Shopping for two modules

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

Instructor

Lolly Robinson(Charlotte Robinson)

lolly_robinson@gse.harvard.eduLarsen 613

Teaching Fellow

Chris Buttimercjb636@mail.harvard.edu

Instructor

Lauren Adamslauren_adams@gse.harvard.edu

Larsen 613

Adolescent Literature (H-810G)

Middle school and high school

Children’s Literature (H-810F)

Kindergarten to grade 4

Evaluate books Find books Learn about book creators Use books

Adolescent Literature (H-810G)

Middle school and high school

Children’s Literature (H-810F)

Kindergarten to grade 4

All Mondays

October 22–December 3

Tuesday, September 4–Monday, October 15

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

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

Lauren’s background

B.A. in Russian Language and Political Science M.A. in children’s literature Massachusetts licensure in ELL (5-12) and ELA (8-12) Teach high school ELL and English since 2007 Previously taught at Simmons College and Lesley

University Worked in publishing for 12 years Review for The Horn Book Magazine Book award committees Parent of a 14-yr-old and a 17-yr-old 

Chris’s background

M.Ed. in Language and Literacy (L&L); Reading Specialist Licensure (HGSE, '10); M.Ed. in Teacher Education from UMass-Boston ('06)

Current Ed.D. (D3) student -- Culture, Communities, and Education (CCE)

Taught middle-school ELA in the Cambridge Public Schools for 6 years

Did part-time literacy intervention work in the Boston Public Schools last year

Interested in teaching and learning, adolescent literacy, and school reform

Reading assignmentsH-810F H-810G

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 — about 50 minutes usually

in second half of class

Three groups of around 10 students

Mostly self-moderated with guidance from an instructor

Discussion questions due Sunday evening on discussion board

Written assignments and grading

H-810G:

Reader Response paper (20%)

H-810F:

Picture Book paper (20%)

Both modules:

Annotated bibliography (40%)

Group project (20%)

Book discussion and attendance (20%)

Both modulesAnnotated bibliography (40%)

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)• New siblings (H-810F)• Ecology (H-810F)• LGBTQ adolescents (H-810G)• Teen pregnancy (H-810G)

Both modulesAnnotated bibliography (40%)

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

Both ModulesGroup project (20%)

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

Both Modules

Group project

Sign up for topic at first class Censorship Wordless books Trends Violence Etc. (see syllabus)

H-810FPicture book paper (20%)

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

H-810GReader response paper (20%)

Three pages Re-read a book you enjoyed as a

child aged ~11 to 15 Describe and analyze the difference

between your two readings

Typical class meeting

Follow up on previous week’s book discussions

Powerpoint lecture Short booktalks Break/browse Book discussion in small groups Guest speaker or group presentations? Preview of next week’s topic

Guest speakersH-810F

September 17

Molly BangAuthor-illustrator of Picture This

H-810G

November 26

M. T. AndersonAuthor of Feed

Both modulesAssignment for first class

Have topic for bibliography Fill out online Personal Information Survey Reading assignment (see syllabus)

Course iSites

http://isites.harvard.edu/k88731http://isites.harvard.edu/k88732

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

Brian Selznick2008

Horn Book covers

Lane Smith2009

Horn Book covers

Jerry Pinkney2010

Horn Book covers

Tomie dePaola2011

Horn Book covers

Melissa Sweet2012

Questions?