Full Description
This book advocates for a stronger role for young-adult literature in ELA classrooms, compellingly documenting how this body of work meets both the needs of adolescent students and the demands of the common core for complex texts and tasks.
Integrating Young Adult Literature through the Common Core Standards provides a compelling template for teachers that uses young adult literature and inquiry learning to meet students' needs and the demands of the common core standards.
The first part of the book addresses the widely adopted common core state standards by examining closely the standards' model of text complexity and demonstrating how young adult literature can fill the requirements of this model. The second part provides theoretical discussions and analysis of the standards as well as concrete applications of young adult literature within the classroom in order to give school professionals a comprehensive understanding of how young adult literature and the standards can work together. The book empowers schools and teachers to make intelligent, informed decisions about texts and instructional practices that benefit their students.
Finally, the authors explore a powerful teaching approach that integrates current understandings about learning, young adult literature, and the common core standards in a way that will facilitate greater learning and understanding in English classrooms.
Contents
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Defining the Complexity of Young Adult Literature Using the Common Core Standards
Chapter 1: Young Adult Literature
What is Young Adult Literature?
A Brief History of Young Adult Literature
Dispelling Some Myths
Young Adult Literature In the Classroom
Embracing Young Adult Literature
Our Bold Approach to Young Adult Literature
Chapter 2: The Common Core State Standards
The Precise Nature of the Common Core Standards
Assumptions and Implications of the CCSS
Filling Holes in the CCSS
Applying the CCSS
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Quantitative Dimensions of Text Complexity
History
Types of Formulas
Strengths of Readability Formulas
Potential Problems with Readability Formulas
Possibilities for the Future
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Qualitative Dimensions of Text Complexity
Format
Audience
Levels of Meaning
Structure
Language Conventions
Knowledge Demands
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Reader and Task Dimensions of Text Complexity
Reader Dimensions of Text Complexity
Envisioning Independent Readers
The Adolescent Reader
The Readers Aptitude
Task Dimensions
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Applying the Three-Tired Model of Text Complexity
Introduction
Analysis Examples
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow
Clay by David Almond
The Pirates of Turtle Rock by Richard W. Jennings
This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel
Wisdoms Kiss by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Part II: Planning Instruction Using Young Adult Literature and the Common Core Standards
Introduction
Chapter 7: Inquiry Learning
Defining Inquiry Learning
Planning for Inquiry Learning
Principals that Guide Planning
Chapter 8: Model Unit Plan
Step One: Choosing An Anchor Text and Devising an Essential Question/Theme
Step Two: Developing a Unit Assessment
Step Three: Developing Learning Outcomes and Processes for Daily Instruction
Conclusion
Chapter 9: Raw Materials for Unit Planning
Introduction
Changing the World
Genre and Meaning
Exploration and Frontiers
Future Societies
Forgiveness
The Making of a Legend -- Robin Hood
Mythological Tales
The Personal Price of War - The Revolutionary War
Secrets
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Unpacking The Story - Beauty and the Beast
Wildlife Conservation
Chapter 10: Raw Materials for Textual Connections
Making Inferences
Themes Connected to Developmental Tasks
Thematically Connected to the Classics
Dialogue Rich Texts
Comparing and Contrasting Structure
Point of View
Books Made Into Movies
Portraying History
Drawing on Tradition
Retelling the Classics
Real People In Fiction
Novels and Picture Books
Novels and Nonfiction
Conclusion
Appendix A: Blank Analysis Form
Appendix B: Blank Raw Materials Planning Sheet
Appendix C: Unit Materials
Indexes
