Young Adult Literature

Exploration of the content of the secondary ELA classroom and pedagogical practices related to the teaching of poetry, short stories, traditional literature, nonfiction and novels written for the young adolescent. Selections also include multicultural exposure for students through a variety of genres.

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Monday, December 26, 2011

Best of Book Riot: Top Five Signs You’re Reading Too Much Young Adult Literature | BOOK RIOT

Best of Book Riot: Top Five Signs You’re Reading Too Much Young Adult Literature | BOOK RIOT

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Judy Blume: Often Banned, But Widely Beloved : NPR

Judy Blume: Often Banned, But Widely Beloved : NPR

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story | Video on TED.com

Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story | Video on TED.com

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1000 novels everyone must read: the definitive list | Books | guardian.co.uk

1000 novels everyone must read: the definitive list | Books | guardian.co.uk

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Monday, November 7, 2011

The best of our graphic short story prize | Books | The Observer

The best of our graphic short story prize | Books | The Observer

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

It's Ok to Be Neither

It's Ok to Be Neither

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Sunday, October 9, 2011

The Center for Fiction

The Center for Fiction

Interview with Margaret Atwood

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Monday, October 3, 2011

25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer :: Tips :: The 99 Percent

25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer :: Tips :: The 99 Percent

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LA Review of Books Blog: Barbara Ehrenreich's Neglected Heresies

LA Review of Books Blog: Barbara Ehrenreich's Neglected Heresies

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Banned Book Week: The Downside of Being Up - The Book Whisperer - Education Week Teacher

Banned Book Week: The Downside of Being Up - The Book Whisperer - Education Week Teacher

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Why the Best Kids’ Books Are Written in Blood

Why the Best Kids’ Books Are Written in Blood

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Confessions of a literary barbarian: a defense of the Cambridge History of the American Novel. - By Benjamin Reiss - Slate Magazine

Confessions of a literary barbarian: a defense of the Cambridge History of the American Novel. - By Benjamin Reiss - Slate Magazine

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Strike a blow for freedom and the Constitution: Read a banned book! « Millard Fillmore's Bathtub

Strike a blow for freedom and the Constitution: Read a banned book! « Millard Fillmore's Bathtub

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Education Week Teacher: Virtual Book Clubs: Connecting Adolescent Readers

Education Week Teacher: Virtual Book Clubs: Connecting Adolescent Readers

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Dangerous Jam - Say Yes to Gay YA

Dangerous Jam - Say Yes to Gay YA

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Reading Is elemental | Harvard Magazine Sep-Oct 2011

Reading Is elemental | Harvard Magazine Sep-Oct 2011

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

8 Reasons to Let Your Kids Read Comics

8 Reasons to Let Your Kids Read Comics

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Monday, August 29, 2011

Fall 2011

Syllabus

Margaret Atwood

Young adult literature—award-winning works

Comics/graphic novels

Louise Rosenblatt

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Resources

"Click, Clack, Moo" (animated)
Censorship Blog (2009 Fall)
Conventional Language
Critical Approaches to Literature
Debunking Ruby Payne
Groups/Topics Fall 2012
Palmetto Educators Network
Radical Scholarship
ReadWriteThinking (Lesson Plans)
SC ELA Standards
Teaching the Unteachable, Kurt Vonnegut
Teaching Writing Primer
Technology Blog (Fall 2010)
The Chronic Reader

Young Adult Literature and Literacy

ALA Booklists and Awards
Reading Next
Why Adolescent Literacy Matters
Why the Best Kids’ Books Are Written in Blood, Alexie
Writing Next

Louise Rosenblatt

Interview: 1999 University of Miami
Making Meaning with Texts, Louise Rosenblatt
The Significance of Louise Rosenblatt on the Field of Teaching Literature
Writing and Reading: The Transactional Theory, Louise Rosenblatt

Margaret Atwood

Bill Moyers with Margaret Atwood
Interview in Mother Jones (1997)
Luminarium: Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood: January Magazine Interview (2000)
Margaret Atwood: Randon House
Margaret Atwood: University of Toronto
O. W. Toad (Atwood Official Site)
Reading, Learning, Teaching Margaret Atwood
Study Guide to Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale
The Margaret Atwood Society
The New York Review of Books: Reviews by Atwood
The New York Times: Featured Author, Atwood

Graphic Novels and Comics

Adventures in Genre!: Comics and Graphic Novels
Alan Moore, Salon.com
Comic Art and Graffix Gallery
Comics in Education: Gene Yang
ComicsintheClassroom.net
DC Comics 30 Essential Graphic Novels
Farenheit 451, graphic novel
Graphic Novels: Resources (UW-M)
Graphica in Education
History of Comic Books
NACAE
no flying no tights for teens
Scott McCloud
Seduction of the Innocents and the Attack on Comic Books
Shake Girl, The Graphic Novel
The Annotated Watchmen
V for Vendetta Shrine
V for Vendetta, Annotations
Watchmen
Watchmen and Philosophy
Will Eisner

Young Adults in Film

Breaking Away
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Juno
Pleasantville
Rocket Science
Rushmore

Critical Pedagogy

Critical Constructivism Primer, Joe Kincheloe
Critical Pedagogy on the Web
Critical Pedagogy Primer
Maxine Greene Foundation
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire (on-line)
The Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy

NCTE Resources: Adolescents and Literacy

10 Myths about Learning to Write
Adolescent Literacy
Censorship: Don't Let It Become an Issue in Your School
Defining and Defending Instructional Methods
Framing Statements on Assessment
More than a Number: Why Class Size Matters
NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing
NCTE Home Page
NCTE Position Statement on Reading
NCTE Principles of Adolescent Literacy Reform
NCTE's Position on the Teaching of English: Assumptions and Practices
On Reading, Learning to Read, and Effective Reading Instruction
Statement on Censorship and Professional Guidelines
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
What We Know About Adolescent Literacy
Writing Assessment: A Position Statement

Research

ELL Learners and Literacy
How to Know a Good Adolescent Literacy Program
Literacy in the Content Areas (2007)
Reading for the 21st Century
Reading Next (2006)
The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Study
Writing Next (2006)

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