Children's Literature
Week
1
EDUC 408
Syllubus
Introductions, syllabus, expectations,
protocols
Class Blog
Introduce Self
Websites for research
TeachingBooks.net free membership-please use
https://childrenslitblog.wordpress.com/
Picture Book Introduction
1/27 Attend Chris Cheng
Presentation
5:30 Reception
6:00 Presentation
Or
Respond to the video “Teaching
Narrative Writing”
http://www.chrischeng.com/teachingreading-notes/teaching-narrativewriting
Week
2
Short History of Children’s Literature
Examine sets of audio picture books
Week
3
Picture Books 2
Caldecotts
Week
4
Illustrated Books
Graphic Novels
Literature and the Young Adult Reader
http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~elbond/yatoc.html
Children's Literature
http://www.childrenslit.com/
Sign up for free trail or if you have a valid public
library card from the Eastern Shore of Maryland
The Doucette Index
http://www.educ1.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
Read Write Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/
After Day 1 : Begin Reading Picture Books
Choose Novels
Due Day 2: Review books by Chris Cheng and visit
website. http://www.chrischeng.com/
Post Comments on the blog
Dr. Ernest Bond
Due after class: Post comments on the blog
Form Literature Circle Study Groups and meet to
review and discuss sets of books in the CRC and
listen to several audio picture books on 2/5/15.
Due: Post comments on the blog
Begin selecting picture books
Start Reading Novels

Get public Library Card, and visit
www. childrenslit.com
 Choose illustrator and research using at least
2 sources
Due Day 1: Review of Picture Book using SLJ format
Due Day 2: Bring your 2 Caldecotts
Sign up for Illustrator & Genre Presentations
Day 1: Have read -- Illustrated novel
Day 2: Have read – 1 graphic novel
Binder Due: 5 Picture books (1 SLJ review; 2
Caldecott picture books, 2 wordless books
Due Day 2: Select genre and begin research
Week
5
Diversity and Picture Books
International
Week
6
Week
7
Historical Fiction
Booktalks
Illus. studies; Genre Presentation
Historical Fiction
Illustrator Studies
Booktalks
Week
8
SPRING BREAK
Traditional Literature
Folktales, Myths, Epics, and Legends
Booktalks
Week
9
Environmental Stewardship and
Literature
Booktalks
Week
10
Fantasy
Genre Presentations
Week
11
Week
12
Fantasy and Science Fiction
Student Presentations: Illus. studies;
Genre Presentation; Booktalks
Science Fiction and Horror
Literature Across the Curriculum
Biography and Autobiography
Day 1: Have read- International
Due Day 1: Illustrated Book and Graphic Novel
Reponses due (2 novels)
Day 2: Have read-International picture books
Have read 1 book from the Historical fiction set
Due Day 1: Illustrator studies;
Due Day 2: Binder due- 3 illustrator, 2
International
Have read 1 book from the "WWII Historical
Fiction" set
Due Day 1: Bring items for classroom museum
Due Day 2: Historical fiction context response
due (3 novels)
Day 1: Bring 3 variants of a folktale
Due Day 1: Novel -- Historical fiction, teaching
idea
Due Day 2: Binder due: 2 genre,Total 10 picture,
4 novels
Have read 1 book from the "Green Earth Book
Award” text set
Due Day 1: Report on Reading 4 picture books to
children
Due Day 2: 3 picture book folk tale variant
responses
Have read 1 book from the "Fantasy" text setDue
Day 1-Green Earth Book Award Picture Book
(total 14 picture books)
Due Day 2- Green Earth Book Award NovelProtagonist as steward response (total 5 novels)
Day 1: Have read 1 book from the "Science
Fiction" text set
Day 2: Have read 1 book from the "Horror" set
Due Day 2: Fantasy Novel –setting response due
Binder due: 14 picture books, 6 novels
Due Day 1: Novel-Science Fiction, Creative
Writing Response (total: 7 novels)
Due Day 2: Novel-Horror, censorship/book
challenge response (total: 8 novels)
Due:Thematic Poster Board Project (3PB:total16)
Week
13
Student Presentations: Illus. studies;
Genre Presentation; Booktalks
Have Read 2 books from the "CRF" text sets
Due Day 1: 3 Nonfiction Responses
International
Contemporary Realistic Fiction
Due Day 2: 3 Life Story Responses
Binder Due: 19 Picture Books; 8 Novels
Week
14
Poetry
Drama
Due Day 1: Blog Response for International CRF
and Contemporary Realistic Fiction ‘Reader
Interest’ response to theme (total: 11 novels)
Genre Presentations -- Booktalks
Due Day 2: Classroom Inquiry Project due
2 picture books connected to the culturally rich
inventory project Culturally rich picture books (2
PB: total 20)
Week
15
Extending Understandings
Due Day 1: Novel -- Literary Theory (total: 12
novels)
Literature and Technology
Due Day 2: Poetry Anthology Response due
Ebooks and Digital Literature
Digital Picture Book Response due
Film
Binder Due: 22 Picture Books; 12 Novels
Week
16
Last day of class
Finals
Due: Reader Autobiography Paper Due