“One, a suggestion for helping you guys with finding popular or more universally, popular and accessible YA books— speak with your schools, library media specialist for one, if your school has a reading specialist there another resource, group think with other ELA teachers teachers, or reach out to your local library’s teen librarian. Yes, I know the last one would require you to do work outside of class which isn’t fair/may not be doable but it’s a suggestion. Also, local bookstore talk to the booksellers they will know what is popular and what is selling. Two—I respectfully disagree with the conclusion one of the hosts mentioned about withdrawing a book as a class-read. It is a form of censorship— because your students don’t know about the choices they’re being offered, because you’re not letting them know. Therefore, it is a censorship of sorts. It may be for a simple reason—like you don’t want the book to go with that unit or something, but it’s still censorship in my eyes. And that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing in that context, but it really does depend on the situation. Finally, thank you for the great discussion question. I have an inquiry post I have to create for one of my teaching certification classes, so this podcast episode has been really helpful!”
SeriouslySnapeAlwaus via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/22/22