LSC 300 L
Literature for Children
Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT

CONTENTS:
Types of Writing Assignments
Style and Format for Type Five Papers
APA style sheet
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Type Three/Four:

Masks and Shadows

1. Assignment:

Now that we have finished reading an essay on masks and shadows in childrenıs stories as well as a number of rhymes and stories, your job is to put the information you have to use. This assignment requires you to imagine yourself as a storyteller. Your assignment is to write a 350 to 500 word narration of a childrenıs story (from Butler), explaining what we can discover about masks and shadows from the tale. A local public library has asked you speak during an adult story hour at which the chosen story will be retold. The librarian has reminded you that the purpose of the talk is to give adults solid examples they can understand; therefore, you must utilize examples and language familiar to a general group.

2. Purpose:

Narrative. You are to write clearly, providing examples that will help a general audience, aged 14 and over, to understand how we can discover unstated information (masks and shadows) from between the lines of a tale.

3. The Writer: You will be writing as if you were a storyteller, explaining the story you have chosen.

4. Audience:

Local patrons, ages 14 and up, at a public library.

5. Form:

Imagination/Narrative (main intent is to tell a story), 350-500 words for Type Three and no more than 500 words for Type Four.

6. FCAs:

  • Describe the use of masks and shadows in stories and how it used in the story you selected (40)
  • Each paragraph has a main point of focus (20)
  • No passive voice and no jargon or jawbreakers (20)
  • Use strong verbs and precise words (20)

7. Procedure:

  1. Review your notes to determine if you feel you have enough information to describe, generally, the use of masks and shadows in childrenıs stories. If you feel you need more information, you can interview classmates and/or do research in the instructorıs website or in the library.
  2. Write a Type Three essay, due on Thursday.
  3. After you have entered your Type Three writing, read the entry immediately before yours and make suggestions for improving the writing, based on the focus correction areas (FCAs). [First person will need to read the last entry.] The Type Four essay is due Friday. Upload your writings to the Peer Editing / Threaded Discussion for the day due. Remember to make comments promptly on classmatesı writings so they can be used in rewriting to the Type Four assignment. Type Four writings are expected to be a substantial improvement over the Type Three assignment.

 

 

           

                       

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