Young Adult Literature Class Analysis

I have truly enjoyed writing for most of my life and after this class I will continue to enjoy writing hopefully with more skill. I have always viewed myself as a fairly strong writer and this class has reaffirmed that for me, but it has also shown weaknesses in my writing. As an introduction level class this has been one of my favorites; at some point I will take a higher level, even though it is not required for my major. Even though this class is almost over I am continuing to learn. I also love that this class will help me with literally ever other class in my college career. I am not a particularly strong reader, but as my writing skills improve so do the reading skills. While in this class I have learned a lot about everything from what I can improve, to subjects that interest me, and constructing a successful paper.

So far, this year I have more than the same old English classes I’ve taken for most of my life. We learned key topics that I can use in my everyday life now, and when I get older, Topics like arguments, rhetorical patterns, and MLA will help mold me into a more intellectual when I grow older and need to write essays for a job or profession.

I am amazed at how the reading assignments in this class interest me. I gave up my leisure reading in order to have the time to attend this school, and I find myself losing my self in this reading, just like my "fun" books.

Today, I have become a better critical and visual thinker since taking this class. I have noticed the different types of writing styles and tones used in the stories and are able to make better connections to the stories. This gives me a deeper and better understanding of what I am reading. Walden had provided me with a lot of tools to help me along the way. They provide student support and amazing advisors to help with anything you need to do not understand. They have writing centers and people willing to help proofread and correct papers to help you become a better writer. From start school until now, I have grown so much in so little time. I am able to communicate with different people from all over the world.

The past 15 weeks have been very interesting. Never did I think that I would be taking a children's literature class while in college. Well I did take this class, and while I can definitely say I did not enjoy it, I can also say that I did learn many new things. Some of these include how much detail the illustrators actually put into making children's picture books, what the Newbery and Caldecott awards are, and the importance of diversity for children. I also read NINE books, that might be more than I have read in the last 5 years. Many of these books were fun and classic children's books such as Charlotte's Web. Others were scary trans media books like Coraline. And then there was Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf... I hated this book, but I can see how middle school girls might like it.

Admittedly, I think I do so well in this class because I enjoy it so much. The pleasure I find in all forms of literature drives me to work harder in this class than any of my other ones. But this has also caused me to excel in this class, I have gained an ease when writing that I hadn’t had before and in particular, my poetry has gotten much better as a result.

Due to quandaries regarding scheduling, I took regular English for my junior year, and felt malcontented with the lackluster pace of the class. At times I desired the chance to go further in depth with the work, but unfortunately there was seldom an opportunity to do so. Meanwhile, my friends in AP Lit would often talk about how stimulating their own class was, and how the material was challenging, but manageable. These uplifting reviews from

American Literature II is a class that delineates very unique pieces of literature from the 1800’s until this present day. If I had the privilege to teach an American Literature II class, I think it would be fun, and a way to better help me understand the pieces of literature as the students understand them. I would want my students to get a thorough overview of literary creations in the United States as it pertains to the 18th and 19th Centuries to this present day of Post-Modern.

Out of the everything that I have read for this class, I have surprisedly enjoyed reading most of the material for this class. First, the poetry was actually very interesting and easy to follow. I thought I would struggle to read the poetry and understand it, but I actually really enjoyed it. I particularly liked Billy Collins’s poem, “Introduction to Poetry,” because it described most of my experience with poetry. Some of the poems were more humorous, which I enjoyed because I had never actually read poetry that was meant to be humorous.

The funny thing is, I mostly read nonfiction, mostly historical and informative. Therein lies my problem with creative nonfiction, I’m a very internal person but I would rather dwell on other things. With that said, I did enjoy this class and the writing experience. For me, it was a test to take something inherently emotional and try to flip it to the intellectual. Did I succeed? I’m honestly not sure. While the peer reviews were positive, I did get feedback with the dreaded comment that I lacked some sort of emotional attachment, which disappoints me on some level. I think that my issue with that comment was that I think if allowed more room, I could have

I think that literature on it's own is an amazing way for anyone to express themselves. I look at literature as more that just fiction, nonfiction,or a way to pass the time. Literature always has a more deeper meaning than the words presented on the paper. Being the only reader in the house has made it hard for me to discuss anything related to literature. As the years have passed, I've noticed that my appreciation and love of literature in all it's forms has decreased a lot. I truly believe that taking a class that discusses everything in depth will really help bring that love back into my life. I know it sounds weird; however, literature and books were my way of escaping reality and

In this class, I learned about the significant field of reading and writing assessment. There are running records, which are assessments that are done all throughout the semester to monitor a student's reading process. There are also assessments to be done near the start of the year, such as the Garfield Survey, to find out student's attitudes towards reading. All of these assessments will help me in the future better tailor my lessons to fit my students' needs. A second area of knowledge I gained in this class is a better understanding of lesson plans. I became more familiar with the Madeline Hunter format. I also learned the format for Guided Reading Lessons. This will help me be more organized in my lessons in the future.

I know this class will refresh my memory on some English literature I learned eons ago.  I’m also looking forward to reading some really good stories, books and learning about authors and the reason they write or research in certain ways.  The terminology used throughout the textbook; will be extremely helpful in my personal and work life in regards to college work and as a social work assisting with various

Currently, there is a debate about whether or not adults should be reading young adult (YA) literature. Some on the side for adults reading young adult literature highlight the benefits of adults reading YA literature; specifically reading it in order to relate to feelings they had as a young adult. This ability to relate to YA literature in a personal manner could be very useful to teachers who work with young adults. Teachers can use their findings from the YA novels to further empathize with their students, learn how to integrate these YA novels into their curriculum to make it easier for students to understand, and learn to understand and help students coping with some sort of emotional trauma that may affect their learning.

What does it mean for a book to be Young Adult? I think that Young Adult literature is a perfect