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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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Groups and Topics Fall 2012

Gender and YA Lit

Sarah Hybels
Melisa Coleman
Tim Baumann
Keda Dubard

Censorship

Kate Gard
Julie Jarriel
Joe Hall
Emily Blinn

Adolescent Literacy

Cacey Miles
Jessica Cerny
Claire Wooten
Carol Ann Denyer


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Monday, August 20, 2012

The Finnish Alternative: Reclaiming Public Education From Corporate Reform

The Finnish Alternative: Reclaiming Public Education From Corporate Reform
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Daily Kos: The Education Games: Reform as Doublespeak

Daily Kos: The Education Games: Reform as Doublespeak
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

8 YA Novels/Authors High Schoolers Should Read Before Graduation « YA Book Bridges

8 YA Novels/Authors High Schoolers Should Read Before Graduation « YA Book Bridges
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Best Young Adult Novels, Best Teen Fiction, Top 100 Teen Novels : NPR

Best Young Adult Novels, Best Teen Fiction, Top 100 Teen Novels : NPR
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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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