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Teaching YA Lit through Differentiated Instruction (Ch 1 online)

(Link to PDF for Chapter 1 is at the bottom of the webpage.)

Authors Susan L. Groenke and Lisa Scherff offer suggestions for incorporating YA lit into the high school curriculum by focusing on a few key questions:

   * Which works of YA literature work better for whole-class instruction and which are more suitable for independent reading and/or small-group activities?
   * What can teachers do with YA lit in whole-class instruction?
   * How can teachers use YA novels to address the needs of diverse readers in mixed-ability classrooms?

Each chapter opens with an introduction to and description of a different popular genre or award category of YA lit—science fiction, realistic teen fiction, graphic novels, Pura BelprĂ© award winners, nonfiction texts, poetry, historical YA fiction—and then offers suggestions within that genre for whole-class instruction juxtaposed with a young adult novel more suited for independent reading or small-group activities.

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