Motivate Reading With Adolescent Literature
Discipline:
Education
Type of service:
Research Paper
Spacing:
Single spacing
Paper format:
APA
Number of pages:
1 page
Number of sources:
0 source
Paper details:
Choose an award-winning, quality piece of adolescent literature that can be used to support content-area learning (in math, science, or social studies). Read the book. In an essay of 500-750 words, discuss the following:
How the book could be used to motivate adolescents to read.
Instructional activities that could be used to engage students before, during, and after reading.
Activities in which students could collaborate with one another to further motivate engagement with the literature.
Support all of your ideas with citations from your readings. Use the GCU Library for additional peer-reviewed articles that can be used in support of your content. Cite a minimum of three academic sources.
Prepare the essay according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required
In addition to the discussion essay, create a literature unit to be used with the book you selected. Include, at a minimum:
Group activities
Individual activities
Vocabulary activities
Materials list (graphic organizers, student journals, etc.)
Timeline of activity
List of higher-level questions to be used in the unit
Identification of how students will be evaluated
Present your unit in a format you would use to present the unit to students. Provide clear instructions, appealing age-appropriate graphics, and grading rubric. Support all of your ideas with citations from your readings. Use the GCU eLibrary for additional peer-reviewed articles that can be used in support of your content.
While APA format is not required for literature unit, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a grading rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion of the assignment.
Submit both parts of the assignment as one deliverable to the instructor.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.