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Element 1: Candidates are knowledgeable about texts - print and non-print texts, media texts, classic texts and contemporary texts, including young adult - that represent a range of world literatures, historical traditions, genres, and the experiences of different genders, ethnicities, and social classes; they are able to use literary theories to interpret and critique a range of texts.

Reflection:

Throughout my time at Radford University, I have learned much about different cultures and groups. Having taken Adolescent Literature, Society and the Individual, World Cultures, and African-American Literature, I feel that I have been exposed to many different types of literature from many different genders, ethnic groups, social classes, and eras. Below is a slideshow of many books I have been exposed to that contain cultural relevance as well as universal themes.

The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel by acclaimed poet Sylvia Plath. I learned about this text in a Women's Studies class at Radford University.	The Kite Runner is a novel about the fall of the government in Afghanistan and the subsequent takeover by the Taliban. It focuses on young Amir and his successes and failures.	Wish You Well is a novel set in the backwoods of Appalachia in the recent past. I read this book in my Freshman English class and fell in love.
This novel is about a young Native American boy who goes to a school off of his reservation. He feels like he is stuck between two worlds and must come to terms with his identity. I read this book in my English 425 (Adolescent Literature) class at Radford University.	Appalachian Values is a non-fiction text about the values and traditions held by individuals in rural Appalachia. I read this text for an academic competition, and felt that is so well articulates my experiences as an Appalachian that I have never been without it.	Citizen is a non-fiction text about the struggles of African American individuals in society today. This book includes poetry, pictures, and prose to show the injustice and oppression. I read this book in an African American Literature class at Radford University.
Night is a memoir from Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel about his life experience going through the concentration camps in World War II. This horrific non-fiction selection articulates the tragedy of the Holocaust very well. I taught this memoir during my student teaching at Pulaski County High School.	Luna is a story about a young girl who has a trans* sibling who is going through a male to female transition. I read this book in Adolescent Literature.	One of my favorite books of all time! This is a story so packed with culture I don't think I could categorize it. Aristotle and Dante are two young Hispanic boys with very different life experiences who meet and quickly become best friends. As time passes, Ari and Dante become more than friends, and though they are from different backgrounds, the boys and their families find common ground the meaning of love. I first read this book after being exposed to it on GoodReads.
This story centers around a group of very diverse students coming of age in high school. I read this during Adolescent Literature.	This coming of age story in rural Appalachia has always had a special place in my heart as the first book I ever got autographed! Ruth White visited my middle school and pulled me right in with this story of an Appalachian boy searching for his missing mother.	Maus is a set of two graphic novels about the Polish Jews during the Holocaust. I read this for an academic competition and subsequently taught it during student teaching.
I read this wonderful work of fiction during my Adolescent Literature class. This story follows a young African girl as she travel the continent and to America to escape the persecution in the South Sudan.

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The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel by acclaimed poet Sylvia Plath. I learned about this text in a Women's Studies class at Radford University.

The Kite Runner is a novel about the fall of the government in Afghanistan and the subsequent takeover by the Taliban. It focuses on young Amir and his successes and failures.

Wish You Well is a novel set in the backwoods of Appalachia in the recent past. I read this book in my Freshman English class and fell in love.

This novel is about a young Native American boy who goes to a school off of his reservation. He feels like he is stuck between two worlds and must come to terms with his identity. I read this book in my English 425 (Adolescent Literature) class at Radford University.

Appalachian Values is a non-fiction text about the values and traditions held by individuals in rural Appalachia. I read this text for an academic competition, and felt that is so well articulates my experiences as an Appalachian that I have never been without it.

Citizen is a non-fiction text about the struggles of African American individuals in society today. This book includes poetry, pictures, and prose to show the injustice and oppression. I read this book in an African American Literature class at Radford University.

Luna is a story about a young girl who has a trans* sibling who is going through a male to female transition. I read this book in Adolescent Literature.

This story centers around a group of very diverse students coming of age in high school. I read this during Adolescent Literature.

This coming of age story in rural Appalachia has always had a special place in my heart as the first book I ever got autographed! Ruth White visited my middle school and pulled me right in with this story of an Appalachian boy searching for his missing mother.

Maus is a set of two graphic novels about the Polish Jews during the Holocaust. I read this for an academic competition and subsequently taught it during student teaching.

I read this wonderful work of fiction during my Adolescent Literature class. This story follows a young African girl as she travel the continent and to America to escape the persecution in the South Sudan.

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