Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Judith A. Hayn is the Interim Associate Dean in the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She publishes and presents regionally and nationally on issues of social justice in young adult literature.
Jeffrey S. Kaplan is an Associate Professor in the School of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership at the University of Central Florida. As the former president of ALAN, Dr. Kaplan continues his research interests concerning the value of young adult literature.
Amanda L. Nolen is the Interim Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is an Associate Professor of Educational Foundations in the School of Education.
Heather A. Olvey earned her Masters of Secondary English Education degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She currently teaches in the Little Rock schools and continues her focus on teaching literacy through young adult literature.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Content Area Literacy and Young Adult Literature: Examining the Landscape
Judith A. Hayn, Kent Layton, Amanda L. Nolen, and Heather A. Olvey
Chapter 2Stimulating Health Dialogue and Evaluation: Implementation of Young Adult Literature to Address Common Core State Standards in Health Classes
Crag Hill and Karina R. Clemmons
Chapter 3Text Complexity: Examining Contemporary Young Adult Literature through Multiple Lenses
Linda T. Parsons & Patricia E. Bandré
Chapter 4Exploring Point of View and Narration in Young Adult Literature: Connecting Teen Readers with Multiple Narrator Books
Terrell A. Young, Nancy L. Hadaway, and Barbara A. Ward
Chapter 5Anchoring the Teaching of Argumentative Writing Units with Young Adult Literature
Christian Z. Goering, Nikki Holland, and Sean P. Connors
Chapter 6Using Young Adult Literature in Implementing Common Core Literacy Standards with Inclusion Students in Non-IDEA Classrooms
Lisa A. Hazlett and William Sweeney
Chapter 7Using Book Clubs and Adolescent Literature to Support the Common Core Standards
Jody Polleck
Chapter 8Annotated Resources for the Classroom Teacher
Judith A. Hayn, Kent Layton, and Heather A. Olvey
About the Contributors
This thoughtful, articulate collection of research-based essays presents a multitude of tools for classroom teachers to adopt and adapt and belongs in teacher-educator programs and on well-stocked faculty bookshelves. . . .This collection is so valuable that even teachers on the verge of retirement will find it illuminating, energizing, and wholly worthwhile.
— VOYA
Teaching Young Adult Literature: Integrating, Implementing, and Re-imagining the Common Core is a blueprint for using high-interest texts to engage readers across the content areas. YA novels, when brought to an academic level of study required by Common Core State Standards, build community and support inclusivity. Authors model numerous ways for teachers to promote text complexity, to interrogate points of view, and to write argumentatively. Students, as readers, should come first!
— Bryan Ripley Crandall, Connecticut Writing Project-Fairfield University
Kudos to the contributors of this text for proclaiming that young adult literature (YAL) can and should be used to meet the Common Core State Standards for middle and secondary grades. This text offers pre-service and current teachers practical suggestions for using YAL that may inspire their own creative thinking for how to plan literacy instruction using well-chosen current YA novels.
— Jacquelyn Culpepper, PhD, associate professor of reading education, Tift College of Education, Mercer University