Young Adult Literature in the Classroom: Reading It, Teaching It, Loving It

ISBN: 0872071731

Author: Elliot, Joan B.

Condition: New

Like many teachers of grades 6-10, you may be asking ''Should I use young adult literature in my classroom? And how?'' This new volume answers both questions by explaining how YA literature promotes learning across cultures, genres, disciplines, and grade levels, and by giving practical lessons and teaching tips. The chapters are divided into three sections - Responding to Reading, Exploring Genres, and Studying Authors - and cover a wide range of topics that include book reviews, poetry, picture books, and author studies.Interspersed throughout the chapters are classroom-tested ''Teacher Ideas'' from educators invited by the authors to contribute to this volume. The book concludes with an appendix that highlights websites related to YA literature.Not only does this book deliver new ways of teaching and viewing YA literature, but it also identifies reading materials and teaching strategies that will retain students as readers as they grow into adolescence. Instead of viewing reading as ''uncool,'' your students can become active, engaged readers when you make young adult literature a part of your curriculum.The International Reading Association is the world's premier organization of literacy professionals. Our titles promote reading by providing professional development to continuously advance the quality of literacy instruction and research.Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better.Some of the many areas we publish in include:-Comprehension-Response To Intervention/Struggling Readers-Early Literacy-Adolescent Literacy-Assessment-Literacy Coaching-Research And Policy