Rating Scales

So, to kind of quantify my thoughts about the books I'm going to rate them.

First I'm going to rate them on Readability. "0" being super easy, "10" being super difficult. This pretty much means how understandable the language is, how well it "flows", and how easy it was to get through. I'll be keeping this on the middle/high school level so all you readers out there can use the scale to judge for yourselves.

Then, for the teacher-folk, I'll rate them on how easily they could be used in the classroom. "0" meaning it doesn't belong anywhere near a classroom, "10" meaning it's super teachable. I'll try to comment a little on these. Perhaps, give a few suggestions/ideas and talking points.

Hopefully this is pretty clear. If not, leave a comment. I'll try to talk you through the jumble that comes out of my brain sometimes. :)

The Skinny

This semester I have been put on a mission: Read ten young adult literature books and report on them. Since this age is a modern one, and I am a secondary education major, ten plain, old book reports will not do. I am going digital!

The main goal of the project is for me, as a teacher, to gain a working knowledge* of young adult literature. Not because I’ll be teaching it specifically, (though I probably will) but because I can’t suggest books to my students without first knowing what the books are about.

On a personal level, I have installed a secondary objective. I want this page to be a resource. A resource to teachers and young readers alike.

*To give credit where credit is due: I took the term “working knowledge” from the assignment description given to me by my professor.