Best Practices in Engaging Adolescents in Literacy

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to a variety of strategies for presenting adolescent literature in the classroom. The course includes an overview of genres along with an introduction to important early texts, as well as current adolescent/young adult texts appropriate for classroom use. Students will explore the issues of diversity, censorship, and privacy within relevant family and community situations. Attention is also given to authors in the field and also will identify criteria for selecting award-winning books.