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A live online chat hosted by KidReach Reading Center. |
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Originally featured on the State University of West Georgia's wonderful website KidReach Reading Center, these lesson plans and activity guides are used with permission, and gratitude. |
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The KidReach Reading Center originally featured these wonderful lesson plans. When the sit was discontinued by the State University of West Georgia, they granted permission to feature the work on Crutcher's website. |
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A teaching aid for Chris Crutcher's novel IRONMAN by Jaime Bullo of Western Washington University. |
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Originally featured on the KidReach Reading Center website sponsored by State University of West Georgia. |
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An anticipation guide and lesson plan originally featured on the State University of West Georgia's KidReach Reading Center Website. |
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This material originally appeared on the KidReach Reading Center website, sponsored by the State University of West Georgia. We appreciate the fact that they gave us permission to use the text when the website was discontinued. |
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This anticipation guide was originally featured on the KidReach Reading Center website, sponsored by the State University of West Georgia. |
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 Crutcher revisits characters from his previous four books, and introduces a few memorable new "friends" (including Angus Bethune, featured in the full-length Touchtone motion picture, "Angus") in this exceptional collection of short stories.
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Do gay characters belong in YA literature? Parents in Solon, Iowa said no. But Crutcher counters their challenge here in his personal statement. |
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Megan Riley's rationale for using ATHLETIC SHORTS in the classroom. |
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Tim Eaton's article about parent Laura Hallowell's challenge of shelving ATHLETIC SHORTS in Corpus Christi, Texas. |
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When ATHLETIC SHORTS was challenged in Anchorage, Alaska, newspaper editor C. Barillas came out in support of free speech. |
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Originally posted at this website: http://www.maslibraries.org/infolit/samplers/athletic.html
Wonderful teaching guide with activities and other extras featured as a "sampler" on the MASL website. |
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One Kansas student felt ATHLETIC SHORTS was racist. Crutcher visited her school and celebrated her courage, then sought to build a bridge of understanding. Three opinions about the book are offered in this article. |
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Projects with Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher, a lesson plan by Myra Guidry.
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"News" coverage by Evangelical slant Agape Press. |
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A lesson plan for the short story that became the film, ANGUS. |
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Student reporter Jason Williams covers Crutcher's visit to Swan Valley Middle School in Saginaw, Michigan for his school paper, THE TALON. An exceptional young writer -- an exceptional report. |
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Award-winning author Chris Crutcher's novels for teens have been banned by school boards and praised by students throughout his writing career. |
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Dr. Cole profiles the more efficient way to approach and carry out hosting an author visit. |
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 Young adult readers looking for an exciting romance or mystery or guidance on anything from caring for a pet to choosing a college will find a wealth of choices in this edition. The nearly 1,400 titles are grouped into 40 thematic chapters for easy browsing. Chris Crutcher, well-known young adult literature author (and former reluctant high school reader), adds a lively and plain-spoken foreword about what books have meant to him. |
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As featured in Radical Reads: 101 YA Novels on the Edge (Scarecrow, 2002). For the full text, click on "Excerpt." |
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As featured in Radical Reads: 101 YA Novels on the Edge (Scarecrow, 2002). For the full text, click on "Excerpt." |
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As featured in Radical Reads: 101 YA Novels on the Edge (Scarecrow, 2002). For the full text, click on "Excerpt." |
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