ENGL 3420 - Teaching With Young Adult Literature

Credits: (3)
Typically taught:
Fall [Full Sem]

This course introduces prospective teachers, librarians, and other educators to the use of contemporary adolescent literature across the curriculum. Multicultural and global selection, critical evaluation of the literature, issues of censorship, reader response theory, media connections, and reading/writing strategies for teaching young adult readers will receive major emphasis. This course is required of English teaching majors and minors. Students are required to complete a grades 7-12 school field experience. Prerequisite: ENGL 2010 or equivalent and admitted to Secondary Education program. Co-Requisite: ENGL 3020, ENGL 3400, and ENGL 3410.