Developing Critical Awareness at the Middle Level: Using Texts as Tools for Critique and Pleasure

Discover a unique instructional approach that enables students to read literature they enjoy while developing critical consciousness and addressing issues of social justice. By teaching critical terms, the concept of literature circles, and literary theories, you'll be able to help students explore issues of identity, power, oppression, diversity, and context. Questions for classroom discussions, excerpts from selected young adult literature and suggested readings, and examples of classroom discussions give you a starting point for your instructional approach.