1. Responding to Literature Chapter 4

2. "Don't forget that a book is a private contract between a writer and a reader. Don't try to force another reader to share your contract. And above all, don't kill the joy." Katherine Paterson

3. Reader Response

4. Interaction in Readers' Minds

5. Highly Idiosyncratic Experiences Interests Preferences Development Literacy skills and motivation

6. Responses Shaped by Social Contexts

7. Social Context Peers Teacher expectations Culture Transactional Response Theory

8. Teaching from a Transactional Perspective

9. Teacher's Role Not ONE correct response Encouraging aesthetic & efferent reading for personal reward Activities for deepening response

10. Caution Book reports and fill-in-the- blank worksheets: Do these fit your goals? Consider tossing them out or revising them.

11. Dictated Response

12. Oral Response

13. Retelling / Storytelling

14. Book Talks

15. Book Discussions

16. Choral Speaking

17. Puppetry

18. Art and Music

19. Similar Media / Style In the style of Smoky Night

20. Similar Media / Style In the style of Eric Carle

21. Graphic Organizers

22. Sketch-to-stretch

23. Other Ways... Drama & Dramatization Pantomime Reader's Theater

24. See the CD-ROM which came with this text for: Searchable database of children's literature Author and illustrator profiles Visit the COMPANION WEBSITE for: Children's literature websites for students