tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24838974466298589032024-03-14T01:05:20.162-07:00K-12 Literature in the School Media CenterSubgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-17062435731571262572012-06-27T17:15:00.002-07:002012-06-27T17:15:22.789-07:00Folklore<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The songs, stories, legends, folklore and myths of a people of as handed down by word of mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Folktales are varied and include- quest stories or hero tales, transformation tales, and popular trickster tales</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The setting of these stories are as varied as the enchanted places or the realistic geography of our world –from the deserts to the polar ice caps </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Trickster tales- </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">a trickster figure can be godlike or greedy or foolish. <b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Cumulative tales- </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">tales that repeat actions, characters, or speeches until a climax is reached are found among all cultures. For example- The big turnip, gingerbread boy, henny penny, <b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Beast tales- </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Beast tales are among the most universal folktales that are found in all cultures. <b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The coyote is a popular animal in Native American tales; the fox and the wolf are found in many European tales. <b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In some stories like “the Bremen Town Musicians” and the “3 Billy Goats Gruff” the animals use their wits to overcome an enemy </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fables- </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Fables are brief tales in which animal characters that talk and act like humans indicate a moral lesson. Aesops “The Hare and the Tortoise”</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Tall Tales are exaggerated and imaginary stories from the 1800's. They were made-up to tell about the courage many had while exploring and adventuring to the "WILD, WILD, WEST". These stories entertained people around campfires, on steamboats, and many other places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">These tales describe a wide range of geographical settings and illustrate occupations that helped to develop the Early America. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Johnny Appleseed and Davy Crockett were actual people. The stories of their life were soon exaggerated and re-told until they became folk heroes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Other tall tale heroes include Pecos Bill, Daniel Boone, Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Mike Fink, Sally Ann Thunder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Myths- </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">truthful accounts of what happened in the past. <b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">They are accepted on faith-taught to be believed<b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Actions may take place in an earlier world-Greek myths </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Legends</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">- are closely related to myths</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Many have been translated over centuries in the form of epics-such as “Beowulf” and “the Iliad”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Stories are considered facts based on a real person or event </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">For tall tales- read Johnny Appleseed- give them a paper apple – on one side have them write a truth and on the other an exaggerated </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/printissue/currentissue/894412-427/lgbtq_lit_speaking_out.html.csp">http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/printissue/currentissue/894412-427/lgbtq_lit_speaking_out.html.csp</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;"> T</span>he American Library Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table sponsors the Stonewall Book Awards honors non-fiction and ficiton books that have exceptional merit relating to the gay/ lesbian/ bisexual/ transgendered experience. Isabel Miller's <i>Patience and Sarah</i> received the first award in 1971. The books are adult books that may work in a HS library. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Written as a school assignment, thirteen-year-old </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Joe Bunch writes in his “alphabiography” about coming out to his supportive family and friends, starting a Gay-Straight Alliance group and heartbreak when Colin ends there relationship because he is not ready to go public.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Inspired by the television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, 15-year-old Texan Carlos Amoroso asks Sal, a gay student, to give him a make-over that will get the attention of his crush, Roxy. Sal agrees to assist Carlos under the condition that Carlos helps form a Gay-Straight Alliance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">After seventeen-year-old Billy Bloom, a drag queen, transfers into a conservative high school in <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Florida</place></state> he is verbally and physically attacked until the football hero, Flip Kelly becomes his friend and demands that his classmates accept Billy. When Billy and Flip get into an argument after their first kiss Billy decides to run for homecoming queen. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Chick lit</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: text1;"> is sub-genre within women's fiction </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: text1;">which addresses issues of modern women often humorously and lightheartedly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: text1;">What makes the teen chick-lit genre so popular is that girls have found a way to escape into a fantasy world where they see themselves and their friends as the characters. The reader may not be a socialite or work in New York City like the heroine, but she does share the ups and downs of growing up and wanting to fit in. Even though the characters’ ages vary from middle school to adults in their twenties, they all go through challenging obstacles while still making the reader laugh.<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1;">Most chick-lit covers show whimsical cartoons of pretty girls, clothes, or accessories against backdrops in bright colors such as hot pink and turquoise. In fact, the ubiquitous pink covers have led to the arrival of the term “pink lit” for teen chick-lit titles. If a reader is more interested in reading about the scandalous lives of being a nanny or an heiress, she will gravitate to covers that are more suggestive with photographs of beautiful models. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only show the body and not the face of the model.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Like those of her adult contemporary Bridget Jones, Georgia’s diary entries are full of laugh-out-loud episodes about obsessing over her looks (specifically her nose) and obsessing over boys (specifically the hunky rocker Robbie). Here is a sample entry: “7:00 p.m. In my room in front of the mirror. Practicing smiling without making my nose spread. It’s impossible. I must never smile again.” Despite the plethora of books about witty teens, Rennison’s diarist is by far the funniest.- now a teen nick movie.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Proving that not all teen chick lit is strictly fluff, the following fall, a pair of magic pants pushed the trend into the mainstream. In <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The</i> <i>Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants</i> series, author Ann Brashares created characters who deal successfully with complex issues like sex, cancer, and death without weighing the novels down. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1;">In 2002, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: text1;">the </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1;">Gossip Girl</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-themecolor: text1;"> series </span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1;">introduced readers to a new type of teen chick lit that later became known as “gossip lit.” Although gossip-lit books may have similar themes to traditional chick lit (such as dating, family, and growing up), they are exclusively about wealthy, beautiful girls who live in exciting places, wear trendy clothes, and date hot guys. Although the series has a reputation for being racy, like most reputations it is exaggerated. Yes, most of the characters smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol and yes, a few characters smoke marijuana, but most only talk about who is doing drugs rather than partaking in it themselves. They also have a reputation as being smutty. In the first few novels several characters are virgins contemplating when is the right time, and ‘hooking up’ usually means kissing in the corner at a party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the series progresses so does the sexual activity of the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><strong><em>The Princess Diaries</em></strong>. Chick-lit author Meg Cabot has written many successful books,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> h</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">owever, her main claim to fame is how she tapped into the secret desire most girls have to be a princess. At the beginning of <i>The Princess Diaries</i>, Mia Thermopolis is a typical teenager living in New York City with her artist mother. She is a vegetarian who wears combat boots and is failing algebra. When Mia’s mom starts dating her math teacher, she thinks nothing could get worse. But when Mia discovers that she is the heir to the throne of Genovi<span style="color: black;">,</span> her life turns upside down. Mia has to go everywhere with a bodyguard and take princess lessons with her strict grandmother. With fourteen sequels, teens can’t get enough of this reluctant princess-in-training. Meg Cabot’s characters live the life that teenage girls daydream about</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%;"> but I think </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">her success lies in the fact that her heroines are so normal, readers can relate to them. </span></div>
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<i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Secrets of My Hollywood Life.</span></i><i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></i><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Long Island author Jen </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calonita</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;"> Has created a likable Hollywood actress in her popular series. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sixteen-year-old Kaitlin Burke is very down to earth, despite the fact that she grew up acting on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Family Affair</i>, a popular night soap opera. Her manager mother, personal assistant and best friend help Kaitlin maintain her hectic schedule, which includes a lot of premiers and interviews. Her bad twin on <i>Family Affair</i> is Sky </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mackenzie; Sky is a diva in training who goes out of her way to make sure Kaitlin gets her share of bad press. Throughout the novels Kaitlin reveals her Hollywood secrets, like celebrities do not like to watch themselves on the big screen. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></h2>
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</span>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-66359445790128675582012-06-27T17:14:00.002-07:002012-06-27T17:14:51.001-07:00Romance<h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">It is</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">hard to find a YA book that does not touch upon the two issues but they are probably not classified as a romance</span></h1>
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<br />Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-24229829653189968242012-06-25T05:16:00.000-07:002012-06-25T05:16:13.103-07:00Graphic NovelsTo answer the questions about the definition of graphic novels check out this PowerPoint"<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The genre of historical fiction in the field of children’s literature includes stories that are written to portray a time period or convey information about a specific time period or an historical event. Usually the event or time period is about 30 years in the past. </span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;">Catherine, Called Birdy </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">and </span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;">The Midwife’s Apprentice</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">, and Christopher Paul Curtis’s </span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;">The Watsons go to Birmingham—1963 </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">and </span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;">Bud, Not Buddy</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;">could </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">have happened. </span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Verdana; font-size: medium;">Johnny Tremain</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">, a 1944 Newbery Medal book. The primary setting is Boston in 1773. The book contains both real and fictional characters, real and fictional settings, and real and fictional events. The book is successful because of author Esther Forbes’s extensive historical research and knowledge of the time period and her skillful blending of history and fiction into a believable story. </span></i></i></i></i></i></i></div>
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In historical fiction, setting is the most important literary element. Because the author is writing about a particular time in history, the information about the time period must be accurate, authentic, or both. To create accurate and authentic settings in their books, authors must research the time period thoroughly. They must know how people lived, what they ate, what kinds of homes they had, and what artifacts were a common part of their lives. </div>
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Historical fiction books—whether they are picture books, transitional books, or novels—may have characters who are either imaginary or who actually lived during the time period. Settings also may be real or imaginary. The plot events may be documented historical events or they may be fictional. If they are fictional, it means that the author created the events for the telling of the story. The fictional characters, settings, and plot events must be portrayed authentically as if they actually </div>
<br />Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-50380719836192310242012-06-15T06:57:00.004-07:002012-06-15T06:57:30.673-07:00Booktalk Styles<div class="MsoTitle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">A good booktalk should be like a movie trailer: </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">show just enough to get the reader hooked.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Now Playing:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Link a book with a hot movie or another popular book with a similar theme or setting. </span></div>
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</div>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-68432144801657233572012-06-15T06:51:00.000-07:002012-06-15T06:51:21.836-07:00Social StudiesHere is a general list of the social studies topics covered K-12.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Holidays- are taught with greater depth each year</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">January- Martin Luther King, Chinese New Year</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">February- Black History Month, Presidents, Mardi gras</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">March- Women’s History Month, St. Patrick’s Day </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">April- Earth Day </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">May- Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, Mother’s Day </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">June- Flag Day, Father’s Day </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Sept- 9/11, Hispanic Heritage Month, Constitution Day (9/12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">October- Halloween, Day of the Dead, Fire Safety </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">November- Election Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">December- Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, Ramadan </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">K:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My neighborhood, my family</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">1<sup>: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></sup>My community, school community- black lagoon series </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Families in all cultures, Now and Long Ago, local region, needs and wants- red racer, US Flag</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>US Communities- rural, urban and suburban communities, maps, monuments</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Communities around the world, calendars, countries, time lines, natural resources, earth’s continents and oceans, monuments</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">4:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Local history and government, explorers encounter America, native Americans of New York, Colony of NY- lifestyles, daily activities, folklore, revolutionary war in NYS, Bill of Rights, Jamestown, Roanoke</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">5:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>US, <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Canada</place></country-region> and <place w:st="on">Latin America-</place> geographic, economic, social and cultural understanding, state reports, westward expansion, civil war, statue of liberty</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">6:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Eastern Hemisphere- Ancients Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece and Rome, Religions and belief systems of- Confucianism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity. Middle Ages, Renaissance achievements, Holocaust (genocide), supply and demand, United Nations, Human Rights</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">7:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mayan, Aztec, Incan culture, Iroquoian and Algonquian culture, European exploration and colonization of the Americas, Colonies- life like in the colonies, Salem witchcraft trials, causes of the American revolution, articles of confederation, constitution, life in the new nation, age of Jackson, causes of the civil war, slavery </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">8:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Civil War, Industrial Society, city slums, child labor, immigration, cowboys and the west, Progressive movement (1900-1920), muckrakers, Spanish-American war, WWI, roaring twenties, great depression, WWII, Holocaust, Cold War, Vietnam War </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">9:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ancient World- Civilizations and Religions</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">10:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">England</place></country-region>’s history- Korean War, Chinese Communist Revolution, <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">11:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>US History and Government </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">12: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Economics, Participation in Government -pig</span></div>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-39193166088471982542012-06-12T08:18:00.001-07:002012-06-12T08:19:53.894-07:00Coretta Scott King Award<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;">The Coretta Scott King Book Award</span><span style="color: black;">- is given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, that promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream. </span><span style="color: black;">The award is designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></h3>
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<span style="color: black;">Presented annually</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: black;">Must be written for a youth audience in one of the three categories: Preschool–grade 4, Grades 5–8, Grades 9–12</span></div>
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<em><span lang="EN" style="color: #303030; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Bat Boy and His Violin </span></em><em><span lang="EN" style="color: #303030; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">written</span></em><span lang="EN" style="color: #303030; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> by Gavin Curtis and illustrated by E. B. Lewis. Grades K-3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues, but when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's passion. </span></div>
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<em><span lang="EN" style="color: #303030; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Copper Sun</span></em><span lang="EN" style="color: #303030; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> by Sharon Draper. Grades 8 and up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #303030; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This book is taught in our 7<sup>th</sup> grade honors classes. </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
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</h3>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-67270779004092487432012-06-12T07:03:00.001-07:002012-06-12T07:03:02.926-07:00Selecting multicultural booksPlease read this short article:<br />
<a href="http://www.4children.org/issues/1997/september_october/beyond_good_intentions_selecting_multicultural_literature/">http://www.4children.org/issues/1997/september_october/beyond_good_intentions_selecting_multicultural_literature/</a>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-25865391637682513202012-06-11T07:24:00.000-07:002012-06-11T07:24:22.106-07:00Multicultural chick-lit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At the start of the new semester at her elite prep school sixteen-year-old Amal Abdel-Hakim decides to wear a hijab, the Muslim head scarf, to show her dedication to the Muslim faith to the surprise of her supportive family and friends.</div>
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<b>Alegria, Malin.</b></div>
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<b><i>Played.</i></b> Grades 9 and up</div>
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<b><i>Bindi Babes. </i></b>Grades 6-9</div>
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<b><i>The Secret Blog of Raisin Rodriguez.</i></b><i> </i>Grades 6-8</div>
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<b><i>Rogelia's House of Magic</i>.</b> Grades 7- 10 </div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Multiculturalism is a set of beliefs based on the importance of seeing the world from different cultural frames of reference and on recognizing and valuing the rich array of cultures within a nation and within the global community” (Parkay & Stanford, <i>Becoming a Teacher. </i> 2004, p. 244).</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Multicultural Literature is defined as <strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">literature about racial or ethnic minority groups that are culturally and socially different from the white Anglo-Saxon majority in the US whose largely middle-class values are most represented in American Literature</span></strong>. (Donna Norton, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Through the Eyes of a Child: an introduction to children’s literature)</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;">In 1992, Rudine Sims Bishop wrote an article “Multicultural Literature for Children: Making Informed Choices.” In it the author points out that “the percentage of books about people of color continues to hover between one and two percent, but as the numbers of children’s books have increased, so has the quantity of multicultural literature.<span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;">· ML puts emphasize cultural equality and respect</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;">· Through ML children who are members of a racial or ethnic minority <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>groups realize that they have a cultural heritage of which they can be proud.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;">· ML broadens understanding of history and geography,</span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">History of Early Multicultural Books</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;">: <i>The Snowy Day and Stevie</i> marks the beginning of the movement for multicultural themes in the children’s literature hemisphere. </span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;"> <i>The Snowy Day</i> by Ezra Jack Keats (1962) is often regarded as the first book to break the barrier into multicultural children’s literature. This Caldecott Medal picture book shows an African American child as the story’s protagonist that was inspired by a photograph in <u>Life</u> magazine, Keats asserts that the protagonist, Peter, is an ordinary child that many other children can relate. Because the story does not focus on race, it considered culturally neutral- the Black characters seemed exactly like Whites, they were accepted as ‘ universal’</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;"> Seven years later, <i>Stevie</i> by John Steptoe (1969) represents African Americans culture on a more specific level. In the story, a young boy, Stevie, stays with his family while his mother goes to work during the week. The dialect in the story alludes to aspects of African American culture because the g’s in words are dropped and slang is used. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;"> Since <i>The Snowy Day</i> and <i>Stevie</i> hit circulation in the 1960s, the market for multicultural children’s literature has grown significantly. Many other cultures are represented in literature whereas these two groundbreaking books solely reflect African American culture. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;">· Currently, there is a dilemma in multicultural children’s literature concerning cultural authenticity. The debate focuses on the following question: Can authors write a book that portrays a culture other than their own? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;">· Thelma Seto (1995) writes one of the most direct assaults of this issue in her article “Multiculturalism Is Not Halloween.” She argues “it is morally wrong for Euro-American writers to ‘steal’ from other cultures in order to jump on the multicultural bandwagon, unless they have direct, personal experience in the country where that culture originates – more than simply being a tourist or doing research in the library” (p. 93). She compares authors who do this to Halloween as they are temporarily masking their true cultural identity. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: black;">· Jacqueline Woodson (1998) writes in her article: “Who Can Tell My Story?” “Some say there is a move by people of color to keep whites from writing about us, but this isn’t true. This movement isn’t about white people; it’s about people of color. We want the change to tell our own stories, to tell them honestly and openly” (p. 45). Although she poses a solid argument in that passage, her article contradicts one key factor in the debate. She explains that she has a unique story and that no one but she should be allowed to tell that story, but as a black author she writes stories involving white characters and situations that have never happened to her directly. </span></span></div>
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</div>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-55856910619113056442012-06-11T06:16:00.000-07:002012-06-11T06:16:39.974-07:00One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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The Pura Belpré Award was established in 1996. It is presented to a Latino writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.<span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #444444;">The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. As a children's librarian, storyteller, and author, she enriched the lives of Puerto Rican children in the U.S.A. through her pioneering work of preserving Puerto Rican folklore.</span><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #444444;"> Two medals shall be awarded biennially - one to a Latino author of an outstanding children’s book and one to a Latino illustrator for creating an outstanding children’s picture book. Each of these must be an original work that portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience.</span><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Recipients of the Pura Belpré medal must be residents or citizens of the U.S or Puerto Rico.</span><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Fiction and nonfiction books for children published in Spanish, English, or bilingual formats are eligible.</span><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "Times", "serif";"> When eleven-year-old Naomi’s long-absent mother shows up at the California trailer park where Gram, Naomi, and Naomi's little brother Owen have been happily living for the past seven years they flee to Mexico in search of Naomi’s father. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #303030; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> In 1960’s </span>Anita was a typical self-absorbed twelve-year-old living in the Dominican Republic when her family becomes part of the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo. </div>
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Party-loving home cat Chato decides to throw a surprise birthday bash for his best friend, Novio Boy, who was raised in the pound and has never had a party. <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Text is in English and Spanish. </span><em><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></em></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif";">Please check out this PowerPoint. I think it is ok to show this because the creators cite my "Attracting New Readers with Hip Hop Lit" article as a reference.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-86862297489200591382012-06-06T05:51:00.002-07:002012-06-06T05:54:00.052-07:00A new study on young adult book covers<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="uri" onmousedown="javascript:toggle_url();"><strong><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.katehart.net/2012/05/uncovering-ya-covers-2011.html</span></strong></span></span>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-20313252747290257112012-06-05T09:30:00.001-07:002012-06-05T09:30:26.059-07:00Required ReadingPlease read <br />
<a href="http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/winter0405/feinberg.cfm">http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/winter0405/feinberg.cfm</a>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-16347511632352801872012-06-05T09:21:00.004-07:002012-06-05T09:21:46.148-07:00BooklistALA Booklist groundbreaking books from the past 20 years for young readers<br />
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<a href="http://www.guysread.com/">http://www.guysread.com/</a>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-71420103141828215122012-05-24T07:36:00.002-07:002012-05-24T07:36:15.208-07:00New York Public Library Classic Picturebooks<div class="vtbegenerated">
The New York Public Library created a list a few years ago of the "100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know"<br />
Please check out the link. I think all elementary librarians as well as public librarians should be familiar with the books. Some of my favorites are there like <em>Bark George, Goodnight Gorilla, It Could Always be Worse and Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse.</em><br />
<a href="http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=61">http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=61</a></div>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-74331167909571821302012-05-24T07:33:00.000-07:002012-05-24T07:33:19.806-07:00Lesson plan resources<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Future school librarians- check out Thinkfinty.org <br />
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/">http://www.readwritethink.org/</a><br />
Here are some examples of generic activites:<br />
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson141/lit.pdf">http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson141/lit.pdf</a><br />
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson-docs/SampleLitResponse.pdf">http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson-docs/SampleLitResponse.pdf</a><br />
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson141/ssr.pdf">http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson141/ssr.pdf</a></div>Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-37142299380832130582012-05-24T06:41:00.001-07:002012-05-24T06:41:08.938-07:005/30<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Concept books – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">these books rely on well-chosen illustrations to help children grasp both relatively easy concepts, such as colors, shapes, transportation, feelings, cold and heat, distance, in and out, left and right, measurement, numbers, patterns, perspective, size, speed up and down, weight opposites. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Help children expand their understanding of the world around them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">My favorite concept author/illustrator is Long Island resident Laura Vaccaro Seeger. Her visual presentations are imaginative and appealing to preschool-aged children. I know classroom and art teachers selecting her for author studies because students can recreate her signature style. </span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> First the Egg. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">2008 Caldecott Honor book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> The concept of transformation is explored with cut</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">out shapes that lead to the next page</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> – a </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">tadpole becoming a frog, a seed becoming a flower, paint becoming a picture, words becoming a story and so on</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Lemons are Not Red. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Through flowing repetitive text and clever die</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">-cut shapes that fall on the correct color backgrounds children make connections about the colors of food, nature and animals- for example red apples, pink flamingos, silver moon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> The concept of emotions is presented with seven children reacting to a storm. While Walter was worried, Priscilla was puzzled and Shirley was shocked. What is so creative is that alphabet letters are rearranged and turned around to make the faces of the children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Bad Kitty</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> by Nick Bruel. Grades K-2 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> Here is a kitty with personality! The alphabet theme is used four times in the story. Kitty was a good kitty until her owners realized that her favorite food was all gone and all that was left was </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">asparagus, beets, cauliflower</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> ect… Kitty demonstrates how angry she- <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ate my homework, Bit grandma, Clawed the curtains, Damaged the dishes</i></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">This series started off with two picture books and has since branched off to graphic novels that are perfect for second and third graders. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span>. </div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Math</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Literature provides a way for children to make mathematics learning much more personal. Research has shown that children learn material best when it has meaning and usefulness for them. Literature is a way to give math meaning.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Teachers- especially new and student teachers will ask your advice for teaching mathematical concepts – find good websites like the California dept. of education has a database where you can search Literature titles for Science and Math connections</span></div>
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Subgenre Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04907672875839278194noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483897446629858903.post-78412612778122542012012-05-15T07:24:00.000-07:002012-05-15T07:24:11.994-07:00May 23- Easy Readers <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Easy to read books are designed to be read by children beginning reading skills (k-2) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The vocabulary is controlled so young readers can manage independently</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">May have a few words on a page or have a few chapters</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Publishers provide a level number, usually on the cover/back cover </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Designed for learning the most frequently used words also called "sight words"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">High repetition of words insures success <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Struggling readers need word-recognition instruction that includes high-frequency words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Have larger print than picture books and chapter books</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">More space between the lines make it easier to read</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Word patterns- may focus on a particular sound like “at” words (sat, cat, rat, fat)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Rhyming text</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Many series books and TV show tie-ins are popular with young readers because they are instantly familiar with the characters and setting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As I said last week like in the public library the school library should have these books in a separate section</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In recent years several authors have taken their popular characters and wrote easy readers versions, for example Young Cam Jansen, Curious George, Fancy Nancy, Marley (the dog), Arthur</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">While weeding outdated books is essential I suggest school librarians keep and update copies of classics series book like:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Of course keep clean copies of all Dr. Seuss easy readers- <i>Green Eggs and Ham, The Foot Book, Hop on Pop, Go Dog Go</i></span></div>
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