Stages on Pages: Voorhies & Clapp, Fall 2010, North Seattle Community College
Course Calendar of Due Dates and Assignments
Date
Due Today
at the beginning of class
Reading to be
Completed by Today
Week 1
28-Sep
Psych Reading Write-Up #1 of
Chapter 1
30-Sep
Week 2
Week 3
12-Oct
Psych Reading Write-Up #3 of
pp. 57-81
Psych Reading Write-Up #4 of
Chapter 3
Book Evaluation #1 over Sendak
Psych Reading Write-Up #5 of
Chapter 4
14-Oct
Week 4
Rough draft of Paper #1 due
(bring two copies to class)
Book Evaluation #2 over
Bishop/Wiese and Mosel (one
evaluation covering both books
as a set)
Lifespan Exam 1 over Chapters
1-4
19-Oct
21-Oct
English/Children's Topic for Today
Chapter 1: Knowing Children's Literature
Children’s: Chapter 1
Collection of prerequisite
verification
Psych Reading Write-Up #2 of
pp. 43-57
5-Oct
7-Oct
Lifespan: Chapter 1
Lifespan/Psychology Topic
for Today
Course introduction
Introduction to Lifespan
Development
Introduction to Lifespan
Development
Paper #1 due: Evaluate a Picture
Book and tie to Piaget
Lifespan: pp. 43-57
Heredity
Chapter 2: Understanding Children's Reponses
to Literature
Children’s: Chapter 2
Lifespan: pp. 57-81
Prenatal development
Lifespan: Chapter 3
Infancy & Toddlerhood
English: Thesis statements, appeals, and
evidence
Chapter 3: Picturebooks
Maurice Sendak: Where the Wild Things Are
Children’s: Chapter 3
Maurice Sendak: Where
the Wild Things Are
Lifespan: Chapter 4
Infancy & Toddlerhood
Children’s: Claire Huchet
Bishop and Kurt Wiese:
The Five Chinese Brothers
Arlene Mosel (1968):
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Children’s:
Knuffle Bunny (author’s
name)
Lifespan: Chapter 5
Children’s: Chapter 4
Psych Reading Write-Up #5 of
Controversial Children’s books
Multiculturalism in children’s books and issues
of authenticity.
Lifespan Exam #1 (90 minutes)
How to determine the reading level of a
children’s book
Early childhood
Chapter 4: Traditional Literature
Mother Goose, Cinderella, Bible Stories,
Grimm,
Chapter 5
Week 5
Book Evaluation #3 over the
Cinderella book you chose
Psych Reading Write-Up #7 of
Chapter 6
26-Oct
28-Oct
Week 6
2-Nov
Psych Reading Write-Up #8 of
Chapter 7
Psych Reading Write-Up #9 of
Chapter 8
Book Evaluation #4 over
Paterson
Psych Reading Write-Up #10 of
Chapter 9
Bring a version of
Cinderella
Lifespan: Chapter 6
Early childhood
Chapter 6: Poetry
Shel Silverstein
Children’s: Chapter 6
Lifespan: Chapter 7
Middle childhood
Lifespan: Chapter 8
Middle childhood
MLA Documentation, PIE organizational
structure, thesis statements
Katherine Paterson: Bridge to Terabithia
Katherine Paterson:
Bridge to Terabithia
Lifespan: Chapter 9
Adolescence
Chapter 7: Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Judy Blume: Are you there God, It's me
Margaret
Adolescence
English: grammar review
Children’s: Chapter 7
4-Nov
Week 7
9-Nov
Week 8
16-Nov
18-Nov
Week 9
Book Evaluation #5 over Blume
Psych Reading Write-Up #11 of
Chapter 10
Rough draft of Paper #2 due
(bring two copies)
Paper #2 due: Diversity issue
include research
Book Evaluation #6 over Alexie
Lifespan Exam #2 over Chapters
5-10
Book Evaluation #7 over Lowry
Psych Reading Write-Up #12 of
Chapter 11
Judy Blume: Are you
there God, It's me
Margaret
Lifespan: Chapter 10
Sherman Alexie: The
Adolescence
Absolutely True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie: The Absolutely True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
Children’s:
Chapter 5
Chapter 5: Modern Fantasy
Lois Lowry: The Giver
Lois Lowry: The Giver
Lifespan: Chapter 11
Lifespan Exam #2 (90 minutes)
Emerging Adulthood
23-Nov
Week 10 Psych Reading Write-Up #13 of
Chapters 12 & 13
Lifespan: Chapter 12 &
13
Adulthood
Chapter 9: Nonfiction
30-Nov
Robie Harris: It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing
Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
Book Evaluation #8 over Harris
Children’s: Chapter 9
Psych Reading Write-Up #14 of
Chapters 14 & 15
Robie Harris: It’s Perfectly
Normal: Changing
Bodies, Growing Up, Sex,
and Sexual Health
Lifespan: Chapters 14
Late adulthood
&15
Rough Draft of Paper #3 due
(bring two copies to class)
Natalie Babbitt: Tuck
Everlasting
English: Introductions and Conclusions
Natalie Babbitt: Tuck Everlasting
2-Dec
Week 11
7-Dec
9-Dec
Book Evaluation #9 over Babbitt
Paper #3 due: Adolescent
project due (Adolescent
character in literature)
Epilogue
Death & Dying
E.B. White: Charlotte’s
Web
Psych Reading Write-Up #15 of
Epilogue
Book Evaluation #10 over White
Lifespan Exam #3 over Chapters
11-Epilogue
Lifespan Exam #3 (90 minutes)
E.B. White: Charlotte’s Web