Your book list will be
your record
of the children’s books you have read this semester. (75-100 books)
It
will be a record of your growth in:
·
Selecting
and evaluating children’s books
·
Making
connections among books
·
Making
connections among books and readers (children, classmates, family, and
friends)
·
Thinking
and writing about literature
Each
entry in your reading list will include:
(1) author
and illustrator name(s)
(2) Book Title
underlined
(3) publisher’s
name
(4) date
of publication, and
(5) annotation.
· Writing annotations is an art
· Note first impressions, basic facts, and questions as you read (in the library, in class)
· Edit and type later
·
For some books you may want to
write lots,
but for other just a sentence or two
· I will push you to write more, to think more deeply
· Annotations allow you to practice thinking and writing about literature, to explore contradictory feelings and questions
· They are a process that will reveal your growth
· They need not be finished products
· Don’t attempt to retell the story – summarize in one sentence and concentrate on your response to the book
· One quotation can be worth a thousand words, give flavor, and help you remember
· Go beyond liking and disliking to explore why you feel as you do
· Consider the author’s goal, intended audience, choice of techniques (artwork, writing style, genre, organization)?
· What worked, and what didn’t?
· Compare with similar books
· How might you use this book with children, which children, with what other books?
· The word "cute" is a four-letter word that is not allowed!
"Literature
is words that provoke interpretation."-- Alan
Garner (interview
with Donna White).