Course Assignments and Grading:

• Blog Posts: Students are expected to create a blog post (of 200 to 300 words) at least once per book. 20%
• Book Review: Choose one Queer Young Adult book that we will not be reading and create a blog post on the book, exploring its importance 10%
• Analytical Paper: Critical analysis of one of the texts read in class up until the point the assignment is due (4-5 pages) 20%
• Final Project: Students have the choice of either creating a 4-5 lesson mini unit on one of the course texts or writing a paper on one of the course texts using outside sources (6-8 pages) 30%
• Final Presentation: Students will have 10 minutes to present on their final paper or the lesson plans they have written 5%
• Weekly Class Participation: Both in class and on the course website 15%