Shopping for two modules

H-810G & H-810F (Adolescent Literature) (Children’s Literature)

Instructor

Lolly Robinson(Charlotte Robinson)

robinslo@gse.harvard.eduLarsen 613

Teaching Fellow

Michelle Bellinomjb033@mail.harvard.edu

Larsen 611

A second TF?

Children’s Literature (H-810F)

Kindergarten–4th Grade

Evaluate books Find books Learn about book creators Use books

Adolescent Literature (H-810F)

Middle school & high school

October 24–November 28

Children’s Literature (H-810F)

Kindergarten–4th Grade

Adolescent Literature (H-810G)

Middle school & high school

August 31–October 17

Mondays from 5-8 p.m.Gutman 305 (?)

Reading assignmentsH-810G H-810F

Reading assignments

Required reading each week• Trade books• An article or other resource

Availability• On 2-hour reserve at Gutman• In JCRL (Jeanne Chall Reading Lab)• At bookstores (Coop, Amazon, etc.)• Some available in libraries or as free audio

downloads

Book discussion In-class discussion — last 50 minutes of class,

possibly in a different room

Self-moderated groups of 6-8 students

Begins at second class

Discussion questions due Sunday evening

Each group submits play-by-play of discussion to online discussion board so instructors can check in

The next week class may begin with a follow-up discussion

Written assignments and grading

H-810F:

Picture Book paper (30%)

H-810G:

Reader response paper (15%)

Group project (15%)

Both modules:

Annotated bibliography (50%)

Book discussion and attendance (20%)

Both modulesAnnotated bibliography (50%)

Come to first class having chosen a specific focus for your bibliography.

Some topics that have worked well in the past:

• Immigration to the US• Baseball (or other sport)• Music (or other art)• Boston (or other major city)• Teen pregnancy (H-810G)• LGBTQ adolescents (H-810G)• New siblings (H-810F)• Ecology (H-810F)

Both modulesAnnotated bibliography (50%)

Variety of books (fiction and nonfiction) in a range of reading levels

Introductory paragraph Short annotations for each book Bibliography shared with class on website Exemplar available on website

H-810GReader response paper (15%)

Three pages Re-read a book you enjoyed as a

child aged ~11 to 15 Describe and analyze the difference

between your two readings

H-810GGroup project (15%)

Groups of three to five students Explore a topic relevant to the field• Create a page on the course iSite • Show your page to the class• Tell us about your process

H-810G

Group project (15%)

Sign up for topic at first class Censorship Discourse styles Violence YA and other media Etc. (see syllabus)

H-810FPicture book paper (30%)

Three pages Analyze and evaluate a picture book Exemplar available on class website

Typical class meeting

Follow up on previous week’s book discussions

Powerpoint lecture Short booktalks Break/browse Book discussion in small groups Preview of next week’s topic

Guest speakersH-810G

September 19:

Mitali PerkinsAuthor of Bamboo People

H-810FOctober 31:

Grace LinAuthor-illustrator of Ling & Ting

Both modulesAssignment for first class

Have topic for bibliography Fill out online Personal Information Survey (may be

done at end of class) Reading assignment (see syllabus)

Course iSites

http://isites.harvard.edu/k81394http://isites.harvard.edu/k81395

Michelle’s background

M.A. in cultural anthropology D4 in Culture, Communities, & Education

• Human rights education• Post-conflict history education• Historical understanding and cultural "texts"

YA writer... (always in progress) 

Lolly’s background B.A. in studio art (painting concentration) M.A. in children’s literature Worked in publishing since 1985 Freelance writing, reviewing, research, graphic

design, illustration Horn Book Magazine, Horn Book Guide Taught at Lesley University Book award committees Speak on new books, history of children’s

literature, Beatrix Potter Exhibits at Eric Carle Museum, SBMA Calling Caldecott blog

Horn Book Receives 4000+ new books/year Horn Book Magazine• 6 times a year (bimonthly)• articles about children’s books• in-depth reviews of top 10%

Horn Book Guide• 2 times a year• Short reviews of all trade books• Rated 1 to 6• Print (6 months of books) and online (20 years)

Horn Book Electronic publications• Hbook.com (company website, lots of free

articles)• HornBookGuide.com (paid subscription, 25

years of reviews)• Notes from the Horn Book (free monthly

newsletter for teachers and parents)• Read Roger (editor’s blog)• Out of the Box (blog for everything we don’t

review in print publications)• Calling Caldecott (blog discussing the year’s

picture books, contenders for Caldecott Medal)

Horn Book office

Horn Book: incoming books

Horn Book Guide: books from one 6-month publishing season

Horn Book editors (editing review section)

Horn Book covers

Art Spiegelman2001

Horn Book covers

E. L. Konigsburg2002

Horn Book covers

David Wiesner2002

Horn Book covers

Maira Kalman2004

Horn Book covers

Mordicai Gerstein2004

Horn Book covers

Lynne Rae Perkins2005

Horn Book covers

Kevin Henkes2005

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Chris Raschka2006

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Lois Ehlert2007

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Brian Selznick2008

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Lane Smith2009

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Jerry Pinkney2010

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Anita Lobel2010

Horn Book covers

Tomie dePaola2011

Questions?