Describe how to effectively evaluate books for children. Is this value-bases?
When you are evaluating books for children you should always ask your self:
What point is the book trying to make
Would the students enjoy reading the book
Is there any profanity
Is it age appropriate
I would say yes that it is value-based. If any of the books went against my values I probably would not allow them to read it. Remember values are very important to to keep and stand by a lot of times the values make you.
Why do character/setting analysis on children's books? Purpose? What did it accomplish.
Its good to do analysis on children's books to make sure it is appropriate material for the students in the class. It comes back to the values. If it doesn't meet your standards then the children should not be reading that material. This gives us the opportunity to pick and choose what our students should and should not be reading.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Ch 2 Summary
This chapter is mainly about how literature came about. It goes into detail how children's literature was developed. When children's books did come about it was mainly how children should behave and present themselves. For the most part children were not to touch the books.
Milestones in The History of Children's Literature
The oral tradition was long before books came around. People told there story's around campfires to tell about there experiences, developing mythologies, storytellers, folktales, which were Incorporated into the complex mythologies and philosophical tenets. These tails then became widely influential in the Roman Empire.
Early Printed Books came around in the mid-1400's. This books were very costly and prized possessions of nobles and priests. These books were teach children literature but children were rarley trusted with these books.
In the 1740s Newbery's books for children were developed and the idea of children's books began. Many family's centered there attention to the children and they should not have to grow up so fast. It was then children got to be children.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau came with an idea of letting children should learn naturally with very little assent's from adults.
The Fairy Tales of Andersen and the Brothers Grimm was the development of folktales. They are the fairytale story still read today.
Early Illustrators of Children's Books is unsure of who did the first one but there are many who geared it to children. Johann Amos Comenius is created for writing the first non alphabet picture book.
In the Victorian Influence it talks of Plight of Children. The focused mainly on life of poor children.
Standard for Evaluating Young Adult Literature
I like the chart for Evaluation Criteria. It focuses on young adults being able to put themselves in the story and relating to it so they could resolve the problem if it happened to them in real life.
The History of Censorship
Censorship has been in existence since 411 B.C. in some form. In the late 1960s and early 1970s it gears mainly to censoring racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. In the 1980s it was material alleged to be anti-American, anti-family.
Children and The Family in Children's Literature
Literature has changed drastically for children from the centuries past. Before the middle ages children not learning anything and not valued. During the Middle Ages children shared the burden of there parents and worked threw poverty. Not till recently did children and story's become close family interaction.
Personal Connection
I think literature connects with people no matter what. To me it is good to know the history of literature so you can get a better understanding of what it was and what it has become. The knowledge literature can give you is great and to think not so long ago it was not valued at all.
Applies to the classroom
The History of literature applies to the classroom on many different levels. Its gives us as teachers the power to enrich younger generations and how learning today was very different for them and everyone else. It gives us great insight that may be useful in teaching styles and bring it to a different level.
Milestones in The History of Children's Literature
The oral tradition was long before books came around. People told there story's around campfires to tell about there experiences, developing mythologies, storytellers, folktales, which were Incorporated into the complex mythologies and philosophical tenets. These tails then became widely influential in the Roman Empire.
Early Printed Books came around in the mid-1400's. This books were very costly and prized possessions of nobles and priests. These books were teach children literature but children were rarley trusted with these books.
In the 1740s Newbery's books for children were developed and the idea of children's books began. Many family's centered there attention to the children and they should not have to grow up so fast. It was then children got to be children.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau came with an idea of letting children should learn naturally with very little assent's from adults.
The Fairy Tales of Andersen and the Brothers Grimm was the development of folktales. They are the fairytale story still read today.
Early Illustrators of Children's Books is unsure of who did the first one but there are many who geared it to children. Johann Amos Comenius is created for writing the first non alphabet picture book.
In the Victorian Influence it talks of Plight of Children. The focused mainly on life of poor children.
Standard for Evaluating Young Adult Literature
I like the chart for Evaluation Criteria. It focuses on young adults being able to put themselves in the story and relating to it so they could resolve the problem if it happened to them in real life.
The History of Censorship
Censorship has been in existence since 411 B.C. in some form. In the late 1960s and early 1970s it gears mainly to censoring racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. In the 1980s it was material alleged to be anti-American, anti-family.
Children and The Family in Children's Literature
Literature has changed drastically for children from the centuries past. Before the middle ages children not learning anything and not valued. During the Middle Ages children shared the burden of there parents and worked threw poverty. Not till recently did children and story's become close family interaction.
Personal Connection
I think literature connects with people no matter what. To me it is good to know the history of literature so you can get a better understanding of what it was and what it has become. The knowledge literature can give you is great and to think not so long ago it was not valued at all.
Applies to the classroom
The History of literature applies to the classroom on many different levels. Its gives us as teachers the power to enrich younger generations and how learning today was very different for them and everyone else. It gives us great insight that may be useful in teaching styles and bring it to a different level.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
My Favorite Teacher
I think I had many favorite teachers growing up. It's hard to just have to pick one. But since I have to choose one I would have to say my 1st grade teacher. Her name was Mrs. Mancia, I remember her being very nice and respectful to everyone. I choose her because she made teaching seem like fun. She seemed to enjoy her time with us. I would have to say I probably made up my mind that I wanted to be a teacher in the first grade because she was the first to inspire me and of course I had many great teachers through out my life
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Chapter 1 Summary and Values
Chapter one talks about how important literature is and how it should be introduced to children at a very young age. Literature is the foundation of our lives, to become somebody or just to manage everyday task we must be able to read and write. Literature should be introduced to children as soon as possible, the earlier they began the more imaginative they are and they can better relate to different situations they may encounter in everyday life. (They would be able to relate to characters in the story books). Thus, this will help them to be able to communicate better with people. The value of literature should be kept as a priority to help enrich the minds of our children. This chapter also talks about children learning in stages. These stages are: Language, Cognitive, Personality, and Social Development. Which literature can play a very important part in the development of all these stages. Again story books help the children understand a certain role or concepts that maybe they would not understand from an adult that is trying to teach them. They could probably identify better with the characters in the story book. Last it talks about how children respond to literature. We must remember everyone responds differently to the same text. People take into consideration there life experiences with what’s going on in the text. Same goes for children. Overall the chapter talks about how we must encourage and make literature a big part of children’s lives.
Value is something you believe in, something you live your life by. It characterizes what kind of person you are or strive to be. A value that is most important to me would have to be respect. Respect can cover all aspects in my life. I respect my self, others and everything around me. I think if you can learn to respect it will cover other values I believe in. It can teach you to be humble, loyal, honest, etc…, to yourself and everyone else. It can bring great qualities out of a person. This value was taught to me by many people in my life. I would say it started at home but I continued to learn about respect from friends, teachers, and coaches. Values can be learned from many different aspects, it can be viewed different ways by different people. Respect can be taught, but I think we learn best by example. I think I do set a great example for others in aspects of respect. A great way to respect someone is to not judge them on appearance; everyone should get a chance to shine.
Value is something you believe in, something you live your life by. It characterizes what kind of person you are or strive to be. A value that is most important to me would have to be respect. Respect can cover all aspects in my life. I respect my self, others and everything around me. I think if you can learn to respect it will cover other values I believe in. It can teach you to be humble, loyal, honest, etc…, to yourself and everyone else. It can bring great qualities out of a person. This value was taught to me by many people in my life. I would say it started at home but I continued to learn about respect from friends, teachers, and coaches. Values can be learned from many different aspects, it can be viewed different ways by different people. Respect can be taught, but I think we learn best by example. I think I do set a great example for others in aspects of respect. A great way to respect someone is to not judge them on appearance; everyone should get a chance to shine.
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