CURRICULUM MAP: 10003.map
English Senior Elective: Children's Literature (SCP) 166
Overview
TIME FRAME: 1 quarter (9 weeks)
GRADE: 12
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL: 4
23.1 LANGUAGE ARTS - READING AND RESPONDING
23.1.1.9.4
-- Students will identify, use and analyze text structures.
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-- Students will make and justify inferences from explicit and or implicit information.
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-- Students will generate and respond to questions.
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-- Students will discuss and respond to texts by making text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections.
23.1.3.9.3
-- Students will analyze the meaning of words and phrases in context.
23.1.4.9.2
-- Students will persuade listeners about understandings and judgments of works read, written and viewed.
23.2 LANGUAGE ARTS - EXPLORE AND RESPOND TO LITER
23.2.1.9.1
-- Students will identify the various conventions within a genre and apply this understanding to the evaluation of the text.
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-- Students will explain and explore their own and others’ aesthetic reactions to texts.
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-- Students will analyze literary conventions and devices an author uses and how they contribute meaning and appeal.
23.2.3.9.1
-- Students will discuss, analyze and evaluate how characters deal with the diversity of human experience and conflict.
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-- Students will create responses to texts and examine each work's contributions to an understanding of human experience across cultures.
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-- Students will interpret, analyze and evaluate the influence of culture, history and ethnicity on themes and issues in literature.
23.3 LANGUAGE ARTS - COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS
23.3.1.9.2
-- Students will listen to or read a variety of genres to use as models for writing in different modes.
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-- Students will write to delight in the imagination.
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-- Students will determine purpose, point of view and audience, and choose an appropriate written, oral or visual format.
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-- Students will apply the most effective processes to create and present a written, oral or visual piece.
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-- Students will revise texts for organization, elaboration, fluency and clarity.
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-- Students will publish and/or present final products in a myriad of ways, including the use of the arts and technology.
23.4 LANGUAGE ARTS - ENGLISH LANG CONVENTIONS
23.4.1.9.1
-- Students will read, listen to and tell stories from a variety of cultures, and identify the similarities and differences in the way language is used.
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-- Students will recognize and understand variations between language patterns.
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-- Students will use sentence patterns typical of spoken and written language to produce text.
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-- Students will evaluate the impact of language as related to audience and purpose.
23.4.3.9.1
-- Students will recognize the difference between standard and nonstandard English and use language appropriately.
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-- Students will demonstrate proficient use of proper mechanics, usage and spelling skills.
How does a person write, illustrate and publish a book for children?
How do the literary elements of plot, viewpoint, character, setting, theme, mood, tone and pacing work together to create a book for children?
How do a person's experiences in the elementary grades affect his or her development, both personally and academically?
Which authors, throughout the history of children's literature, are considered to be the
most memorable writers and illustrators?
How does a person choose age-appropriate literature and activities for young children?
How does a person evaluate the positive and negative qualities of a work of children's literature?
This course introduces students to the genre of children's literature.
Students will be expected to: write and illustrate an original children's book, analyze a children's book for level and value, learn how the literary elements of plot, viewpoint, character, setting, theme, mood, tone and pacing work together to create a children's book, reflect on their elementary (K-6) school experiences, research and instruct one's classmates about a respected children's author. Students will study "A Wrinkle in Time," or a comparable text, and a myriad of other texts as representative works of children's literature.
Students will develop the ability to:
-- Write and illustrate an original children's book that includes the following literary elements: plot, viewpoint, character, setting, theme, mood, tone and pacing.
-- Write personal narratives based on elementary (K-6) experiences,
-- Research and deliver an oral presentation about a respected children's author,
-- Read and analyze a myriad of works by respected children's authors,
-- Discern the positive and negative qualities of a work of children's literature,
-- Learn how to choose age-appropriate literature and activities for young children.
All students will: write and illustrate an original children's book, read Romancing the Book, the Study of Literary Element, by Anne Deveraux Jordan, in order to understand the literary elements present in children's literature, write personal narratives about kindergarten through sixth grade, research and deliver an oral presentation about a children's author, and analyze A Wrinkle in Time, or a comparable text, and other works of children's literature. All students will be provided with the necessary instruction and guidance to successfully complete these assigned tasks.
Students will be evaluated according to individual rubrics for the following assignments:
* the creation/illustration of an original children's book.
* children's author research/presentation
* analysis of various children's book focused on individual literary elements
* personal narratives about elementary grade experiences
Students will take quizzes (graded on a point system) about the children's book A Wrinkle in Time, or a comparable text.
Students may be given opportunities to hear presentations by published children's authors. Students may also be given opportunities to visit elementary school classrooms or daycare facilities to observe the younger children's social and academic behaviors.
* textbook: "Romancing the Book, the Study of Literary Elements" by Anne Deveraux
Jordan
* a myriad of children's books (individual instructor selected) i
* A Wrinkle inTime, or a comparable text
* computer software: Microsoft Word, the Internet
* personal experiences in elementary school
* library research about a selected children's author
* student-selected art supplies (for the illustration of an original children's book)
* art and English teachers
* Bracken Memorial Library
This class is offered at the SCP level.
This class does not satisfy the literature quarter-course requirement for seniors.
Students may prepare Story Time sessions for the Bracken Memorial Library, or a local daycare as time and opportunity allows..
Instructors individually choose all children's books for their instructional purposes based on preference, availability, appropriateness, etc.