Part I: Why teach literature?

Chapter 1: What Does It Mean to Teach Literature to Adolescents?

Chapter 2: Teaching Literature with Adolescents in Mind: Who Are My Students?

Part II: What literatures are we teaching?

Chapter 3: Planning and Organizing Literature Instruction: How Do I Decide What to Teach?

Chapter 4: Teaching the Classics: Do I Have to Teach the Canon, And If So, How Do I Do It?

Chapter 5: Teaching Contemporary Young Adult Literature: How Do I Teach What They are Reading?

Chapter 6: Media Makers and Media Readers: Teaching Analysis and Production of Media

Part III: How do we engage students with literature?

Chapter 7: How Do I Help Students Understand What They are Reading?

Chapter 8: Teaching Literary Genres: How Do I Engage Students in Reading Different Kinds of Literature?

Chapter 9: Multiple Perspectives to Engage Students in Literature: What are Different Ways of Seeing?

Chapter 10: Using Drama Strategies to Foster Interpretation: Participating in Textual Worlds

Chapter 11: Leading Discussions of Literature: How Do I Get Them to Talk about Literature?

Chapter 12: Writing about Literature: How Do I Get Them To Write about Literature?

Part IV: Where do I go from here?

Chapter 13: Evaluating and Assessing Student Learning: How Do You Know What They Have Learned?

Chapter 14: Reflecting and Developing as a Literature Teacher: How Do I Grow as a Teacher?