Adolescent Literacy Reflection

While I was not certain what to expect with the class, Adolescent Literacy quickly became my favorite class of the three I am taking this session. Although I am not one who often reads for enjoyment, there was an unexpected degree of excitement for me while reading our 6 young adult novels for class. Being assigned the books made me make time to read them and I found myself getting through them rather quickly and enjoying the reading.
I feel as though this class and Teaching Reading in the Content Area have given me new insight into the important job teachers have to not only include reading in their instruction, but to give students the tools needed to increase their love of reading and their comprehension and abilities. I feel excited to come up with new ways to include reading and even writing assignments in my art classes in a way that will help students long after they have left my class. Reading was not an important part of my art instruction through high school and while earning my art degree, but it would have made me a better reader and student, I am sure.