Unit 1: Introduction to Young Adult Literature
Duration of Days: 7
What is Young Adult Literature?
What characteristics indicate that a text is “young adult”?
How has it impacted the literary world?
What role does it play?
Read and discuss to learn about Young Adult Literature.
Read, annotate, discuss, and reflect to identify characteristics of Young Adult Literature in a text.
Students will read, annotate, discuss, and reflect in order to respond to prompts and ideas through writing, discussion, and answer selection regarding the genre of Young Adult Literature and the experiences of adolescense through the lenses of identity, relationships, and society.
| Lesson # | Lesson Title | Duration of Days |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | From Hinton to Hamlet: Building Bridges Between Young Adult Literature and the Classics (StudySync) | 2 |
| 2 | Young Adult Literature Short Story | 5 |