Queer adolescent literature as a complement to the English language arts curriculum / edited by Paula Greathouse, Brooke Eisenbach, and Joan F. Kaywell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greathouse, Paula, editor.

Eisenbach, Brooke, editor.

Kaywell, Joan F., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality in literature.

Young adult literature--Study and teaching.

Young adult literature.

Gay people in literature.

Lesbians in literature.

Genre:

Young adult works.

Physical Description:

xiii, 241 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

Summary:

"This book was written based on three assumptions: ELA teachers (1) recognize the need to include queer-themed literature in their curriculum, (2) are familiar with adolescent literature or YA literature but are unfamiliar with queer-themed YA literature, and (3) are lacking training on how to address gender and sexuality in the classroom. As a result, the book's intention is to provide secondary (sixth-twelfth) ELA teachers with instructional frameworks for the inclusion of queer-themed YA literature, including strategies for leading responsible dialogue on LGBTQ issues. In providing instructional strategies for using literature that allows readers to explore identities and orientations, educators begin to break a silence about the LGBTQ culture that has existed in our classrooms for too long"-- Preface, page xi.

Contents:

The history of queer young adult literature / Michael Cart and Joan F. Kaywell

School libraries support of LGBTQ Young Adult literature / Julie Stepp

Teaching Geography club to reduce homophobia and bullying / Victor Malo-Juvera

Encouraging reader empathy with October mourning : a song for Matthew Shepard / Katie R. Peel

Loving self, loving others : queer youth, eating disorders, and The art of starving / Gretchen Rumohr-Voskuil

Exploring sexuality, gender, nationality, and religion through Sara Farizan's If You Could Be Mine / Mollie V. Blackburn and Youmna Deiri

Analyzing the text, analyzing the world : developing students' critical literacies with Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe / Ashley S. Boyd and Ruben Zecena

Seeing the queer south : a teacher's guide to Honor Girl and the teaching of Graphic Memoir / James Joshua Coleman

Queer Adolescent Memoir : Real Lives Matter Crag Hill and Alex Ruggiers

The queer possibilities of Romeo and/or Juliet / Briana Asmus and Christopher Nagle

Better Nate than ever : boy meets Broadway / Amber Spears and Kristy L. Reagan

What defines me? : exploring identity through One True Way in the middle-level ELA classroom / Brooke Eisenbach, Paula Greathouse, and Leann Taylor

Challenging the gender binary while studying author's craft in Freakboy / Lesley Roessing

Girls with ambition and heart : teaching Malinda Lo's Huntress / Summer Melody Pennell

Turning up and tuning in to Lizard Radio : discussing gender fluidity and gender queerness through speculative young adult fiction / Michelle M. Falter

Queering conventional narrative elements with Lily and Dunkin / Jenell Igeleke Penn, Caroline T. Clark, and Jill M. Williams

Bearing witness to our being and becoming in middle school with Parrotfish / Sarah J. Donovanal Lives Matter Trans*Forming the middle level English language arts classroom : reading George to promote Ally-Ship / Judith Hayn

Learning to live authentically : studying transgender youth through Being Emily / Rachel A. Roloff and Ashley S. Boyd .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Queer adolescent literature as a complement to the english language arts curriculum

ISBN:

9781475842388

1475842384

9781475842395

1475842392

OCLC:

1030484748