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	Children's Literature Education 408


Class	Schedule Topic	Assignment
Week 1: Sept 1, 3	Introductions, syllabus, expectations, protocols Using the course website What is Children's Literature Short History of Children's Literature	Introduce Self Choose Novels Sites to visit Websites for research TeachingBooks.net 1). Go to http://TeachingBooks.net/home 2) Enter your SU email address (optional) 3) Username: (leave this field blank) 4) Password: Salisbury (case-insensitive) Children's Literature http://www.childrenslit.com/ Sign up for free trail or if you have a valid public library card from the Eastern Shore of Maryland enter here The Doucette Index http://www.educ1.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
Week 2: Sept 8, 10	What is Children's Literature Picturebook Art Picturebooks	Sign up for Teachingbooks.net trial Get public Library Card, and visit childrenslit.com Choose illustrator and research using at least 2 sources Fill out book Checklist (titles on schedule below) Have read 1 transitional book and respond on blog
Week 3: Sept. 15, 17	Picturebooks Part 2	Day 1: Bring a Caldecott winner Transitional Book response on blog Title 1: ____________________
Week 4: Sept 22, 24	Transitional Books	Submit: 5 picture book responses Have read both transitional books
Week 5: Sept. 29, Oct 1	Diversity and Picture books Visual Interpretation Project	Submit: 5 picture book responses (total of 10 now); and Transitional book response on style Title 2: ____________________
Week 6 Oct 6, 8	Illus. studies; Genre Presentation; Booktalks Historical Fiction	Have read 1 books from the "historical fiction" set Have read 1 book from the "WWII Historical Fiction" set
Week 7: Oct. 13, 15	Historical Fiction	Historical Fiction responses due Response to Characters Title 3: _________________ Teaching idea Title 4: __________________
Week 8: Oct 20 Prereg no class Oct 22	Illus. studies Poetry	Have Read a poetry collection (Bring to class; identify a favorite poem to share in class)
Week 9: Prereg no class Oct 27 Oct. 29	Literature Across the Curriculum Biography and Autobiography	Have Read 1 nonfiction tradebook(Bring to class) Have Read 1 Biography (Bring to class) Inquiry Project #2 due
Week 10: Nov 3, 5	Illus. studies; Genre Presentation; Booktalks Traditional Literature Folktales, Myths, Epics, and Legends	Bring 3 varients of a folktale Due Total of 15 picture book responses 2 Transitional Book responses 2 Historical Fiction Responses poetry response Visual interpretation project Nonfiction tradebook response Biographical tradebook response Inquiry Project #2
Week 11: Nov. 10, 12	Illus. studies; Genre Presentation; Booktalks Fantasy 1 Fantasy and Science Fiction	Have read 1 book from the "Fantasy" text set
Week 12: Nov 17, 19	Illus. studies; Genre Presentation; Booktalks Science Fiction 2	Have read 1 book from the "Science Fiction" text set Fantasy response to setting due Title 5: _________________ Science Fiction Creative Writing response due Title 6: _________________
Week 13: Nov 24 Spring Break no class Nov 26	Illus. studies; Genre Presentation; Booktalks Contemporary Realistic Fiction Contemporary Realistic Fiction II	Have Read 4 books from the "CRF" text sets Contemporary Realistic response to themes due Title 7: ___________________ Contemporary Realistic Fiction Blog due Title 8: ______________________
Week 14: Dec. 1, 3	Extending Understandings Literature and Technology Ebooks and Digital Literature Film Drama	Culturally rich inventory due -- Inquiry Project #1 Verse Novel response to voice due Title 9: ___________________ Contemporary Realistic response to plot due Title 10: ____________________
Week 15 Dec 8, 10	Presentations -- illus. studies Graphic Novels	Have read 1 graphic novel Reader Autobiography Paper Due Media/Book Response due Title 11: ___________________
Finals Week		Graphic Novel response due Title 12: ___________________ Final revisions of all work due __ Total of 22 picture book responses* __ 4 student picture book responses __ 2 Transitional Book responses (1, 2) __ 2 Historical Fiction Responses (3, 4) __ poetry response __ Visual interpretation project __ Nonfiction tradebook response __ Biographical tradebook response __ Fantasy response (5) __ Science response (6) __ 4 CRF responses (7, 8, 9, 10) __ Inquiry Project #1 Culturally rich inventory __ Inquiry project #2 Core Reading Program __ Media/Book response (11) __ Graphic Novel Response (12) __ Reader Autobiography paper