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Class #6, December 19

Class #6, December 19. Book discussion from last week Jane Yolen presentation Lolly on poetry and verse novels Locomotion book discussion Break Odds and ends, Q&A What’s next? Evaluations. Jane Yolen presentation. Arika Cohen Ruth Michael Laura Sitkin. Poetry. More poets and books

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Class #6, December 19

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  1. Class #6, December 19 • Book discussion from last week • Jane Yolen presentation • Lolly on poetry and verse novels • Locomotion book discussion Break • Odds and ends, Q&A • What’s next? • Evaluations

  2. Jane Yolen presentation Arika Cohen Ruth Michael Laura Sitkin

  3. Poetry • More poets and books • Horn Book poetry issue • Verse novels • Poetry and history

  4. Jacqueline Woodson • b. 1963 in Columbus OH • Lives in Brooklyn • First book (Last Summer with Maizon) published in 1990 • Themes include family, loss, and identity • Many awards

  5. Jacqueline Woodson resources Author website http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/ NYPL online chat http://summerreading.nypl.org/read2003/chats/woodson.cfm Lit circle guide for Locomotion http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/locomotion_t.pdf Interview and discussion questions (scroll down): http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/jacqueline_woodson.html

  6. Book discussion • Talk about your bibliographies • Discuss Locomotion • What worked best? (Characterization, poetry, plot, themes…) • What grade would you use this with? How?

  7. Break

  8. Odds and Ends • Writing and getting published • Magazines • My five favorite books • Author visits • Communicating with authors • Q&A—free for all on any topic

  9. Writing and getting published • SCBWI • Writing group for feedback • Agent? • Literary Market Place • Writers’ Market 2007 • Read Publishers Weekly (online) • Be patient!

  10. Writing programs VT College http://www.tui.edu/programs/masters_mfawc.asp Simmons MFA http://www.simmons.edu/gradstudies/liberal-arts/academics/childrens-literature/writing.shtml

  11. Listservs Child_Lit https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/child_lit Yalsa-bk http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk

  12. Magazines for adolescents Cricket Magazine Group (http://www.cricketmag.com/) • Cricket (9-14) • Cicada (14 & up) • Dig (archaeology, 9-14) • Cobblestone (history, 9-14) • Muse (science, history, arts, 10 & up) • Faces (world cultures, 9-14) • Calliope (world history, 9-14) • Odyssey (science, 10-15)

  13. Favorite books • Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson • Eva by Peter Dickenson • Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins • Feed by M. T. Anderson

  14. Favorite books (as adolescent) • Anne of Green Gables • A Wrinkle in Time (and anything by Madeleine L'Engle) • Mysteries (Nancy Drew, Sherlock Holmes) • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (and anything by C. S. Lewis) • The Long Winter (and all Little House books)

  15. Author discoveries • Virginia Hamilton • Cynthia Voigt • Randall Jarrell • Katherine Paterson • Lois Lowry • Bruce Brooks • Walter Dean Myers

  16. Author visits Random House advice (very good) http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/eventkit.pdf Planning details http://childrensbooks.about.com/library/howto/htscheduleauthor.htm Authors collaborative http://www.visitingauthors.com/helpful_articles.html

  17. Communicating with authors • E-mail from author’s site read info on site first • US Mail via publisher Include postage paid envelope for response • Be considerate

  18. More questions?(General Q&A)

  19. Where to go from here

  20. ThanksPlease keep in touch!

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