Teaching Young Adult Literature

Integrating, Implementing, and Re-Imagining the Common Core

Edited by Judith A. Hayn, Jeffrey S. Kaplan, Amanda L. Nolen, Heather A. Olvey

Publication date:

12 November 2015

Length of book:

132 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

240x157mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781475813012

The authors who contributed to this text believe that young adult literature (YAL) can meet the Common Core’s push to include literacy across content areas, as well as meet the standards in creative and effective ways. This text is intended to give educators a resource to aid them in creating a literacy curriculum. The included chapters written by experts from different universities across the country offer a variety of methods for using YAL to meet the standards while connecting with students. Following a framework first chapter introducing the importance of YAL and discussing its relevance, other authors tackle various ways to teach it. Each chapter may suggest different strategies and rationales for utilizing YAL, but each shares a common purpose with the others: to promote the efficacy of YAL to engage students while at the same time meeting the rigorous standards set forth by the Common Core.
This thoughtful, articulate collection of research-based essays presents a multitude of tools for classroom teachers to adopt and adapt and belongs in teacher-educator programs and on well-stocked faculty bookshelves. . . .This collection is so valuable that even teachers on the verge of retirement will find it illuminating, energizing, and wholly worthwhile.