1. Selecting Literature Chapter 7 Maxwell & Meiser

2. Objectives Life-long enjoyment Understand the past Understand own experiences Wider view of life Learn to make critical judgments about literature

3. The Canon Literature of the rich and educated white Anglo-Saxon Protestants of the 19th & 20th Century

4. Balancing Selections Multicultural (Applebee’s findings: 10 most taught books – Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Mockingbird, The Pearl, Scarlet Letter, Huck Finn, Of Mice & Men, Lord of Flies…)

5. Making Choices Realistic emotions? Well written? Meaningful? (audience/theme)

6. Why Organize into Units? 1.Promote interest 2.Integrate genre 3.Provide for different reading levels

7. Reading Levels Consider YA* Li *Young Adult

8. Young Adult Lit Criteria: Authentic protrayal? Believable? Well written? Important theme?

9. YA Lit Pre-reading for more difficult works Learn to make criical judgments Learn to explain/support judgments Understand self Wider view of life Increase enjoyment

10. YA Lit ALAN Website: (NCTE) http://www.alan-ya.org

11. Multicultural Literature Native American Hispanic African American Asian American

12. Censorship NCTE IRA Office for Intellectual Freedom of American Library Association

13. Should you teach it ….. If you know there will probably be controversy?