<p>This practical methods book provides future and inservice middle and high school English teachers with the direction they'll need to choose reading selections and to develop ideas for teaching them. Using a highly effective conversational tone, it provides the latest information about young adult literature in a short, concisely written format. The authors show the busy English teacher how to accomplish four important goals that address life-long reading, reader response, teaching the classics, and reaching a diverse student population. Covers diversity in young adult literature with a strong emphasis on the relationship between reading, writing, and language skills. Presents a variety of curriculur patterns to illustrate ways to organize literature lessons in a variety of setting. Discusses theories of Piaget, Havighurst, Kohlberg, and Carlsen—and literary examples that use these theoretical frameworks. This book is a current resource for those who are studying young adult literature.</p>

Using Young Adult Literature in the English Classroom (3rd Edition)

John H. Bushman

Teen & Young Adult

PRENTICE/HALL

Teaching English creatively

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Charles C Thomas Publisher, Limited

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