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Children’s Literature (H-810F) Elementary school

Children’s Literature (H-810F) Elementary school. Instructor Lolly Robinson (Charlotte Robinson) robinslo@gse.harvard.edu Larsen 613. Teaching Fellow Christina Dobbs cld403@mail.harvard.edu Larsen G10. Teaching Fellow Michelle Bellino mjb033@mail.harvard.edu.

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Children’s Literature (H-810F) Elementary school

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  1. Children’s Literature (H-810F)Elementary school Instructor Lolly Robinson (Charlotte Robinson) robinslo@gse.harvard.edu Larsen 613 Teaching Fellow Christina Dobbs cld403@mail.harvard.edu Larsen G10 Teaching Fellow Michelle Bellino mjb033@mail.harvard.edu

  2. Children’s Literature (H-810F)Kindergarten–4th Grade • Evaluate books • Find books • Learn about book creators • Use books

  3. Children’s Literature (H-810F) Mondays October 25–November 22 5:00–8:00 p.m. Longfellow 319 (?)

  4. Children’s Literature (H-810F)

  5. Children’s Literature (H-810F)

  6. Film premier:Library of the Early Mind(recommended but not required) Askwith Education Forum October 19, 2010 5:30 p.m. Book sale, film, Q&A, book signing, reception Panel: Lois Lowry, Lesléa Newman, Jerry Pinkney, Roger Sutton, Padma Venkatraman

  7. Children’s Literature (H-810F) GUEST SPEAKER November 1: Sarah S. Brannen Author-illustrator of Uncle Bobby’s Wedding

  8. Children’s Literature (H-810F) Enrollment • Limited to ~30 enrollees • Submit a statement via e-mail by 8 p.m. tomorrow night (8/27) • Language & Literacy students have priority • Will notify via e-mail Friday night or Saturday morning • Auditing option

  9. Reading assignments • Required reading • 19 assigned children’s books picture books, easy readers, chapter books, poetry, traditional literature, information books • From Cover to Cover by K. T. Horning • Assorted blogs, short articles • All books in JCRL, on reserve at Gutman, and available at Coop (and Amazon, etc.)

  10. Written assignments and grading • Annotated bibliography (40%) • Picture Book paper (20%) • Group project (20%) • In-class and online book discussion (20%)

  11. Annotated bibliography (40%) 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 • Food and eating • New siblings • Music and musicians • Quilts • The ocean • Mexican American culture See syllabus or visit http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html for more ideas

  12. Annotated bibliography (40%) • Picture books and/or chapter books in a range of reading levels • Introductory paragraph • 25 books with short annotations • 20 must be in your focus topic • 5 may be on other related topics • Bibliography shared with class on website • Exemplar available on website At least twenty of the titles must be books you had not read before this course.

  13. Picture book paper (20%) • Three pages • Analyze and evaluate a picture book • Exemplar available on class website

  14. Group project (20%) • Sign up for topic at first class • Wordless picture books • Animals as human stand-ins • Information books • Mischief makers • Gender issues • Poetry

  15. Group project (20%) • Groups of ~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

  16. Class and online discussions (20%) • Discussion board on class website • In lieu of book journal • Password protected • Submit a posting about one reading or add to an existing string every week (by 5 p.m. Sunday) • Respond to reading, recommend other books, continue topics from previous classes • In-class discussion

  17. Assignment for first class • Bring topic for bibliography • Read two picture books (on reserve, in JCRL, at Coop)

  18. Course website http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k72475

  19. Lolly’s background • Studio Art, English Literature • 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

  20. Horn Book • Receives 4000+ 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)

  21. Horn Book • Notes from the Horn Book • 12 times a year • Free e-newsletter • Targeted toward teachers and parents • Read Roger • Editor in Chief’s blog • Opinionated, feisty, lots of readers/comments • Websites www.hbook.com and www.hornbookguide.com

  22. Horn Book office

  23. Horn Book: incoming books

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

  25. Horn Book editors (editing review section)

  26. Horn Book coversDavid Wiesner2002

  27. Horn Book coversMaurice Sendak2003

  28. Horn Book coversTomie dePaola2007

  29. Horn Book coversLaura Vaccaro Seeger2008

  30. Horn Book coversLane Smith2009

  31. Horn Book coversJerry Pinkney2010

  32. Questions?

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