1. Adolescent Literature (H-810G) Middle school, high school Instructor Lolly Robinson (Charlotte Robinson) robinslo@gse.harvard.edu Larsen 613 Teaching Fellow Christina Dobbs cld403@mail.harvard.edu Larsen G10 (JCRL) Teaching Fellow Michelle Bellino mjb033@mail.harvard.edu

2. Adolescent Literature (H-810G) Middle school, high school  Evaluate books  Find books  Learn about book creators  Use books

3. Adolescent Literature (H-810G) “Mondays” September 1–October 18 5:00–8:00 p.m. Longfellow 319 (?)

4. Adolescent Literature (H-810G)

6. Film premier: Library of the Early Mind (recommended but not required) Askwith Education Forum October 19, 2010 5:30 p.m. Book sale, film, Q&A, book signing, reception Panel: Lois Lowry, Lesléa Newman, Jerry Pinkney, Roger Sutton, Padma Venkatraman

7. Adolescent Literature (H-810G) GUEST SPEAKER October 20 Mitali Perkins author of Bamboo People

8. Adolescent Literature (H-810G) Enrollment  Limited to ~30 enrollees  Submit a statement via e-mail by 8 p.m. tomorrow night (8/27)  Language & Literacy students have priority  Will notify via e-mail Friday night or Saturday morning  Auditing option

9. Reading assignments  Required reading 11 assigned children’s and YA books realism, fantasy, historical fiction, nonfiction, graphic novel From Cover to Cover by K. T. Horning Assorted blogs, articles  All books in JCRL, on reserve at Gutman, and available at Coop (and Amazon, etc.)

10. Written assignments and grading  Annotated bibliography (40%)  Chapter Book paper (20%)  Group project (20%)  In-class and online book discussion (20%)

11. Annotated bibliography (40%) Come to first class having chosen a specific focus for your bibliography. Some topics that have worked well in the past: Books depicting life in other countries Families in tough economic situations Women during the American Civil War Basketball (or any sport) Books about LGBTQ youth Boston (or any geographic area) See syllabus or visit http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html for more ideashttp://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html

12. Annotated bibliography (40%)  Fiction and nonfiction in a range of reading levels  Introductory paragraph  15 books with short annotations 12 in your focus topic 3 on other related topics  Bibliography shared with class on website At least twelve of the titles must be books you had not read before this course.

13. Chapter book 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

14. Group project (20%)  Sign up for topic at first class  Censorship and book challenges  Unconventional narratives  Accuracy in historical fiction  Unconventional narratives  Violence  YA books in other media

15. Group project (20%)  Groups of ~five students  Explore an issue relevant to the field Create a page on the course iSite Show your page to the class Tell us about your process

16. Class and online discussions (20%)  Discussion board on class website In lieu of book journal Password protected Submit a posting about one reading or add to an existing string every week (by 5 p.m. Sunday) Respond to reading, recommend other books, continue topics from previous classes  In-class discussion

17. Assignments for first class  Bring topic for bibliography  Read How I Live Now (on reserve, at JCRL, at Coop and other area bookstores)

18. Course website http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k72476

19. Lolly’s background  Studio Art, English Literature  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

20. Horn Book  Receives 4000+ 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)

21. Horn Book  Notes from the Horn Book 12 times a year Free e-newsletter Targeted toward teachers and parents  Read Roger Editor in Chief’s blog Opinionated, feisty, lots of readers/comments  Websites www.hbook.com and www.hornbookguide.comwww.hbook.com www.hornbookguide.com

22. Horn Book office

23. Horn Book: incoming books

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

25. Horn Book editors (editing review section)

26. Horn Book covers Natalie Babbitt 2000

27. Horn Book covers Art Spiegelman 2001

28. Horn Book covers E. L. Konigsburg 2002

29. Horn Book covers Christopher Myers 2008

30. Horn Book covers Brian Selznick 2010

31. Other images: Joan Aiken with her mother and children

32. Other images: Stephen Roxburgh and Roald Dahl

33. Questions?