final exam 340 Flashcards
Identify two each of your favorite children’s chapter book/novel authors and their books by genre; historical fiction, biography, modern fantasy, nonfiction and classics.
Historical fiction:
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Biography:
Freedman, Russell—Lincoln, A Photobiography
Davidson, Margaret-Helen Keller (Scholastic Biography)
Modern fantasy:
Lowry, Lois —The Giver
Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson —Peter and the Star Catcher
Nonfiction:
Ryan, Muñoz —Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
Stanley, Jerry–Children of the Dust Bowl
Robert McCloskey-Make Way for Ducklings
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Identify two each of your favorite children’s chapter book/novel authors and their books by genre; two of your favorite mystery, humor, realistic fiction, adventure,
Mystery:
Hahn, Mary—Wait Till Helen Comes
Snicket, Lemony—A Series of Unfortunate Events
Humor:
Cleary, Beverly—Ramona the Pest
Clements, Andrew—Frindle
Realistic fiction:
Sachar, Louis—Holes
Hiaasen, Carl—Hoot
Adventure:
Paulsen, Gary —Hatchet
Choi, Sook Nyul —Year of the Impossible Goodbye
Name five highly regarded picture book authors and/or author-illustrators and a title each has written. Choose one of the five and tell why his/her work is special.
Arnold Lobel-known for Frog and Toad
Maurice Sendak–known for fantasy stories most notably Where the Wild Things Are
Eve Bunting-writes picture book texts about social issues(Flower Garden)
BillJr. Martin-author noted for his pattern and predictable picture books such as brown bear brown bear what do you see?
Eric Carle– colorful illustrations rendered in a simplified, naive style that mostly features animals; next known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar
List five reasons why Mother Goose nursery rhymes are beneficial for young children.
Develop pronunciation and diction skills.
Encourage active rather than passive participation.
Increase and enrich vocabulary.
Create a preliminary love of poetry and rhythms.
Stimulate children to think beyond reality and help form the early thinking skills.
Give three reasons why parents should read picture books aloud to children.
- Helps them develop a literary ear-artful language
- Helps them increase their vocabulary
- Helps prepare them for school
Cite five common elements in folktale/fairy tales.
- A short but rhythmic introduction
- The body or development of the story is vigorous and goes right to the heart of the narrative.
- The conclusion is much like the beginning. It happens and it’s happy. It is never prolonged. There is almost always the rote and rhythmic ending
- The style of the tale belongs to the storyteller. Its origin is oral.That is why there is so much vigor.
- The characters are stereotyped. The plot is more important than the characters.
Define a proverb, fable and parable
Proverbs: A proverb is the most highly condensed sentence on human mistakes or wisdom.
Fables: Fables may have grown out of folk and fairy tales or have been stretched from parables. These are compact anecdotes, with ideas of good and bad, wise and foolish, which become brief and attention-getting stories. There is usually a moral, application, or even a proverb as the ending sentence.
Parables: Parables are short like fables, but usually feature humans instead of animals.
What are some of the dos and don’ts of teaching children to enjoy poetry?
- Don’t associate poetry with any kind of school work.
- Don’t choose overly sentimental poems.
- Don’t teach haiku in elementary school. The children dislike it!
- Do read and chant poetry aloud. Sometimes use a dramatic voice; at other times use rhythm.
- Do begin with humorous or action poems, lots of them, and then branch out.
- Do let children practice a poem aloud before asking them to read it to others.
What are the three rules of reading and writing?
READ READ READ
Describe the rewards of reading.
Read our interests, to discover new things, pleasure, boks become a part of us, strengthen our education, build our knowledge, increase our range of reading skills,
Discuss unengaged and engaged reading.
Engaged readers aren’t aware of the reading process, they don’t focus on the skills of reading, they become engaged in the story or facts
Describe the characteristics of good books focusing on quality and taste.
Quality refers to the craft and the style and language, character, plot, pacing,setting, tone, mood, tension, design and layout, etc
Taste refers to books readers like, some kids can read quality books and have no interest and love books without the best quality like nancy drew. The problem in saying a book is good then is whether it came from the literary merit or personal taste
From Chapter 3 of CLB7/CLB5, discuss precise vocabulary, figurative language, dialogue, music in language, understatement, surprise observations, and the elements of weak writing.
- Precise vocabulary-using more precise language helps add depth to the story instead of “dumbing” it down for a reader, helps them explain vocabulary
- Figurative Language-helps provide meaning quickly and with emotional intensity, simile, metaphors, they add more depth and life and power to the story.
- Dialogue- speech shows character, personality, desires, prejudices, feelings, etc, if dialogue is not natural or personal then it makes a story shallow and stiff, takes away the character’s personality
- Music in language-sounds increase appeal and strength of story, blend together to create cadence and flow and patterns, nobody wants to read a choppy story
- Understatement- very brief showing, readers draws the conclusion without being directly told
- Surprise observation- we gain insights about human struggles as we go through stories with characters, we gain insight
- Weak writing-fuzzy, not believable, dull, in kids books we see it as didactisim (lesson pretending to be a story), controlled vocabulary(using dimple words instead of giving them new words to push them/teach them, and condescension (doesn’t trust the reader to get the point and dumbs it down “food tube for esophagus”.
Describe and assess the value and benefits of other types of picture books: alphabet, counting, wordless, concept, Mother Goose, and engineered.
Alphabet: the words representing a letter must start with the common sound associated with it (U for unicorn not umbrella), illustrations must represent the letter using only one or two easily identifiable and meaningful objects to the children, illustrations should represent objects that don’t have several correct names(this confuses kids) (q for quail-kid would think bird) help children develop concepts and letters of the alphabet/pattern recognition
Counting: help children develop understanding of numbers and cardinality, important to teach zero, they encourage discovery (10,11,12)
Wordless: help practice language as children try to vocalize and learn how to vocalize and make gestures about what they see, meant to be enjoyed, children can try writing their own words
Concept: introduce single concepts to children, they help children think about ideas
Mother goose:
Engineered: physical structure, develop fine motor skills, help them learn how to manipulate pages
List some of the better beginning reader books.
harperCollins I can Read books, Cat in the Hat by Dr Suess, Jean Van Leeuwen Amanda Pig and the Wiggly Tooth, Cynthia Rylant’s Smudge, Else Minarik’s Little Bear books were among the first of this type, too.
Caldecott medal
Caldecott medal :The Caldecott Medal is given annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American children’s picture book published during the preceding year. The award is named for Randolph Caldecott, the famous English artist and early illustrator of children’s books. One of the requirements is that the artist be either a citizen or a resident of the United States. Daniel Melcher is the donor of the medal, which was originally given by his father, Frederic Melcher. The award is administered and presented by the American Library Association (ALA).
