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Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson. Christine Fortner SLM 504. Genres. Realistic Fiction. Picture Books. Historical Fiction. Style of Writing. Character Driven. Short Texts. Characters speak thoughtfully and insightfully. Poetic. Stories written in poems, letters, different narrators. Not preachy.

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Jacqueline Woodson

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  1. Jacqueline Woodson Christine Fortner SLM 504

  2. Genres Realistic Fiction Picture Books Historical Fiction

  3. Style of Writing Character Driven Short Texts Characters speak thoughtfully and insightfully Poetic Stories written in poems, letters, different narrators Not preachy Characters struggle with identity and grow

  4. Jacqueline Woodson on Writing • Family history is part of who she is • Characters are writers • Has questions • “caring about one another” • Religious upbringing • Characters have stories to tell • Writing an escape • “When I was a kid. I got in trouble for telling • stories. And my teachers said, “Be quiet • and write it down, and if you write it down, • it’s fiction. It’s not a lie anymore.””

  5. Themes Jacqueline Woodson Interview http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/woodson

  6. Young Adult Appeal • African American girls, boys, and others • Mostly self conscious stage (feelings, personal problems) • Stories about real life problems that teens face • Writes about controversial issues • Several series (I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This, Lena),(If You Come Softly, Behind You),(Last Summer With Maizon, Maizon at Blue Hill, Between Madison and Palmetto),( Locomotion, Peace, Locomotion)

  7. Bibliography Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database. 2010 The CLCD Company, LLC. 19 June 2010. Jacqueline Woodson Books for Children and Young Adults. 2010. 21 June 2010. <www.jacquelinewoodson.com>. Follett Library Resources. 2010 Follett Library Resources, Inc. 21 June 2010. <www.titlewave.com>. Novelist. 2010 EBSCO Industries, Inc. 20 June 2010. <http://web.ebscohost.com/novelist/search?vid=1&hid=108&sid=1bba4700-602d-4624-b89d-6ad1f7781b80%40sessionmgr110>. Reading Rockets. 2010 WETA. 21 June 2010. <readingrockets.org>. Teaching Books. 2010 Teaching Books.net LLC. 21 June 2010. <teachingbooks.net>. Wordle. Jonathan Feinberg. 2009. 20 June 2010. <wordle.net>.

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