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Children's Literature
INTERMEDIATE
SUMMER SESSION
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INSTRUCTOR: Sandra Sellens
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Friday 1:00 -
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LOCATION: on campus
COURS. OUTLINE
Course Objectives: This course will provide you with a context for
understanding children's literature through a brief social history of
the subject. The main objective is to give you an understandin& of the nature
of children's literature and of the criteria to evaluate yorks of children's
literature. de shall arrive at these criteria by examining closely some works
(as far as possible looking at the core curriculum for Grades
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while
at the same time ranging as widely as time permits. Beyond this, we shall
discuss ways of bringing children and children's literature together in
the classroom.
July 5:
History of Children's LIterature
July : Traditional Literature: Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Fable
July 12: Traditional Literature: Myth, Epic, Bible
July
15 :
Fantasy, Science Fiction
July
19:
Poetry
July 22: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
July 26: Historical Fiction and Children's Classics
July
29:
Informational Books, Biography
Aug. 2: Creating the Learning Environment
Au g .
5:
7,
xtending Literature through Creative Activities
Aug.
9
The Literature Program
Pug. 12: Final Examination
REQUIREMENTS
The course will comprise a broad range of experiences (lectures, seminars,
discussion groups, etc) The general requirements are as follows:
Attendance and participation in all parts of the program.
Completion of readings, 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 recognized standards and
your own personal and professional needs and interests.
Evaluatin g :
You will
prepare a professional review for publication in a professional
Journal such as Canadian.Materials,
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Review, Canadian Children's Literature,
Quill and Quire, etc.
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