There is no textbook for the class.
In this class, we read YA novels.
Other readings will be provided in PDF on Webcampus or on the blog.
In this class, we read YA novels.
Other readings will be provided in PDF on Webcampus or on the blog.
All of the photos below are hyperlinked to a place where you can buy the book and read reviews. Of course, you can by any where you like. These links will give you an idea. You will need to have a copy of the book in class. It is fine if what to rent them or use a kindle download as long as you can find a passage in a chapter for discussion purposes.
The Outsiders ISBN-13: 978-0142407332
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Hatchet ISBN-13: 978-1416936473
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Homecoming ISBN-13: 978-1442428782
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I am the Cheese ISBN-13: 978-0375840395
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Holes ISBN-13: 978-0440414803
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American Born Chinese ISBN-13: 978-0312384487
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ISBN-13: 978-0316013697
Brown Girl Dreaming ISBN-13: 978-0147515827
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass ISBN-13: 978-0763671648
We Were Liars ISBN-13: 978-0385741262
Chains, ISBN-13: 978-1416905868;
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The Realm of Possibility ISBN-13: 978-0375836572
Mockingbird ISBN-13: 978-0142417751
Freaky Green Eyes ISBN-13: 978-0064473484
March, ISBN-13: 978-1603094023
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The Crossover ISBN-13: 978-0544107717
King Dork ISBN-13: 978-0385734509
The Impossible Knife of Memory ISBN-13: 978-0147510723
The Last True Love Story ISBN-13: 978-1481429887
All American Boys, ISBN-13: 978-1481463331
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Day 1 General introduction
The history of adolescence (G. Stanley Hall)
Pulp fiction for kids pre the birth of YA
Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye
1967
‘Its The Catcher in the Rye. . .He said it was the kind ofbook you made your own’: Finding Holden in Contemporary YA Literature
A Youth Lens for Critical interpretation:
First. Nancy Leskco look here for a link to Act Your Age! A Cultural Construction of Adolescence
Next, Sarigianides, Lewis, and Petrone Look here for the link to the English Journal that focuses on this topic
Apol's Questions for a Text
Donelson and Nilsen YA Characteristics (and now Blasingame as well)
Donelson and Nilsen and Blasingame States of literary Appreciation
Pulp fiction for kids pre the birth of YA
Salinger and The Catcher in the Rye
1967
‘Its The Catcher in the Rye. . .He said it was the kind ofbook you made your own’: Finding Holden in Contemporary YA Literature
A Youth Lens for Critical interpretation:
First. Nancy Leskco look here for a link to Act Your Age! A Cultural Construction of Adolescence
Next, Sarigianides, Lewis, and Petrone Look here for the link to the English Journal that focuses on this topic
Apol's Questions for a Text
Donelson and Nilsen YA Characteristics (and now Blasingame as well)
Donelson and Nilsen and Blasingame States of literary Appreciation
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Description of the Author Study
Power Point for Day 1
Day 2 The Outsiders
Power Point for Day 2
Day 3 Hatchet
Class discussion of Hatchet:
Gary Paulsen
How Apol's Question for a Text might be used for helping student read. Apol, L. (1998). "But What Does This Have To Do with Kids?": Literary Theory and Children's Literature in the Teacher Education Classroom. Journal of Children's Literature, 24(2), 32-46.
Donaldson, Nilsen, and Blasingame: Characteristics of YA
Donaldson, Nilsen, and Blasingame: Stages of Literary Appreciation
Gary Paulsen
How Apol's Question for a Text might be used for helping student read. Apol, L. (1998). "But What Does This Have To Do with Kids?": Literary Theory and Children's Literature in the Teacher Education Classroom. Journal of Children's Literature, 24(2), 32-46.
Donaldson, Nilsen, and Blasingame: Characteristics of YA
Donaldson, Nilsen, and Blasingame: Stages of Literary Appreciation