June 6-July 29

For each of the weeks of the course, you will take part in on-line discussions and take a quiz over the assigned material.

We will study the following areas, in the following order, and for the time periods indicated:

 

WEEK ONE: This week, the central focus falls on Alphabets, Chapbooks, Primers, and Readers.

Pay particular attention here not only to the material but also to the introductions, for you will make extensive use of this information in your Alphabet Book paper and in your book analysis reports. This advice obtains for each of the eight weeks.

The reading includes a great deal of information. You will find a more extensive listing for each week at the web page for this particular assignment and in the Assignment area on Blackboard. To see the assignment for each week, simply click on the appropriate week.

While you have no specific writing assignment due this week, you should seek out an alphabet book with which to work on your first essay. Look into some of the titles mentioned in your anthology or look in your local library. Large book stores are wonderful for this sort of thing, for you can read, say, at Barnes and Noble and take notes.

Prepare, in other words, for the first writing assignment, due at the conclusion of the second week; in this assignment, you will report on the changing significance of Alphabet books, making use where appropriate of what the introductions have to say about the history of the Alphabet book and Children's Literature. You will also choose an Alphabet book of your choice for discussion in this context. See the Writing Assignment on the Assignment link for Week One for further details.

 

Weeks TWO and THREE: These two weeks focus on the exciting subject of Fairy Tales or Wonder Tales. During these weeks, you will read extensively in our major anthology, including both classic and modern tales. You will read about varieties of three different and very popular tales and take advantage of commentary on some essays.

You will put this material to use in the essay on Fairy Tales on the Midterm Examination.

At the end of Week Two, your first essay is due. You will find the full description in the assignment links.

We will also begin reading a novel, Ella Enchanted, a modern version of a traditional fairy tale..

 

Week FOUR: Animal Fable, Myths, and Legends. You will read extensively over these significant areas of Children's Literature. You will complete reading Ella Enchanted and might begin The Giver.

At the conclusion of Week Four you will take a Midterm Examination.

And at this juncture, you can work on two Book Analysis Reports.

 

Week FIVE: In addition to material from the previous week, you will cover Fantasy and Science Fiction, and read more of The Giver.

Work on book analysis reports-- try to have two completed by the end of Week Five.

 

Week SIX: This week we cover Picture Books, Comics, the final chapters of The Giver, and begin American Born Chinese. The reading material for this week is both important and interesting.

Work on a book report that concerns this material.

Keep up with both your reports and your revisions.

 

Week SEVEN: This week, you will read chapters in American Born Chinese, poetry, and the first part of a play.

Continue working on Book Analysis Reports and revisions.

 

Week EIGHT: You will complete the play and talk more about poetry.

At the conclusion of this week, you will also complete the Final Examination

 

By midnight of the final Saturday, ALL REPORTS, REVISIONS, AND ESSAYS ARE DUE.

 

 

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