Discovering Their Voices

Engaging Adolescent Girls With Young Adult Literature

Marsha M. Sprague and Kara K. Keeling

Authors Marsha M. Sprague and Kara K. Keeling propose a language arts curriculum that incorporates literature-based discussions to help adolescent girls deal constructively with difficult issues and develop their own authentic voices. To help you put such a curriculum into action, this book offers the following resources:

A research base to frame instruction

Extensive literature reviews and a bibliography to help you choose appropriate, engaging books

Discussion questions to guide your students through challenging topics

Lesson plans that cover both girls’ issues and curriculum mandates

Ideas for in-class activities and extracurricular book clubs

An IRA Book Club selection, April 2007

© 2007 | 224 pp.
ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-611-2

Also of interest:

Adolescents Talk About Reading

To Be a Boy, To Be a Reader

What Adolescents Deserve

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