Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds

Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms

Edited by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Teresa Sychterz - Contributions by Donna-Marie Cole-Malott; Jason Griffith; Jason Moser and Mary Napoli

Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds: Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms offers alternative ways teachers can engage young adolescents with the writing process using literature. The contributors discuss the values of writing in twenty-first-century classrooms and global societies, remarking that writing is first a personal exploration that is informed by cultural practices. Therefore culture is quite central in how we approach, explore, and express through any medium. The chapters consider ways to motivate students to become critically-conscious and active writers who are aware of their surrounding world, and the competing multiple discourses in which they are positioned. This requires intimate knowledge of audience, purpose, and genre and/or writing forms. We provide practical advice for teachers who wish to guide their students toward these goals. Additional features of this book include:

Authors/Contributors’ professional experiences of teaching writing using literature
Practical pedagogical practices that may transform the way teachers teach writing and use literature
Interviews with authors that give insight into their writing process
Writing practices for twenty-first-century adolescents using new literacies

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 182 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼

978-1-4758-1322-7 • Hardback • February 2015 • $87.00 • (£67.00)

978-1-4758-1323-4 • Paperback • February 2015 • $45.00 • (£35.00)

978-1-4758-1324-1 • eBook • February 2015 • $42.50 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Education / Essays, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics

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Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms

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Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds: Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms offers alternative ways teachers can engage young adolescents with the writing process using literature. The contributors discuss the values of writing in twenty-first-century classrooms and global societies, remarking that writing is first a personal exploration that is informed by cultural practices. Therefore culture is quite central in how we approach, explore, and express through any medium. The chapters consider ways to motivate students to become critically-conscious and active writers who are aware of their surrounding world, and the competing multiple discourses in which they are positioned. This requires intimate knowledge of audience, purpose, and genre and/or writing forms. We provide practical advice for teachers who wish to guide their students toward these goals. Additional features of this book include:
- Authors/Contributors’ professional experiences of teaching writing using literature
- Practical pedagogical practices that may transform the way teachers teach writing and use literature
- Interviews with authors that give insight into their writing process
- Writing practices for twenty-first-century adolescents using new literacies

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 182 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼

978-1-4758-1322-7 • Hardback • February 2015 • $87.00 • (£67.00)

978-1-4758-1323-4 • Paperback • February 2015 • $45.00 • (£35.00)

978-1-4758-1324-1 • eBook • February 2015 • $42.50 • (£35.00)

Subjects: Education / Essays, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics

Author

Vivian Yenika-Agbaw is associate professor of education at Penn State University, University Park where she teaches children’s and adolescent literature.

Teresa Sychterz is a professor of education at Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA where she teaches graduate children’s literature and writing courses and supervises student teachers.

Table of Contents

Contents

List of Tables
Acknowledgments

Foreword:Patrick Shannon

Chapter 1: Literature: Art, Tool and More
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw

Chapter 2:The Transformative Power of Children’s Literature in the Classroom
Teresa Sychterz

Chapter 3:Writing Public Service Announcements and Genre Jabs
Jason Griffith

Chapter 4:Using Photo Story to Rewrite the Classics
Jason Griffith

Chapter 5:Multi-genre Projects and the Urban Classroom: An Examination of Language and Critical Literacy
Donna-Marie Cole-Malott

Chapter 6:Digital Literacy: Writing Biographies
Jason Moser

Chapter 7:Literature Responses and Academic Writing
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw

Chapter 8:Chatting with Artists
Mary Napoli & Sychterz

Chapter 9:Graphic Novels Comes Alive in a Sixth Grade Classroom
Mary Napoli & Teresa Sychterz

Appendix A:Transformative Teaching Practices

Appendix B:Teaching Resources

Contributor’s Biography

Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds

Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms

Edited by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Teresa Sychterz - Contributions by Donna-Marie Cole-Malott; Jason Griffith; Jason Moser and Mary Napoli

Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds

Using Literature to Illustrate Writing Forms

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