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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE. Let’s Hear and See Some Children’s Literature. http://www.janetwong.com/poems/goodluckgold.cfm Owen and Mzee Another Unique Relationship. Best Bets For Having Fun and Getting Things Done. Use your textbook
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Let’s Hear and See Some Children’s Literature • http://www.janetwong.com/poems/goodluckgold.cfm • Owen and Mzee • Another Unique Relationship
Best Bets For Having Fun and Getting Things Done • Use your textbook • Charlotte Huck’s Children’s Literature: This 5 pound, nearly $100, 700+ page book will NOT be read chapter by chapter with assignments and quizzes! • IT SHOULD BE YOUR VALUABLE RESOURCE in learning about children’s lit. and it should be invaluable with locating titles. • Should you buy it? Yes!
BEST BETS cont. • VISIT and SPEND time in Bookstores and Libraries. • Take a few hours a day and visit: Borders (Town Center Mall), Three Oaks Public Library, and FGCU Library, or Books a Million, Barnes and Noble nearest you! • Explore! Initiate a conversation with other readers and workers in the youth services section of the library or the children and juvenile sections of the bookstore.
BEST BETS cont. • SPEND TIME ON THE INTERNET EXPLORING • USE THE RESOURCES IN ANGEL • Each assignment folder details of assignment, but also resources. • See RESOURCES for ASSIGNMENTS – Valuable websites including recommendations of books in all of the categories of children’s lit.
ACTIVITIES TODAY • Getting to Know One Another – Interview Sheet (sign-in sheet) Photos Share Favorite Children’s Book
Begin A Newsletter • Explore Publisher • Set default to Arial Font • Check out Slide 8 to see what you might right for About the Author. • Write about yourself. • Insert a photo
WRITING ABOUT THE AUTHOR • See Tomie dePaola for clever ideas: • http://www.tomie.com/about_tomie/bio.html • Some others to check out: • http://www.janetwong.com/biography/index.cfm • http://www.estellecondra.com/estelleatplay.html • http://www.patriciapolacco.com/author/index.html
Adding Images Go to book website. Find Image Right click Copy Go to publisher – where you want to insert photo. (You may want to insert text box.) Choose edit – paste or ctrl, command, v to paste. Click on image to get grab bars to resize. Use corners only to avoid distortion. Images to Avoid
SAVING FILES TO PDF Demonstration • Name document : Slickparentnewsletter1 • Save your publisher file to PDF and upload in Discussion folder labeled – wiki or blog address .
CREATE A BLOG OR WIKI • View Wiki Blog Power Point • See Assignments/ Blog/Wiki Getting Started Blog Wiki Instruction Sheet • See Blogs and Wiki Worksheet – Keeping track • Add intro. Set up contents and permissions • When ready – by Friday – send web address to your Wiki or Blog.
Websites you should keep in your back pocket • POWELL’S BOOKSTORE • http://www.powells.com/psection/ChildrensPictureBooks.html • BUYING BOOKS • http://www.addall.com/