EDRG 3321 M&W 12 Independent Reading/ Ch. 14 Literature and the writing process

Chapter 12
Independent Reading

In this chapter we learned about independent reading as an approach that encourages students to select their own books for reading. Teacher guide and support using this approach by helping students make good decisions about what books to read and how to keep records of what they read, and by conferencing with students about their progress. After reading a book independently students respond in myriad ways reflecting their understanding of the book.
How is independent reading organized?
Opening activities
Daily teacher read-aloud
Mini lessons
Quiet Reading Time
Activity Time
Closing sessions







Chapter 14
Students as Authors
Literature and the writing process

In this chapter we learn that writing is a process, and we had to understand that writing is process and we all learn to write through reading. Teacher as writing models because the craft of writing is lifelong learning process.

Writing is a process.....Writing is a process......... !!!!!!!!!


The writing process is on what the students think and do as they write. Writing process had five stages.

1. Prewriting- Think, brainstorm, ideas for you story.
2. Drafting - Write you first draft, put all your ideas in a paragraph.
3. Revising- It is time to edit your story, add or delete what is good or bad.
4. Editing- Read over you story and make sure and make sure that there are no missed mistakes.
5. Publishing- You are done! can share you writing in class

Much if the written on the benefits of a process approach and how to manage and evaluate a good writer’s workshop. Children’s literature plays an important role in the writing process because good books are good writing models and excellent “instigators” for writing ideas.

EDRG 3321 Responding to Literature Chapter 4 &5 Poetry

Responding to Literature

When children make unique personal connection with a story or poem they’re reading, reading the world around them almost disappears as they become totally engrossed in the world created by the story.

Response the reader
Everything about a person influences the way that they respond to literature. Proficient readers are able to pay attention as well as pick up on social nuances in characterization or debate complex issues that they encounter in literature. Students responds from
their own cultural perspective and they generally don’t know that their perspective may differ from characters in the story. Teacher must first recognize and support the active role
Of the reader, constructive perspective or school of thought. Due to differences in culture the reader will generally construct different meanings that are personal to them.

Activities for deepening children’s responses to literature
Writing
Literature response journal
Writing from literature models
Oral responses
Book Talks
Book discussion
Pantomime
Readers Theater
Puppetry



Chapter 5


Poetry


In this chapter introduced some of the common terms people use to discuss poetry as well as typical forms of poetry for children. Poetry is musical language its skip, it signs. It tugs at you with an insistent voice that rings through your head. Poets love the harmony of sounds and rhythm that words create.

Elements of poetry
Rhyme
Alliteration, Assonance, and Onomatopoeia
Rhythm
Figurative language
Shape
Insight
Emotional Force

As teacher help their students become attuned to the rhythms and images of poetic language, they find that students begun hearing the poetry all around them.

EDRG 3321 M&W Chapter 6

Traditional Literature


A genre is studied from the perspective of culture: the values, beliefs, ways of knowing and living that characterize a social group. Traditional literature is the written form of stories that are part of the oral tradition of culture. Expressions that are taken from these various stories often become sufficiently common that most members if the cultural group understand them even without knowing the specific stories they come from. Intertextuality referring to story in another context can create bonds, but also problems in a multicultural society.

Literary Elements of Traditional Literature
Plot- are usually simple and often sequential
Setting - are often deliberately vague using descriptions such as “once upon a time”
Characterization-symbolic and are rarely developed as actual people with strengths, weakness, personalities and idiosyncrasies.
Style- expressions of the culture where the story originated.
Theme-they usually feature themes important to the culture from which they originated
Motifs- Literary elements that recurs across many stories
Variants- have come down to us through countless retelling over time, their details have changed and evolved.

EDRG M&W author Profile

Laura Joffe Numeroff born in July 14, 1953 is an American author and illustrator of children's books who is best known for her work "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie". Numeroff began her career she served as her own illustrator, Numeroff's first 9 books were both written and illustrated by Numeroff herself.


If you give a mouse a cookie is a book that everyone read at least one time, its a really good book for children . I like it so much. The repetion , rhyming are good strategies for childs to understand what they read, and the pictures too. This first story of "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" ended up as such as hit that it spawned numerous more books that expanded from the mouse to include the characters of a moose, a cat, and a pig.

If you want to read more about her books here is her website:

http://www.lauranumeroff.com/index.htm






Margaret Wise Brown was born in may, 1910. She was an American author of children’s literature, including the books “Goodnight Moon” and the Runaway Bunny. She was an author who wrote classic literature.


You can find more information at:


http://www.margaretwisebrown.com/


Grade Level all ages

EDRG 3321 M&W Author profile

Two author that work together and had great books....

Elizabeth and Victoria Kann are the winners artwork they graced the covers and their covers pages, newspaper, and books. They also illustrated their books and were both New York Times best sellers.

They books:

Pinkalicious gets the blues when her friends decide pink stinks in the colorful follow up to Pinkalicious.Pinkalicious turns a lovely shade of pink in the New York Time bestselling storybook that celebrates being yourself.

Grade level Kinder-3rd


I love they work and the illustrated. You can find more imformation about they work at Elizabeth Kann website at:

http://elizabethkann.com/







Eric Carle was born June 25, 1929 is a children's book author and illustrator who is most famous for his book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”which has been translated into over 47 languages. Since The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than seventy books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote, and more than 88 million copies of his books have sold around the world.




The story starts with the caterpillar being tiny and hungry. As the story progresses, the caterpillar easily overcomes these conflicts to become a beautiful butterfly. Its a classic children book, the illustration are really good.

You can find more of his amazing works at:

http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

EDRG 3321 Presentations 12-02-04

Both groups did a really good, the themes were spiders I dislike spiders because they are ugly but its was an interesant topic for childrens because they enjoy listened spiders facts, and the activity that they did were very entertaint. The second presentation that we watch and that we dont finish it, was about fairy tales (snow white the true facts), it was very interesant there were things that I didnt know and it was good to learned. For both presentations I only had to said that they did a really good effort. It was great.!!!

EDRG 3321 Author Profile

Jeffrey Patrick "Jeff" Kinney was born in January 1st 1971. He is an American game designer and author of children's books including the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” book series. He is also illustrated their own books, I really enjoy his work. He is a really good author the pictures that he draw were amazing.

His books:

Its a book series of aWimpy Kid who shares the daily life and its a really good series for kids and for adults as well.
Grade 4th-12


You can find more information of his work at his website and its really good, I loved so much.

http://www.wimpykid.com/












Another good author and illustrated is Judith Byron Schachner.

She also illustrate her books and she begin to writte childen's books since 1992 and has given numerous presentations. Judith graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1973 with a BFA in illustration and she went straight into the “greeting card factories, which included a stint at Hallmark. For five years she designed cute cards, sad cards, funny cards, and wedding cards. In 1995 Judith wrote and illustrated her first picture book, Willy and May, and has turned out a number of projects since then. “The wonderful thing about my job is that one day I can be writing about history, as I did in Mr. Emerson’s Cook. The next day I’m drawing a wacky old woman for I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. Or I can bring to life a beloved pet cat in my book The Grannyman. I live in a constant state of 3rd grade bliss - making up stories and drawing pictures.

Couple of her work:



Skippyjones is a little chihuhuhua who is a travieso his adventures are really funy, and the kids who are traviesos really enjoy listened skippyjones adventures.
I love her drawing, and skippyjones too...

You can find more information about this author at:

http://www.judithbyronschachner.com/index.html