1-Write several 1-2 page critical reviews about children's books or films.
2-A volunteer project reading with children at home, school, library, or another meaningful setting. This project will involve keeping a log of your volunteer time (at least 10 hours or meetings), a journal about the children’s books you read and the activities you plan (at least 10 journal accounts), collecting examples of your work with a child/children (e.g. photos, audio/video recordings, books, children’s own work, drawings, papers) and a two-page typed reflection/summary paper. Your contact log and 10 journal pages should be included as appendices after your two-page paper.
3-An 8-10 page research paper: book(s) review, author autobiography/analysis, children’s literature issues, a project comparing authors or books, or another related project idea
4-Creative Project: Creating your own children’s book, literature unit, reader’s theater, etc. Include a one-page preface describing the idea of your project and how it fits within one of the categories/genres of children’s literature
5-Ten-fifteen paragraph book reviews. Include a preface for your reviews which explains a guiding focus behind your reasons for selecting these particular books. For example, you may decide to focus on a particular genre/category: picture books, multicultural/international, traditional, easy readers, transitional books, fiction (fantasy, science fiction, contemporary realistic, historical), or other genres. Or you may decide to focus on the books/literature of a particular author, a particular type of award winning book (Newbery, Caldecott, Jane Addams, Américas Award, Hans Christian Andersen, Boston Globe/Horn Book Award, International Reading Association Award, Coretta Scott King Award, or other types of awards for books), or perhaps a combination of genres of children’s literature, or a collection of “crossover” literature (read by both children and adults), or other ideas concerning groups of books you would like to explore.
6-Creating your own online wiki portfolio collection (like our course wiki) of your own ideas and writing all semester, based on our textbook and Refugee chapters, activities, and coursework
7-An idea of your own you would like to discuss with me as a possibility
1-Write several 1-2 page critical reviews about children's books or films.
2-A volunteer project reading with children at home, school, library, or another meaningful setting. This project will involve keeping a log of your volunteer time (at least 10 hours or meetings), a journal about the children’s books you read and the activities you plan (at least 10 journal accounts), collecting examples of your work with a child/children (e.g. photos, audio/video recordings, books, children’s own work, drawings, papers) and a two-page typed reflection/summary paper. Your contact log and 10 journal pages should be included as appendices after your two-page paper.
3-An 8-10 page research paper: book(s) review, author autobiography/analysis, children’s literature issues, a project comparing authors or books, or another related project idea
4-Creative Project: Creating your own children’s book, literature unit, reader’s theater, etc. Include a one-page preface describing the idea of your project and how it fits within one of the categories/genres of children’s literature
5-Ten-fifteen paragraph book reviews. Include a preface for your reviews which explains a guiding focus behind your reasons for selecting these particular books. For example, you may decide to focus on a particular genre/category: picture books, multicultural/international, traditional, easy readers, transitional books, fiction (fantasy, science fiction, contemporary realistic, historical), or other genres. Or you may decide to focus on the books/literature of a particular author, a particular type of award winning book (Newbery, Caldecott, Jane Addams, Américas Award, Hans Christian Andersen, Boston Globe/Horn Book Award, International Reading Association Award, Coretta Scott King Award, or other types of awards for books), or perhaps a combination of genres of children’s literature, or a collection of “crossover” literature (read by both children and adults), or other ideas concerning groups of books you would like to explore.
6-Creating your own online wiki portfolio collection (like our course wiki) of your own ideas and writing all semester, based on our textbook and Refugee chapters, activities, and coursework
7-An idea of your own you would like to discuss with me as a possibility