Checklist           
Children's Literature
Education 408

Date Due

Assignment
Week 3:
Feb 13
PB -- Review of a Picturebook using SLJ format (1 PB; total 1)

Novel -- Illustrated Novel, blog response (total: 1 novel)
Week 4:
Feb 20
Binder due:  Five picturebooks

 Have read 2 illustrated novels

PB -- Caldecott (2 PB: total 3)

PB -- Wordless (2 PB: total 5)
Week 5:
Feb 27

 Have Read: -- Out of My Mind
 
Novel -- Illustrated, style response (total: 2 novels)
Week 6
March 5

 Have read 1 book from the "historical fiction" set

PB -- Genre (2PB: total 7)
PB -- International picturebooks (2PB: total 9)

Novel -- Out of My Mind (total: 3 novels)
Week 7:
March 12
Binder due: 9 picturebooks, 5 novels
 Have read 1 book from the "WWII Historical Fiction" set


Novel -- Historical fiction, character response (total: 4 novels)

Novel -- Historical fiction, teaching idea (total: 5 novels)

Week 8:
March 19
Week 9:
March 26

  
PB -- Folktale varients (3 PB: total 12)
Week 10:
April 2


Have read 1 book from the "Fantasy" text set

Novel -- Fantasy, response to setting (total: 6 novels)

Week 11:
April 9

 		PB -- Green Earth Book Award winner (1PB: total 13)

Have read 1 from Green Earth Book set -- Wild Wings
Week 12:
April 16

Have read 1 book from the "Science Fiction" text set

Novel -- Science Fiction, creative writing response (total: 7 novels)

Have read 1 book from the "Horror" text set

Novel -- Horror, censorship/book challenge response (total: 8 novels)

Week 13:
April 23

Binder due: 16 picturebooks, 9 novels, nonfiction, life story

Have Read Dead End in Norvelt

Have Read 1 nonfiction tradebook (Bring to class)  

PB -- Thematic Project (3PB: total 16)

Novel -- Wild Wings or Gaia Warriors (total: 9 novels)

Have Read 1 Biography (Bring to class)

Nonfiction response

Life Story response
Week 14:
April 30

Have Read 2 books from the "CRF" text  sets


Novel -- Dead End in Norvelt  (total: 10 novels)

Novel -- International CRF, blog response  (total: 11 novels)
Week 15
May 7

 Novel -- Contemporary Realistic fiction, response to theme (total: 12 novels)

Classroom Inquiry Project due

PB -- Culturally rich picturebooks (2 PB: total 18)

Have read 1 graphic novel 

Reader Autobiography Paper Due

PB -- Digital picturebook (1 PB: total 19)

Graphic Novel response due

Response to Poetry anthology due

Week 16
May 14

  

Binder with final revisions of all work due
Presentation of Author/Illustrator Projects
during finals time


Add these items to your checklist on the appropriate dates

1.  Illustrator Study (sign up for a date -- 3 PB: total 22).  Choose a date that works for you

2.  Sign up for a Traditional Booktalk.  Booktalks should ideally be given on the first day we reach the text set. 

3.  Sign up for a digital booktalk.  Booktalks should ideally be given on the first day we reach the text set.

4.  Sign up for the correct dat for your Genre Discussion.  Genre Discussions are to be given on the day we reach that genre