Exploring Relationships and Connections to Others

Teaching Universal Themes through Young Adult Novels

Mike P. Cook, Leilya A. Pitre (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

166 Seiten

2021
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-5979-9 (ISBN)

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Exploring Relationships and Connections to Others: Teaching Universal Themes through Young Adult Novels offers readers opportunities to explore the most common universal themes taught in secondary English Language Arts classrooms using contemporary young adult literature. Authors discuss adolescence and adolescent readers, young adult literature and its possibilities in the classroom, and ways to teach thematic analysis. The book provides context, traditional approaches to teaching, and examples of thematic explorations of each of the chosen themes. Chapters include developed teaching instructional units to study four universal themes: love and loss; friendship and betrayal; hate, its destructive consequences, and healing; and dreams and hope for tomorrow. Each instructional unit includes rationale, essential questions and objectives, calendar plans for up to five weeks, examples of introductory, reading and discussing, and enrichment activities and assessments. The activities target academic skills for ELA curricula and create safe spaces for exploring topics of relationships and connections to others, both of which are vital to adolescent growth and development. Each instructional chapter suggests a wide range of additional texts and resources for theme explorations.

Mike P. Cook is an associate professor of English education at Auburn University, where he works with pre-service teachers and graduate students. He teaches courses across the undergraduate and graduate ELA degree programs. Leilya A. Pitre is an assistant professor of English education at Southeastern Louisiana University. She works with secondary English education majors teaching methods courses, literary analysis, and young adult literature.

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter One. Love and Loss

Chapter Two. Conceptual Teaching Unit: Love and Loss

Chapter Three. Friendship and Betrayal

Chapter Four. Conceptual Teaching Unit: Friendship and Betrayal

Chapter Five. Hate, Its Destructive Consequences, and Healing

Chapter Six. Conceptual Teaching Unit: Hate, Its Destructive Consequences, and Healing

Chapter Seven. Dreams and Hope for Tomorrow

Chapter Eight. Conceptual Teaching Unit: Dreams and Hope for Tomorrow

Bibliography

About the Authors

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	25.06.2021
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 218 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-4758-5979-1 / 1475859791
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-5979-9 / 9781475859799
Zustand	Neuware