter 10
The Heroine's Journey: Writing and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Jennifer Marmo
Chapter 11
Speed Dating an iPad Until the Break of Dawn:
Creative Techno-Feminist Pedagogy for Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga
Laura Patterson
Chapter 12
Composing Digital Found Poetry in Secondary English Language Arts Classrooms
F. Blake Tenore and Katelynn Collins-Hall