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From: Maureen Robins <mrobinsster_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:15:38 -0400
I would like to say, from my perspective as a middle school assistant principal, 4-6 may be considered prime audience for "middle grade" YA. Eighth grade is an entirely different reader -- enjoying a harder-driving, more adult topic oriented read on the one hand and absolutely little reading on the other hand. I also believe that the Common Core reading standards is attempting to shift the conversation around the meaning of a Young Adult text.
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:15:38 -0400
I would like to say, from my perspective as a middle school assistant principal, 4-6 may be considered prime audience for "middle grade" YA. Eighth grade is an entirely different reader -- enjoying a harder-driving, more adult topic oriented read on the one hand and absolutely little reading on the other hand. I also believe that the Common Core reading standards is attempting to shift the conversation around the meaning of a Young Adult text.
-- Maureen Picard Robins The Pressures of Teaching (Kaplan, 2010) The Transmigration of Souls (Finishing Line Press) The Good Teacher Mentor (Teachers College Press,2003)Received on Sat 07 Jul 2012 11:15:38 AM CDT
