Drawing on scholarship in critical youth studies (CYS), students in the author's young adult literature (YAL) course for English teacher candidates critically analyze popular culture and YAL texts in ways that make visible dominant and deficit ideas about adolescents/ce and help teacher candidates imagine alternative expectations for their future…

Discusses the absence of adolescent literature in Advanced Placement (AP) English classes. Describes how a class of AP students and their teacher benefited from reading Robert Cormier's "The Chocolate War." (PRA)

Describes the use of reading sheets--a single piece of paper where the student notes pages read, date, and a three-line summary of that day's reading--in conjunction with sustained silent reading. (SR)

Argues that recent findings in national surveys indicate a general lack of geographic knowledge and a disinterest in reading among students. Provides an annotated bibliography of fiction and nonfiction children's literature categorized by geographical subject area. (CFR)

Discusses collaboration between secondary school teacher-librarians and English teachers to promote literacy and reading through choice book units, where students can choose from a selection of suggested titles. Topics include nonfiction books; advantages for low-ability readers; audio books; and Teachers as Readers book discussion groups. (LRW)

Describes the Dublin model, a program which uses thematic units or individualized reading assignments to focus on popular adolescent literature and includes projects that demonstrate students' comprehension of text. Discusses the formulation, implementation, and assessment of this program. (RS)