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Extreme Makeover

"A New Spin on an Old Concept"

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Classroom Reading Lists Receive Extreme Makeover

During the summer of 2006, the ALAN Review, a quarterly newsletter published by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, published an article stating the findings of a survey of US English teachers.

The survey- which offered feedback from 140+ teachers from various regions- found that adding works of contemporary young adult literature (YA) into a school's curriculum, whether paired with a classic or alone, offered a variety of benefits, including:

• Improvement in students' reading skills.
• Bridges the gap for reluctant and struggling readers in successfully reading classic works of literature.
• Offers teachers reasonable options for implementing full-length works of literature in their curriculum that include sophisticated literary devices.
• Matches students' interests.
• Addresses the time constraints of a crowded curriculum.

Over the last few years, a steady flow of contemporary literature has made its way into classrooms across the country, with many middle and high school teachers realizing the need to update their reading lists to include YA titles. Doing so has allowed them to connect with even the most reluctant readers, while offering the students access to material that they can relate to.

In addition to the middle and secondary levels, the implementation of contemporary titles into the curriculum is also a benefit at the elementary level.

Want to give your classroom reading lists an “extreme makeover”? Above are links to lists of titles for elementary, middle, and high school libraries, each compiled by a Curriculum Specialist for Perma-Bound Books.