Shopping for two modules H-810G & H-810F (Adolescent Literature) (Children’s Literature) Instructor Lolly Robinson (Charlotte Robinson) Larsen 613 Teaching Fellow Michelle Bellino Larsen 611 A second TF?

Children’s Literature (H-810F) Kindergarten–4th Grade  Evaluate books  Find books  Learn about book creators  Use books Adolescent Literature (H- 810F) Middle school & high school

October 24–November 28 Children’s Literature (H-810F) Kindergarten–4th Grade Adolescent Literature (H- 810G) Middle school & high school August 31–October 17 Mondays from 5-8 p.m. Gutman 305 (?)

Reading assignments H-810G H-810F

Reading assignments  Required reading each week Trade books An article or other resource  Availability On 2-hour reserve at Gutman In JCRL (Jeanne Chall Reading Lab) At bookstores (Coop, Amazon, etc.) Some available in libraries or as free audio downloads

Book discussion  In- class discussion — last 50 minutes of class, possibly in a different room  Self-moderated groups of 6-8 students  Begins at second class  Discussion questions due Sunday evening  Each group submits play-by-play of discussion to online discussion board so instructors can check in  The next week class may begin with a follow-up discussion

Written assignments and grading H-810F: Picture Book paper (30%) H-810G: Reader response paper (15%) Group project (15%) Both modules: Annotated bibliography (50%) Book discussion and attendance (20%)

Both modules Annotated bibliography (50%) Come to first class having chosen a specific focus for your bibliography. Some topics that have worked well in the past: Immigration to the US Baseball (or other sport) Music (or other art) Boston (or other major city) Teen pregnancy (H-810G) LGBTQ adolescents (H-810G) New siblings (H-810F) Ecology (H-810F)

Both modules Annotated bibliography (50%)  Variety of books (fiction and nonfiction) in a range of reading levels  Introductory paragraph  Short annotations for each book  Bibliography shared with class on website  Exemplar available on website

H-810G Reader response paper (15%)  Three pages  Re-read a book you enjoyed as a child aged ~11 to 15  Describe and analyze the difference between your two readings

H-810G Group project (15%)  Groups of three to five students  Explore a topic relevant to the field Create a page on the course iSite Show your page to the class Tell us about your process

H-810G Group project (15%) Sign up for topic at first class  Censorship  Discourse styles  Violence  YA and other media  Etc. (see syllabus)

H-810F Picture book paper (30%)  Three pages  Analyze and evaluate a picture book  Exemplar available on class website

Typical class meeting  Follow up on previous week’s book discussions  Powerpoint lecture  Short booktalks  Break/browse  Book discussion in small groups  Preview of next week’s topic

Guest speakers H-810G September 19: Mitali Perkins Author of Bamboo People H-810F October 31: Grace Lin Author-illustrator of Ling & Ting

Both modules Assignment for first class  Have topic for bibliography  Fill out online Personal Information Survey (may be done at end of class)  Reading assignment (see syllabus)

Course iSites

Michelle’s background  M.A. in cultural anthropology  D4 in Culture, Communities, & Education Human rights education Post-conflict history education Historical understanding and cultural "texts"  YA writer... (always in progress)

Lolly’s background  B.A. in studio art (painting concentration)  M.A. in children’s literature  Worked in publishing since 1985  Freelance writing, reviewing, research, graphic design, illustration  Horn Book Magazine, Horn Book Guide  Taught at Lesley University  Book award committees  Speak on new books, history of children’s literature, Beatrix Potter  Exhibits at Eric Carle Museum, SBMA  Calling Caldecott blog

Horn Book  Receives new books/year  Horn Book Magazine 6 times a year (bimonthly) articles about children’s books in-depth reviews of top 10%  Horn Book Guide 2 times a year Short reviews of all trade books Rated 1 to 6 Print (6 months of books) and online (20 years)

Horn Book  Electronic publications Hbook.com (company website, lots of free articles) HornBookGuide.com (paid subscription, 25 years of reviews) Notes from the Horn Book (free monthly newsletter for teachers and parents) Read Roger (editor’s blog) Out of the Box (blog for everything we don’t review in print publications) Calling Caldecott (blog discussing the year’s picture books, contenders for Caldecott Medal)

Horn Book office

Horn Book: incoming books

Horn Book Guide: books from one 6-month publishing season

Horn Book editors (editing review section)

Horn Book covers Art Spiegelman 2001

Horn Book covers E. L. Konigsburg 2002

Horn Book covers David Wiesner 2002

Horn Book covers Maira Kalman 2004

Horn Book covers Mordicai Gerstein 2004

Horn Book covers Lynne Rae Perkins 2005

Horn Book covers Kevin Henkes 2005

Horn Book covers Chris Raschka 2006

Horn Book covers Lois Ehlert 2007

Horn Book covers Brian Selznick 2008

Horn Book covers Lane Smith 2009

Horn Book covers Jerry Pinkney 2010

Horn Book covers Anita Lobel 2010

Horn Book covers Tomie dePaola 2011

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