YA Lit in School Libraries

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Comment by Stephanie Paul on January 12, 2011 at 4:58pm

On another note, can anyone share an idea for a one-period lesson regarding the classics? I have one more observation to complete (shortly) and I have a 6th grade teacher who brings his students to the library for classics around this time of year. He has agreed to let me take on the library part of the project, but I am a bit stumped as to how to make the lesson observation-worthy. Last year I did a non-fiction "speed dating" lesson with 8th grade, so I have to do something different with the classics. We will start with what makes a story a classic and eventually have the kids choose books to take home. Any suggestions to spruce it up would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Comment by Stephanie Paul on January 12, 2011 at 4:53pm

Claudia, Have you read Hurricane by Terry Trueman? I liked that one about Hurricane Mitch that hit Hondouras in 1997. I know the story is true to that event because I had the honor of restoring an important item that was found in the mud by three boys who survived. The item was brought to New York for restoration. The folks involved had some wonderful stories to tell. Maybe Ninth Ward and Hurricane can be taught together.

Comment by Keith Schoch on January 12, 2011 at 2:37pm

Some great ideas here for students to share YA Literature using tech applications: http://howtoteachanovel.blogspot.com/2011/01/promoting-literature-w....

Comment by Claudia Vela on January 12, 2011 at 2:33pm

Finally finished reading Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes! I loved it, I felt as if I was living through Hurricane Katrina. It was sad but inspiring! It is labeled more as a children's novel but it would be a great YA read as well with all of its vocabulary.

Comment by Claudia Vela on November 19, 2010 at 8:20pm

just wanted to invite peeps to visit my YA BLOG which I am currently still working on but I would appreciate your input and hope you find it beneficial for you and your students http://yacrush.blogspot.com

Comment by bj neary on April 28, 2010 at 8:15am

Our English dept over the last few years has been adding great popular YA titles and the students have been totally enjoying the books (as a result the English teachers have been very pleased) and even though they still producing their research papers, teachers are having them do other technology related projects like wordle, glogster, animoto, prezi, photostory as other ways to assess. It is all good but it has taken a few years and teacher by teacher it has grown.

Comment by Anita Teel on April 27, 2010 at 8:55pm

We are using animoto to create booktalks and trailers in Arkansas too. But what really struck me in the discussion was the dropping of those titles that no one really wants to read. This is an ongoing battle in our English department. There are some teachers that are adamantly against YA books. While others of us fight desperately for their students ability to read something they will enjoy. I am beginning to hate the words "literary merit."

Comment by Keith Schoch on November 30, 2009 at 11:13pm

A few people posted about book trailers below, and I absolutely love the idea of using those! I wish more publishers would get on board. Scholastic has a few trailers that they encourage teachers to show before book fairs to get students interested, but these previews could certainly be used any time to get students discussing new books.

Comment by bj neary on November 13, 2009 at 7:15am

Michelle, FYI, our students didnot provide a cited slide---we will be stressing credit must be given with each picture's link and music. http://lmc.abington.k12.pa.us

You go into Senior High
Catalog
at the FIND - type in digital book talk
hit enter
all of those books that you see (historical fiction, nonfiction & realistic fiction)
click on the DETAILS button
Under EXPLORE - you will see in bold DIGITAL BOOK TALK or ANIMOTO BOOK TALK - just click on it and watch.
Remember these are student booktalks----we like Story of a Girl because it is good but also has mistakes we point out to students...to avoid when they create theirs.

Comment by Michelle Rinker on November 12, 2009 at 8:27pm

Hi bj neary-
Could you send the link to your library catalog? I would love to see some examples of the trailers your students did in Photostory3.
Thanks- Michelle

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