Teaching YA lit through differentiated instruction /
Teaching young adult literature through differentiated instruction
Susan L. Groenke, Lisa Scherff ; [foreword by Alan Sitomer].
- Urbana, Ill. : NCTE, National Council of Teachers of English, c2010.
- xiv, 177 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Centering young adult literature in the high school English curriculum through differentiated instruction -- Getting into character with the realistic young adult novel -- Historical fiction : connecting to critical theories -- The verse novel and fluency development for older adolescent readers -- Teaching the memoir : responding to others through reader response -- Differentiating for cultural difference : moving from reader response to critical literacy with multicultural YA literature -- An exciting story and some soil : exploring biography graphic-novel style -- Adventure and mystery novels : scaffolding comprehension to improve inference and prediction skills -- Fantasy, the supernatural, and science fiction : reading ladders and ethical discussions.
Presents teachers with ideas for incorporating young adult literature in the classroom, discusses several fiction and nonfiction works for teenage readers, and examines which titles might be best for whole-class instruction versus independent or small-group reading.
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Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary) Young adult literature--Study and teaching (Secondary) Young adults--Books and reading. Youth--Books and reading. Fiction--Study and teaching. Teenagers--Books and reading. Young adult literature--Study and teaching. Youth--Books and reading.