LIS 403/515 - Materials for Young Adults
Course Outline
Winter
Calendar Description:
Materials for young adults of junior and high school age, young adults’ reading interests, and current trends and issues in young adults’ literature.
Objectives:
Upon completion of the course a student should be able:
- To appreciate the significance of literature in the lives of young people.
- To apply criteria for the evaluation of literature in terms of literary merit, media format, and the developmental needs of young adults.
- To explore methods of reading guidance which stimulate contact with literature in all forms.
- To consider the priorities of programming for young adults.
Content:
- The relationship between literature and the basic needs and interests of young adults.
- Some general types of literature such as adolescent novels, science fiction, fantasy, adventure, mystery, historical fiction.
- Examples and issues involving texts in non-print media.
- Issues such as intellectual freedom, stereotyping, bias.
- The principles of evaluation essential to build and maintain library collections for young adults
- The professional literature and bibliographic tools for reviewing, selecting, and using literature with young adults.
- The essential components of programming and budgeting for programs for young adults.
Methods:
Course instruction will include lectures, assigned readings, and evaluation of texts for young adults in print and various media. Opportunities will be given for participation in oral and written presentations.
Course Relationships:
Elective course. Prerequisite: LIS 501.
Assignments and Evaluation
Winter 2010
| Book talk and read-on list | 15% |
| Blog | 15% |
| Program development and funding | 20% |
| Final paper or creative response | 30 % |
| Class contribution | 20 % |
Details of these assignments, due dates, late penalties, etc. are attached. Raw scores (i.e. marks on assignments) are totalled at the end of the course and converted to the A-F letter grade scale, taking account of both absolute achievement and also relative performance in the class. Students in LIS 403 and LIS 515 will do related assignments but expectations and marking criteria will be different.
Tentative Timetable
LIS 403/515
Materials for Young Adults
Winter 2010
Tentative, provisional schedule
January 7, 2010 introduction, course outline, etc.
January 14, 2010 Topic: books in a commercial world
Book: Feed by M.T. Anderson
Video: The Merchants of Cool (supplied in class)
Background: “Assessing Adolescents’ Motivation to Read” by S.M. Pitcher et al. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 50(5), February 2007, 378-396
January 21, 2010 Topics: books as commercial products
series books
Books: Gossip Girl by Cicely von Ziegesar
Cathy’s Book by Sean Stewart & Jordan Weisman
Background: “Commodities in Literature, Literature as Commodity: A Close Look at the Gossip Girl Series.” Amy Pattee. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 31(2), Summer 2006, 154-175.
January 28, 2010 Topics: classics and their many variations
Book: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Background: “Introduction.” Charles H. Frey and Lucy Rollins. In Classics of Young Adult Literature. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004, 1-13.
February 4, 2010 Topics: adolescents in communication
social software and literature
prizes
Books: Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Background: “Calling All Ye Printz and Printzesses.” Marc Aronson. Exploding the Myths: The Truth about Teenagers and Reading. Scarecrow Press, 2001, 109-122.
February 11, 2010 Topics: graphic novels and picture books
reading through adolescence
Books: The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
Background: “What is Radical Change? An Introduction.” Eliza T. Dresang. In Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1999, 3-16.
February 25, 2010 Topic: library programming/special school
programs
Book: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Background: “Maps.” Patrick Jones. New Directions for Library Service to Young Adults. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002, 13-46.
March 4, 2010 Topics: becoming a citizen
Teen Advisory Boards
Books: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Background: “Funding Options for your Teen Library Advisory Program.” Diane P. Tuccillo, Library Teen Advisory Groups. VOYA Guides No. 2. Lanham MD: Voya Books/Scarecrow Press, 2005, 13-24.
March 11, 2010 Topics: realistic fiction
multiculturalism
grant proposals
budgeting
Books: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time
Indian by Sherman Alexie
Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Background: “Money, Money, Money: Taking the Pain
out of Grant Writing.” Maxwell D. Jackson. Teacher Librarian 32(3), February 2005, 16-21.
March 18, 2010 Topics: evaluating new books
selection issues
Books: Half World by Hiromi Goto
The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones
Background: “Evaluating and Selecting Young Adult Literature.” Katherine Bucher and M. Lee Manning. Young Adult Literature: Exploration, Evaluation, and Appreciation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2006, 23-54.
March 25, 2010 Topics: poetry
sexuality
censorship vs. selection
Books: Ann and Seamus by Kevin Major
So Cool by Dennis Lee
Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shem
Salvadurai
Background: “Queer Perspectives on Social
Responsibility in Canadian Schools and Libraries:
Analysis and Resources.” Alvin M. Schrader and
Kristopher Wells. School Libraries in Canada 24(4), 1-10.
April 1, 2010 Topics: historical fiction
Books: What I Was by Meg Rosoff
The Landing by John Ibbitson
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Background: “The Twentieth Century: Giving Everybody a History.” Fiona M. Collins & Judith Graham. In Historical Fiction for Children: Capturing the Past. London, David Fulton, 2001, 10-22.
April 8, 2010 Topics: adult reading for teens
Book: Fall by Colin McAdam
Background: “The Hole,” by Francis Spufford, from The
Child that Books Built. London: Faber & Faber, 2002, 149-211.
Readings and Resources
LIS 403/515
Materials for Young Adults
Winter 2010
Tentative reading list
Books will be discussed in this order. If you read ahead (a very good idea), take notes of your initial responses to each book for the purpose of contributing to class discussion.
Feed by M.T. Anderson
Gossip Girl by Cicely von Ziegesar
Cathy’s Book by Sean Stewart & Jordan Weisman
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty
I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by
Half World by Hiromi Goto
The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones
Ann and Seamus by Kevin Major
So Cool by Dennis Lee
Swimming in the
What I Was by Meg Rosoff
The Landing by John Ibbitson
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Fall by Colin McAdam
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