COMMON
STRATEGIES
FOR
ALL
CONTENT
AREAS
TO
CREATE
AN
INTEGRATED
CURRICULUM
THROUGH
THE
USE
OF
VARIOUS
LITERACIES
Dianne
Koehnecke,
Ph.D.
One
of
the
major
problems
in
teaching
young
adult
literature
is
that
it
is
not
regarded
as
necessary
in
all
content
areas.
Teacher
training
programs
in
the
secondary
area
do
not
help
this
situation;
in
fact,
they
may
inhibit
students’
progress
in
understanding
and
using
young
adult
literature.
Most
secondary
programs
only
require
one
course
in
content
area
reading.
A
Young
Adult
Literature
course
is
required
only
for
middle
school
students
in
language
arts
and
secondary
programs
in
English.
Often
students
struggle
to
comprehend
their
textbooks
Dianne
Koehnecke
is
an
Associate
because
they
are
usually
not
given
any
trade
books
to
enhance
Professor
of
Education
at
Webster
the
material
in
the
texts.
Few
students
rave
about
a
“wonderful
University.
She
has
a
Ph.D.
from
St.
textbook,”
but
many
adolescents
will
share
their
enthusiasm
Louis
University
(1992)
in
Curriculum
about
nonfiction
and
fiction
books
or
interesting
articles
they
and
Instruction
with
a
minor
in
English.
read
in
magazines,
newspapers,
or
on
the
internet.
Today,
Young
She
also
has
her
Reading
Specialist
and
Adult
Literature
does
not
merely
refer
to
trade
books,
but
also
MBTI
(Myers-‐Briggs
Type
Inventory)
includes
a
wide
range
of
literacies
other
than
the
textbook.
By
certification.
She
teaches
reading,
using
these
various
literacies,
teachers
can
enhance
student
writing,
and
literature
classes
at
understanding
and
appreciation
in
all
content
areas.
When
using
Webster.
She
has
written
six
young
a
common
reading
strategy
for
different
subjects,
students
adult
books
for
striving
readers
and
understand
that
their
curriculum
is
integrated
because
they
can
continues
to
write
and
review
academic
use
similar
reading
strategies
for
the
various
types
of
literacies
journals
and
books.
She
is
currently
they
are
reading,
whether
it
be
a
newspaper
article,
an
internet
working
with
a
colleague
on
an
e-‐book
article,
an
article
from
a
library
data
base,
or
a
fiction
or
about
content
area
reading.
She
is
also
non