Background Reading

In preparation for this workshop, read "The Classroom as a Social Setting for Envisionment Building" from Dr. Judith Langer's Envisioning Literature from the Teachers College Press, Columbia University. Copyright 1995. ISBN 0-8077-3464-0.

You may also be interested in the panelists' professional biographies.

A compendium of resources and articles about Dr. Langer's research and the envisionment-building process can be accessed from the National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement. Use the search engine on the site and type in "envisionment building."

Explore the Envisionment Building resources to access articles and guides to fostering literary communities in your own classroom.

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