Shopping for two modules H-810F & H-810G (Children’s Literature) (Adolescent Literature) Instructor Lolly Robinson (Charlotte Robinson) Larsen 613 Teaching Fellow Chris Buttimer Instructor Lauren Adams Larsen 613

Adolescent Literature (H-810G) Middle school and high school Children’s Literature (H- 810F) Kindergarten to grade 4  Evaluate books  Find books  Learn about book creators  Use books

Adolescent Literature (H-810G) Middle school and high school Children’s Literature (H- 810F) Kindergarten to grade 4 All Mondays October 22–December 3 Tuesday, September 4– Monday, October 15 Mondays from 5-8 p.m. Gutman 305 (here)

Lolly’s background  B.A. in studio art (painting concentration)  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  Calling Caldecott blog

Lauren’s background  B.A. in Russian Language and Political Science  M.A. in children’s literature  Massachusetts licensure in ELL (5-12) and ELA (8-12)  Teach high school ELL and English since 2007  Previously taught at Simmons College and Lesley University  Worked in publishing for 12 years  Review for The Horn Book Magazine  Book award committees  Parent of a 14-yr-old and a 17-yr-old

Chris’s background  M.Ed. in Language and Literacy (L&L); Reading Specialist Licensure (HGSE, '10); M.Ed. in Teacher Education from UMass-Boston ('06)  Current Ed.D. (D3) student -- Culture, Communities, and Education (CCE)  Taught middle-school ELA in the Cambridge Public Schools for 6 years  Did part-time literacy intervention work in the Boston Public Schools last year  Interested in teaching and learning, adolescent literacy, and school reform

Reading assignments H-810F H-810G

Reading assignments  Required reading each week Trade books An article or other resource  Availability On 2-hour reserve at Gutman In JCRL (Jeanne Chall Reading Lab) At bookstores (Coop, Amazon, etc.) Some available in libraries or as free audio downloads

Book discussion  In- class discussion — about 50 minutes usually in second half of class  Three groups of around 10 students  Mostly self-moderated with guidance from an instructor  Discussion questions due Sunday evening on discussion board

Written assignments and grading H-810G: Reader Response paper (20%) H-810F: Picture Book paper (20%) Both modules: Annotated bibliography (40%) Group project (20%) Book discussion and attendance (20%)

Both modules 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 Baseball (or other sport) Music (or other art) Boston (or other major city) New siblings (H-810F) Ecology (H-810F) LGBTQ adolescents (H-810G) Teen pregnancy (H-810G)

Both modules Annotated bibliography (40%)  Variety of books (fiction and nonfiction) in a range of reading levels  Introductory paragraph  Short annotations for each book  Bibliography shared with class on website  Exemplar available on website

Both Modules Group project (20%)  Groups of three to five students  Explore a topic relevant to the field Create a page on the course iSite Show your page to the class

Both Modules Group project Sign up for topic at first class  Censorship  Wordless books  Trends  Violence  Etc. (see syllabus)

H-810F Picture book paper (20%)  Three pages  Analyze and evaluate a picture book  Exemplar available on class website

H-810G Reader response paper (20%)  Three pages  Re-read a book you enjoyed as a child aged ~11 to 15  Describe and analyze the difference between your two readings

Typical class meeting  Follow up on previous week’s book discussions  Powerpoint lecture  Short booktalks  Break/browse  Book discussion in small groups  Guest speaker or group presentations?  Preview of next week’s topic

Guest speakers H-810F September 17 Molly Bang Author-illustrator of Picture This H-810G November 26 M. T. Anderson Author of Feed

Both modules Assignment for first class  Have topic for bibliography  Fill out online Personal Information Survey  Reading assignment (see syllabus)

Course iSites

Horn Book  Receives 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)

Horn Book  Electronic publications Hbook.com (company website, lots of free articles) HornBookGuide.com (paid subscription, 25 years of reviews) Notes from the Horn Book (free monthly newsletter for teachers and parents) Read Roger (editor’s blog) Out of the Box (blog for everything we don’t review in print publications) Calling Caldecott (blog discussing the year’s picture books, contenders for Caldecott Medal)

Horn Book office

Horn Book: incoming books

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

Horn Book editors (editing review section)

Horn Book covers Art Spiegelman 2001

Horn Book covers E. L. Konigsburg 2002

Horn Book covers David Wiesner 2002

Horn Book covers Brian Selznick 2008

Horn Book covers Lane Smith 2009

Horn Book covers Jerry Pinkney 2010

Horn Book covers Tomie dePaola 2011

Horn Book covers Melissa Sweet 2012

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