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    Children's Literature
    SPRING, 19814
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    INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Meguido Zola
    Wednesday,
    14:30 - 8:30
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    LOCATION: on campus
    OBJECTIVES:
    The course will introduce you to: a survey of the scope and selected aspects of
    literature for children; the use of literature with children.
    OUTLINE OF TOPICS:
    The study of the scope and selected aspects of literature will exemplify a variety of
    approaches, viz.
    - the historical and cross-cultural approach (eg. the examination of children's
    comics, magazines and annuals throughout the English-speaking world during
    the last century)
    - the genre approach (eg. the examination of oral tradition, myth, legend, fable,
    folk and fairy tales, etc.)
    - the theme and issue approaches (eq. the exploration of such themes as the
    family, friendship, school, etc., and of such issues as old age, death, war,
    etc.)
    The use of literature with children will focus on ways of planning for learning, creating
    learning environments, and developing strategies, techniques and materials in the use of
    children's literature in the school curriculum.
    TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS:
    The course will comprise of abroad range of experiences (lectures, seminars, discussion
    groups, etc.) organized in such a way as to model a student-centered approach and to
    maximize individualization of learning. The general requirements are as follows:
    Attendance and participation in all parts of the program.
    Completion of readings, completion of journal cum resource book, completion of assignments.
    Demonstration of competency in the fulfilment of a selection of assignments.
    The purpose of the assignments, of which only a selection is required, is to initiate
    you into some of the roles, processes, and activities that a teacher of literature
    engages in, namely:
    Reading - You will read, study, and annotate a broad range of children's literature
    according to criteria determined by your personal and professional needs and
    interests.
    * Evaluating - You will prepare a professional review for publication in a professional
    journal (eg. Canadian Materials, In Review, Canadian Children's Literature,
    Quill and Quire, etc.).
    Creating - You will create an original work (eg. a picture book, a concept book, and
    ABC, a collection of verse, a short story, a play, a factual book, etc.)
    with or without accompanying illustrations.
    Communicating - You will engage in a variety of experiences in communicating literature
    with your peers or with children (eg. storytelling, reading aloud,
    reader's theatre, improvisation, etc.) with or without accompanying
    media and visual aids as appropriate.
    * Teaching - You will plan and prepare a teaching unit focusing on a genre, a theme,
    an issue, an author or a book.
    ELIGIBILITY: Pre-requisite: 60 semester hours of credit or permission of instructor.
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    REQUIRED TEXT:
    Trelease, Jim. The Read-Aloud Handbook. Penguin,
    1982.
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    (ISBN
    014 046 534 0)
    RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
    NCTE Committee on Literature in the Language Arts: Lamme, Linda Leonard et. al.
    Raising Readers: A Guide to Sharing Literature with Children. Walker,
    1980.
    (ISBN
    0-8027-0654-1)
    Norton, Donna E. Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's
    Literature. ?
    Charles E. Merrill,
    1983. ?
    (ISBN
    0-675-09832-7)
    OR
    Glazer, Joan I. et. al.
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    Introduction to Children's Literature. ?
    McGraw Hill,
    1979. ?
    (ISBN
    0-07-023380-2)
    Donelson, Kenneth L. & Nilsen, Alleen'Pace. Literature for Today's Young Adults.
    Scott Foresman,
    1980. ?
    (ISBN
    0-673-15165-4)

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