Adolescent Literature

A survey of adolescent literature from its beginning to the present time, including all types of literature except textbooks. Included will be criteria for evaluating, selecting, and presenting materials, which are applicable to the interests, needs, and abilities of children in the middle grades. Emphasis is on eliciting responses from children based on specific trade books, using literature across the curriculum as a whole language activity, and using literature as an additional or alternative reading approach. Offered every spring. (Minimum grade “C”)