Assignment:
Overview:
Each week you will learn about a new genre of children's literature. For this course project, you will select a book from each genre and provide a summary of the book and a related Language Arts (LA) activity. Your LA activities could be any art, music, drama, writing, science, or math experience that somehow connects to the story. LA activities help children benefit in many ways from the books they hear or read by building their comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary. By the end of this course, you will have created your very own Personal Collection of Children's Literature and Language Arts Activities!
Instructions:
You may put the project together in any format you choose (Word document, PowerPoint, etc.); however, the following requirements must be included:
Select (8) children's books to include in your project, one for each of the following genres:
1. Multicultural Book
2. Alphabet or Counting Book or Nursery Rhymes
3. Picturebook
4. Traditional Literature
5. Fantasy
6. Poetry
7. Realistic Fiction
8. Nonfiction (such as Cookbooks, Encyclopedias, Biographies, etc.).
For each book you select, provide the following information:
• Specify the book genre
• Title of the book
• Author/s and illustrator/s
• Provide a brief summary of the book including the setting, plot, and theme
• Describe why you choose this book
• Describe how you determined that it is quality literature (good storytelling, won awards, challenging vocabulary, thought-provoking, natural flowing language, etc.)
• Age / Grade level
• Description of a Language Arts (LA) activity
Children's Literature and Language Arts
Personal Collection of Children's Literature and Language Arts Activities
Requirements:
• Use at least three (3) scholarly sources for your project and include all references. You may use your textbook as one scholarly reference.
• Use complete sentences and appropriate grammar and spelling.