Abstract
This article is devoted to the selection of modern teaching and learning methods in the updated educational content, methods for their effective use, the prose works that are studied in the school on Kazakh literature are analyzed. Also addresses the issue of developing students' critical thinking through the effective teaching of art compositions. The article covers the most effective methods such as reading with stops, the APF debate method (American Parliamentary Format), cubism, evening news when teaching prose works at school and in which classes they are more effective. The development of students' skills in realizing learning goals and creative abilities, using modern educational technologies in the process of studying art compositions.