Methods/Strat Teach Young Adolescent Lit

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In this course young adult literature, written for children in fifth grade through high school, will be identified and studied. Special emphasis will be focused on literature for its cultural, racial and gender significances. The purpose of this course is to study young adult literature in conjunction with the developmental and psycholog- ical stages of young adults, the nature of the school community, and curriculum planning and implementation. Teachers, through the process of reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing, will discover how to use all of these elements to encourage and enhance the individual responses of their students.