Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs. Children's Literature, Briefly. 4e. Upper Sadle River NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.
Chapter 9
Chapter 9 discussed traditional fantasy and after the brief definition of what it is, I was amazed to learn about all of the stories that were considered traditional fantasy. I was shocked and surprised to learn that movie names such as "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty" and many more had no original author. These were such wonderful children stories that I was amazed that they didn't have the true author's name on it.
The chapter continued on and the subheading discussion on frightening for young children struck my attention. I never considered children’s books frightening. I read the original "The Three Little Pigs" when I was young and I was never upset or frightened. However, now I know to consider if books are frightening and that there are edited version that has happier endings.
Chapter 18
Chapter 18 discussion of trade books versus textbooks was interesting to me. I believe that students may want to learn and read more if trade books were incorporate into class reading. Trade books would bring variety to the curriculum and would go into more depth and detail that the traditional textbook.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Craft Lesson 2: Apple Pie 4th of July
Craft Lesson 2: Apple Pie 4th of July
Discussion:
In the book, Apple Pie 4th of July we see how America is made up of different cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds. I believe that it would be important to discuss other examples of cultures and how different cultures have shaped what America is today.
How to teach it:
I would start of with the book and start discussing examples of how different cultures have shaped America and discuss holidays such as thanksgiving, Christmas, and others. I would continue the discussion but move the focus on the students. The students can start describing their family holidays and how they may differ from another student’s family holiday.
After the class discussion, I would have the class break into groups and either have different stations set up in the classroom focusing on a particular country or have them research on a computer different countries. I would make a journal for the students to write the countries facts in and this journal would represent a passport. I would have them find what unique traditions of different countries and other facts are. Afterwards researching, they will have a passport around the world that they can take home and keep. To further the study, you can have you students select a country and do a presentation for the class about the country and perhaps bring a type of food that, which country is known for.
Discussion:
In the book, Apple Pie 4th of July we see how America is made up of different cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds. I believe that it would be important to discuss other examples of cultures and how different cultures have shaped what America is today.
How to teach it:
I would start of with the book and start discussing examples of how different cultures have shaped America and discuss holidays such as thanksgiving, Christmas, and others. I would continue the discussion but move the focus on the students. The students can start describing their family holidays and how they may differ from another student’s family holiday.
After the class discussion, I would have the class break into groups and either have different stations set up in the classroom focusing on a particular country or have them research on a computer different countries. I would make a journal for the students to write the countries facts in and this journal would represent a passport. I would have them find what unique traditions of different countries and other facts are. Afterwards researching, they will have a passport around the world that they can take home and keep. To further the study, you can have you students select a country and do a presentation for the class about the country and perhaps bring a type of food that, which country is known for.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Craft Lesson 1
Craft Lesson 1: Buzz
Discussion:
In all books, descriptions of objects and people play important roles in setting scenes and characters. Words that create a sound in the reader’s mind are no exception. In the book Buzz, we have learned the power of words that make sounds and the importance these descriptors play in the setting and movement of a book. This craft lesson focuses on allowing children to think of these “sound words” and their use in everyday life.
How to teach it:
I would start off by reading the book Buzz to the class. I would follow up with something like, Imagine you’re getting ready for school one day, but you don’t hear any of the normal “morning sounds.” Your mom is preparing breakfast, but you can’t snap, crackle or pop of your Rice Krispies in the milk. You are brushing your teeth, but you can’t hear the bristles of your brush doing their job. Life just isn’t the same without the day-to-day noises we’ve grown use to hearing.
I would continue to explain how books are like real life, and without sounds they’re not complete. Sounds play an important role in every action we do. I would break the class up into groups and discuss other important sound words that we might hear during the day. Examples of these sounds are your feet crunching the rocks on a playground, or your cat meowing to you in the morning. Then as a group we will write a story with “sound words” that we thought of and make a classroom book of our own just like the book Buzz. At the end of the class, I would have a student read the new book that we wrote all together using “sound words.”
Discussion:
In all books, descriptions of objects and people play important roles in setting scenes and characters. Words that create a sound in the reader’s mind are no exception. In the book Buzz, we have learned the power of words that make sounds and the importance these descriptors play in the setting and movement of a book. This craft lesson focuses on allowing children to think of these “sound words” and their use in everyday life.
How to teach it:
I would start off by reading the book Buzz to the class. I would follow up with something like, Imagine you’re getting ready for school one day, but you don’t hear any of the normal “morning sounds.” Your mom is preparing breakfast, but you can’t snap, crackle or pop of your Rice Krispies in the milk. You are brushing your teeth, but you can’t hear the bristles of your brush doing their job. Life just isn’t the same without the day-to-day noises we’ve grown use to hearing.
I would continue to explain how books are like real life, and without sounds they’re not complete. Sounds play an important role in every action we do. I would break the class up into groups and discuss other important sound words that we might hear during the day. Examples of these sounds are your feet crunching the rocks on a playground, or your cat meowing to you in the morning. Then as a group we will write a story with “sound words” that we thought of and make a classroom book of our own just like the book Buzz. At the end of the class, I would have a student read the new book that we wrote all together using “sound words.”
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Children's LitBlog Ch 6-8 and Minn and Jake
Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs. Children's Literature, Briefly. 4e. Upper Sadle River NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.
Chapter 8
Chapter 8 was a chapter that caught most of my attention for this weeks reading. The subject of poetry is one of my interest. I have learned to love poetry from my great grandmother since I was a child. The subheading about "why children may learn to dislike poetry" discussed the main reasons why children have learned to dislike poetry. Bernard Lonsdale and Helen Mackintosh (1973) stated, the importance of preference for children. Poetry allows for preference. Student's many times tend not to enjoy readings because they are forced to read something. However, poetry links into engaged and unengaged reading. Poetry having several forms allows for students to have a preference of types of poetry they like. Poetry ranges from telling stories, to songs, to being humorous allows for someone to relate to a poem or just enjoy it. The chapter continues to discuss poetry and ends with "building a poetry collection." A teacher putting the effort and finding a range of poems that children may appreciate could lead a child to appreciate poetry.
Wong, Janet S. Minn and Jake. Illus. Genevieve Cote. New York, NY: Frances Foster Books, 2003.
Minn and Jake Part 1
Minn and Jake could be one of my favorite children's books. Minn is very tall and Jake is the opposite on the other hand and is very short. Minn and Jake met on Jake's first day of class. Jake wasn't able to reach the shelf that had a book on it and this led him to ask the tallest person in class for help, Minn. Recess came and the teacher asked for Minn to hang out with Jake since he was new. However, recess wasn't great for Minn because Henry ate her worms. She didn't think there was any way for the day to get worse, but it did. The story continues by Jake having to take Minn home and they are forcefully hanging out with each other. By the end Minn is teaching Jake to catch lizards and Jake is making money by selling his belongings and others.
The book is a simple and fast read. However, I believe that kids could easily relate to this book. Parents are always trying to have kids be friends and you never know who your going to be friends with. The illustrations are one of my favorite things about the book. My favorite is page 10 where Jake is picturing all the kids in class as certain animals. The picture shows the kids normal but their shadows are outlines of the animal that he is picturing them as. The picture on page 33 is another favorite were it shows Soup with one of his boots with spurs flying in the air when they crashed the fish tank. Janet Wong did a fabulous job with this book and I can't wait to finish reading it.
Chapter 8
Chapter 8 was a chapter that caught most of my attention for this weeks reading. The subject of poetry is one of my interest. I have learned to love poetry from my great grandmother since I was a child. The subheading about "why children may learn to dislike poetry" discussed the main reasons why children have learned to dislike poetry. Bernard Lonsdale and Helen Mackintosh (1973) stated, the importance of preference for children. Poetry allows for preference. Student's many times tend not to enjoy readings because they are forced to read something. However, poetry links into engaged and unengaged reading. Poetry having several forms allows for students to have a preference of types of poetry they like. Poetry ranges from telling stories, to songs, to being humorous allows for someone to relate to a poem or just enjoy it. The chapter continues to discuss poetry and ends with "building a poetry collection." A teacher putting the effort and finding a range of poems that children may appreciate could lead a child to appreciate poetry.
Wong, Janet S. Minn and Jake. Illus. Genevieve Cote. New York, NY: Frances Foster Books, 2003.
Minn and Jake Part 1
Minn and Jake could be one of my favorite children's books. Minn is very tall and Jake is the opposite on the other hand and is very short. Minn and Jake met on Jake's first day of class. Jake wasn't able to reach the shelf that had a book on it and this led him to ask the tallest person in class for help, Minn. Recess came and the teacher asked for Minn to hang out with Jake since he was new. However, recess wasn't great for Minn because Henry ate her worms. She didn't think there was any way for the day to get worse, but it did. The story continues by Jake having to take Minn home and they are forcefully hanging out with each other. By the end Minn is teaching Jake to catch lizards and Jake is making money by selling his belongings and others.
The book is a simple and fast read. However, I believe that kids could easily relate to this book. Parents are always trying to have kids be friends and you never know who your going to be friends with. The illustrations are one of my favorite things about the book. My favorite is page 10 where Jake is picturing all the kids in class as certain animals. The picture shows the kids normal but their shadows are outlines of the animal that he is picturing them as. The picture on page 33 is another favorite were it shows Soup with one of his boots with spurs flying in the air when they crashed the fish tank. Janet Wong did a fabulous job with this book and I can't wait to finish reading it.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Children's LitBlog Chapter 1-5, Apple Pie 4th of July, and Buzz
Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs. Children's Literature, Briefly. 4e. Upper Sadle River NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008.
I found that Chapter 1 offered some good points on the question: why read?
The section of the chapter that discussed "Reading is Personally Motivating" was a section of Chapter 1 that took in my interest. The discussion of engaged reading and unengaged reading was intriguing to learn the difference between the two styles of reading. I have come to realize that many times when something is assigned to read it tends to be unengaged. However, perhaps if you all someone to have input in what the choose to read then maybe reading will become more engaged reading overtime. Tunnel and Jacob discuss that engaged is reading for your own purpose and not someone else. Perhaps more children would enjoy reading if teachers tend to make multiple assigned reading and the child could choose a book for his own purpose and not the teachers. In prior classes, I have found unengaged reading, however currently my reading for EDLL 5351 tends to be engaged reading.
Wong, Janet S. Apple Pie 4th of July. Illus. Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Orlando FL: Voyager Books/Harcourt, Inc., 2002.
I thought that Apple Pie 4th of July was simple and cute. The main character was young Chinese-American girl. She was upset that her parent's store was open on the 4th of July. Who would want to eat Chinese food on an American holiday? Hours past while she longed to be playing with the other kids, wanting to go to the 4th of July parade and most of all eating apple pie. However, she was having to stay in her parent's store waiting on customer who she thought would never show up. Though to her surprise customers start showing, a few in the beginning and then more and more. Finally, the after a busy night of serving Chinese food, her family went on the rooftop and enjoyed watching fireworks and apply pie, of course.
I thought this was a wonderful children's book. Wong by incorporating different cultures into books allow for her books to be adaptable. She showed that America isn't only about hot dogs, apple pie, and fireworks but also about diversity. I thought the book was amazing and the ending with fireworks and apple pie was a perfect ending.
Wong, Janet S. Buzz. Illus. Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Orlando FL: Voyager Books/Harcourt, Inc., 2000.
Buzz a fun-loving book! Who would of ever known that so many things make the sound buzz. This book allows for someone to experience the morning of a child. Buzz is a great book for children because they can notice other noises that they may notice in the morning when getting ready. It teaches the word buzz and gives many examples of objects that buzz. Wong did a wonderful job with the pictures, even though they were simple they had detail. I loved the picture of when his dad is shaving and the boy is impersonating his dad by pretending to shave his chin with his toy car. Buzz and Apple Pie 4th of July were wonderful books and I am looking forward to reading more of Janet Wong books.
I found that Chapter 1 offered some good points on the question: why read?
The section of the chapter that discussed "Reading is Personally Motivating" was a section of Chapter 1 that took in my interest. The discussion of engaged reading and unengaged reading was intriguing to learn the difference between the two styles of reading. I have come to realize that many times when something is assigned to read it tends to be unengaged. However, perhaps if you all someone to have input in what the choose to read then maybe reading will become more engaged reading overtime. Tunnel and Jacob discuss that engaged is reading for your own purpose and not someone else. Perhaps more children would enjoy reading if teachers tend to make multiple assigned reading and the child could choose a book for his own purpose and not the teachers. In prior classes, I have found unengaged reading, however currently my reading for EDLL 5351 tends to be engaged reading.
Wong, Janet S. Apple Pie 4th of July. Illus. Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Orlando FL: Voyager Books/Harcourt, Inc., 2002.
I thought that Apple Pie 4th of July was simple and cute. The main character was young Chinese-American girl. She was upset that her parent's store was open on the 4th of July. Who would want to eat Chinese food on an American holiday? Hours past while she longed to be playing with the other kids, wanting to go to the 4th of July parade and most of all eating apple pie. However, she was having to stay in her parent's store waiting on customer who she thought would never show up. Though to her surprise customers start showing, a few in the beginning and then more and more. Finally, the after a busy night of serving Chinese food, her family went on the rooftop and enjoyed watching fireworks and apply pie, of course.
I thought this was a wonderful children's book. Wong by incorporating different cultures into books allow for her books to be adaptable. She showed that America isn't only about hot dogs, apple pie, and fireworks but also about diversity. I thought the book was amazing and the ending with fireworks and apple pie was a perfect ending.
Wong, Janet S. Buzz. Illus. Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Orlando FL: Voyager Books/Harcourt, Inc., 2000.
Buzz a fun-loving book! Who would of ever known that so many things make the sound buzz. This book allows for someone to experience the morning of a child. Buzz is a great book for children because they can notice other noises that they may notice in the morning when getting ready. It teaches the word buzz and gives many examples of objects that buzz. Wong did a wonderful job with the pictures, even though they were simple they had detail. I loved the picture of when his dad is shaving and the boy is impersonating his dad by pretending to shave his chin with his toy car. Buzz and Apple Pie 4th of July were wonderful books and I am looking forward to reading more of Janet Wong books.
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