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

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Publication date:

12 November 2015

Length of book:

140 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475813036

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.

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Content Area Literacy and Young Adult Literature: Examining the Landscape
Judith A. Hayn, Kent Layton, Amanda L. Nolen, and Heather A. Olvey

Chapter 2Stimulating Health Dialogue and Evaluation: Implementation of Young Adult Literature to Address Common Core State Standards in Health Classes
Crag Hill and Karina R. Clemmons

Chapter 3Text Complexity: Examining Contemporary Young Adult Literature through Multiple Lenses
Linda T. Parsons & Patricia E. Bandré

Chapter 4Exploring Point of View and Narration in Young Adult Literature: Connecting Teen Readers with Multiple Narrator Books
Terrell A. Young, Nancy L. Hadaway, and Barbara A. Ward

Chapter 5Anchoring the Teaching of Argumentative Writing Units with Young Adult Literature
Christian Z. Goering, Nikki Holland, and Sean P. Connors

Chapter 6Using Young Adult Literature in Implementing Common Core Literacy Standards with Inclusion Students in Non-IDEA Classrooms
Lisa A. Hazlett and William Sweeney

Chapter 7Using Book Clubs and Adolescent Literature to Support the Common Core Standards
Jody Polleck

Chapter 8Annotated Resources for the Classroom Teacher
Judith A. Hayn, Kent Layton, and Heather A. Olvey

About the Contributors

Kudos to the contributors of this text for proclaiming that young adult literature (YAL) can and should be used to meet the Common Core State Standards for middle and secondary grades. This text offers pre-service and current teachers practical suggestions for using YAL that may inspire their own creative thinking for how to plan literacy instruction using well-chosen current YA novels.