Instructor(s):
Dr. Doris Metz;
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Schedule:
TR :30:00. to :45:00. - WH 316
Description:
This course explores the history and development of literature for children and adolescents. Both literary and informational, from classics to current titles, will be studied, including the various awards given for child and adolescent literature. Topics of discussion include the various genres, banned and challenged books, public domain titles and digital resources. Students will develop writing and/or speaking activities based on selected texts that reflect appropriate learning expectations for youth in grades K-6. This course also focuses on reader response approaches to narrative and expository reading, and critical interaction with texts as concepts, skills and cognition levels are developed. Authentic assessments in response to reading will also be explored.
Textbook(s):
ISBN: 9780134532592
Title: Essentials of Children's Literature
Edition: 9th
Author(s): Short, Kathy G.; Lynch-Brown, Carol M.; Tomlinson, Carl M.
Publisher: Pearson
Copyright: 03/24/2017
Media type: Paperback
Required: Required
Required New: NO