Teaching Adolescent Literature

Catalog description

The second of three pedagogy courses in the English, Secondary Certification 7-12 major, ENG 426: Teaching Adolescent Literature acquaints pre-service English students with award-winning young adult texts and themes and offers instruction on the research-based teaching methodologies and best practices required to teach these texts effectively. Working directly with field partners and community mentors, students will design culturally responsive, inclusive, multimodal lesson plans that demonstrate their growing awareness of the needs of adolescent readers and their knowledge of adolescent literacies more broadly. Students will additionally complete course assessments aligned with current NCTE & INTASC standards for pre-service, secondary English language arts teachers.