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9780130264558

Using Young Adult Literature in the English Classroom

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  • ISBN13:

    9780130264558

  • ISBN10:

    0130264555

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-01-01
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

For courses in Young Adult and Adolescent Literature. This practical methods text provides future middle and high school English teachers with the direction they'll need to choose reading selections and to develop ideas for teaching them. Using a highly effective conversational tone, it provides the latest information about young adult literature in a short, concisely written, classroom-oriented format. The authors show the busy English teacher how to accomplish four important goals that address life-long reading, reader response, teaching the classics, and reaching a diverse student population.

Author Biography

John H. Bushman is Professor of Teaching and Leadership (English Education) at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.

Table of Contents

Young Adults and the Literature That Meets Their Needs and Interests
1(27)
Evaluating Young Adult Literature
28(20)
Using Reader Response to Begin
48(32)
The Reading-Writing Connection
80(24)
The Language Connection
104(17)
Organizing the Literature
121(35)
Young Adult Literature and the Classics
156(17)
Diversity in Young Adult Literature
173(20)
Media and Young Adult Literature
193(48)
The Censorship Issues
241(22)
Young Adult Literature: A Brief History
263(11)
Appendix A Support for Teaching Young Adult Literature 274(9)
Appendix B Works of Literature Cited 283(25)
Appendix C Book Lists 308(8)
Index 316

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