AdLit is a website that one of my colleagues who teaches reading recently shared with me. AdLit.org is all about adolescent literature. On AdLit teachers can find book lists, video interviews with authors, and a comprehensive list of strategies for teaching reading and writing. The strategies page gives detailed descriptions of how to implement each strategy. AdLit's strategies page also gives guidance as to the proper timing for implementing the suggested strategies.
Applications for Education
AdLit is a good place for teachers to find strategies for teaching reading comprehension. The suggested strategies can be applied to fiction or non-fiction literature. I am planning on trying the Concept Map strategy with my US History class comprised special education students.
Here are a couple of other young adult literature resources.
Guys Read - Getting Boys to Read
10 Questions for Stephenie Meyer
Friday, January 30, 2009
AdLit - Strategies for Teaching Adolescent Literature
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May I suggest another multi-perspective concept mapping tool for Comprehension and Thinking Skill Reading? I've been really working on it so excuse me for the self-promotion.. www.pmm.nl
Here's a new site that you may also want to check out. Shmoop is created by Ph.D. and Masters students from Stanford and Berkeley. PC Magazine just named Shmoop "Best of the Internet."
We put a fun spin on literature and US history, which should help make these topics more interesting for students. Shmoop is designed primarily for high school and college levels, but we cover some young adult literature (like The Call of the Wild and The Giver) and we plan to add more young adult titles over time. We'd welcome your feedback, a review, or suggestions of which new topics you would like to see us add to Shmoop.
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