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What is YA lit?

adolescent lit? juvenile lit? teen lit? popular lit?. 1-24-13. What is YA lit?. Some possible descriptors: Is something YA readers (i.e., ages 12-18) choose to read Is written from YA perspective (with age-appropriate limitations) Is written for YA audience Has YA protagonist

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What is YA lit?

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  1. adolescent lit? juvenile lit? teen lit? popular lit? 1-24-13 What is YA lit? Some possible descriptors: Is something YA readers (i.e., ages 12-18) choose to read Is written from YA perspective (with age-appropriate limitations) Is written for YA audience Has YA protagonist Includes issues relevant to young people Provides vicarious experiences while revealing realities of life Sources: Literature for Today’s Young Adults, 6th ed. (Nilsen & Donelson, 2001), Young Adult Literature in the 21st Century (Cole, 2009), Young Adult Literature: Exploration, Evaluation, and Appreciation, 2nd ed. (Bucher & Hinton, 2010)

  2. Really Brief History of YA lit The Outsiders (1967, S. E. Hinton) The Pigman (1968, Paul Zindel) Go Ask Alice (1971, anonymous) ALAN becomes an independent assembly of NCTE (1973) The Chocolate War (1974, Robert Cormier) Forever (1975, Judy Blume) … Harry Potter series (1997-2009, J.K. Rowling) Twilight saga (2005-2008, Stephenie Meyer)

  3. YA lit genres Contemporary realistic fiction Adventure Mystery Humor Sports Science Fiction Fantasy Horror Historical Fiction Biography Memoir/Diary Romance Poetry Drama Short Stories Comic Books Graphic Novels Magazines Nonfiction other…?

  4. Book Talks Create book clubs: 5/5/3, 5/4/4, or 4/3/3/3

  5. Using YA Lit to teach reading and writing… Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson contemporary realistic fiction (“problem novel”) Issues: anorexia, death of a friend, dysfunctional families, divorce Beautiful prose, yet difficult subject Creative use of textual features Other books by LHA: Speak, Catalyst, Prom, Twisted, Forge, Chains, Fever 1793

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  8. How might you use Between Shades of Gray as a whole-class or small-group book? What other books, or what other kinds of books, might you use in such a unit? For next week, read some Holocaust-related books if possible. Plan to meet with your book club to discuss possible ways to use YA books in a unit on The Holocaust, a unit on Holocaust literature, or a similar unit.

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