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LSC 300-70L: Literature for Children
Summer 2000
NOTE: for the purposes of online courses, "class," "in-class," "classroom," "participate," "discuss," "present," "presentation" refer to activities online. The quizzes will be online.
- Instructor:
- Mary E. Brown, Ph.D. [Prof. Brown]
OFFICE: Buley 403
PHONE: 392-5772
SUMMER HOURS
- CLASS:
- May 30 June 30 online
Critical study of literature for children. Included are folklore, poetry, fiction and non-fiction as well as discussions of outstanding writers and illustrators, past and present. [This course includes a discussion of the development as it relates to literature, and the child as reader.]
The student will be able to:
- Define the various genres of children's literature
- Evaluate children's books critically
- Select appropriate materials for various age groups
- Discuss the historical development of children's literature
- Critique current issues
- Demonstrate an ability to tell or read-aloud stories
- Prior to the course, read all material under Suggestions for Success in Online Courses and
Online Etiquette and Guidelines for Online Participation on the instructor's
website.
- Prior to the course, familiarize yourself with OnlineCSU's courseware and
navigation on the Web.
- Reading children's literature, essays, and digital materials (available from the instructorıs website and from the online courseware)
- Preparing a series of short papers and writing exercises [L-courses require a minimum of 5000 words (approximately 20-25 double-space printed pages) of writing.]
- Completing daily quizzes
- Butler, F. (1989). Sharing Literature with Children (reissue of 1977.). Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press. ISBN: 0-88133-463-4
*[Available for purchase from the University Bookstore in the basement of
Engleman Hall.]
A HELPFUL RESOURCE:
Strunk, W., Jr. & White, E. B. (1979).
The elements of style (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan.
L-courses require a minimum of 5000 words (approximately 20-25 double-space printed pages) of writing. and work on improving writing content and style. Each student will write a series of short papers over the five weeks of the course. The Type 1-2 writings (graded 1/0 for completed/missing) count 25% of your course grade. The Type 3-4 papers count 25% of your course grade (graded by focus corrections). The final Type 5 paper counts 25% of your course grade.
A short 5 question quiz will be giving at the end of each daily lecture. The quizzes are timed for a maximum of 10 minutes. All questions are multiple choice or true/false. Some questions require the student to apply what is learned from the lecture. Other questions ask the student to recall specific material from the lecture. There are a total of 110 questions at 1 point for each correct answer. To determine your overall quiz grade for the course, divide the total number of points (out of 110) by 25. [A+=4.2-4.4; A=4.0-4.1; A-=3.7-3.9; B+=3.3=3.6; B=3.0-3.2; B-=2.7-2.9; C+=2.3=2.6; C=2.0-2.2; C-=1.7-1.9;
D+=1.3=1.6; D=1.0-1.2; D-=0.7-0.9; any average below 2.0 (C) is below expected level of performance.] Quizzes count 25% of your course grade.
Each student is to prepare one story or book for reading aloud and one story for
telling. Students will write about each experience and have the opportunity to record on campus or submit tapes of 3-5 minute reading aloud and storytelling presentations for uploading to the course. The class will develop a Matrix for Evaluation of Storytelling and Reading Aloud and each uploaded presentation will be evaluated by the instructor using this matrix. Each student who submits an acceptable recorded read aloud or storytelling will receive extra credit for up to one presentation. Acceptable presentations will raise the final grade average by one step. That is, if your final grade average is a "B+" and you have one acceptable presentation, your final grade will become an "A-". The instructor reserves the right to increase the extra credit to a maximum of two presentations for each student; that is, raising the final grade up to two steps for two acceptable presentations.
Attendance is automatically monitored and recorded by the OnlineCSU courseware.
While it is expected that every student will
participate regularly, there may be times when illness, official university
activities, etc., force a student to miss a day(s) of online activity. Final
course grades may be lowered for each unexcused absence from online activity. Attendance for the purpose of this course is defined as a combination of frequency and duration of activity in any given week. A student who does not participate--or participates only marginally--in any one week can expect to have their final grade lowered by 10% for each week of "absence" from the course. For example, a student does not participate for a week and has not received written permission from the
instructor for the absence; if the student's grade would otherwise be an "A" (4.0), it is now a B+ (3.6) and if the student's grade would otherwise be an "A-" (3.7), it is now
a B+ (3.3). [A=4.0; A-=3.7-3.9; B+=3.3=3.6; B=3.0-3.2; any average below 3.0 (B)
is below expected level of performance.]
Any student with long term or short term special needs should contact Dr. Brown, Brown@SouthernCT.edu, and give specific instructions on adaptions or accommodations needed.
- Week 1 - May 30-June 2
- Tuesday
Read in Butler (the required text for this course) all of the following:
pp. 1-4;
at least one of the three essays found on pp. 70-84;
at least two of each type of folk rhyme (riddles, toungue twisters, counting-out, acting out, and jump-rope) found on pp. 5-7;
the folk play "Punch and Judy" found on pp. 15-22
- Wednesday
Read in Butler at least one fantasy found on pp. 23-55
- Thursday
Read in Butler at least two fiction stories found on pp. 56-62
- Friday
Read in Butler at least five poems found on pp. 63-69
- Week 2 - June 5-June 9
- Monday
Read in Butler each of the following:
pp. 91-94;
both essays found on pp. 153-160;
the myth "The Golden Touch" found on pp. 95-102;
the fable "The Man, The Boy, and the Donkey" found on pp. 105-106;
the four folk rhymes found on pp. 105-106
- Tuesday
Read in Butler the two literary folktales found on pp. 127-134 and the fiction story found on pp. 135-141
- Wednesday
Read in Butler the drama "Busu" found on pp. 142-145
- Thursday
Read in Butler the seven poems found on pp. 146-149 and the three rhymes found on pp. 150-152
- Friday
Read in Butler the two essays "The Uses of Enchantment" and "The Ethics of Elfland" found on pp. 463-477. Return in Butler to Section I. Toys and Games and read any essays, fantasy, and fiction not read last week
- Week 3 - June 12-June 16
- Monday
Read in Butler all of the following:
pp. 167-170;
the three essays found on pp. 245-256;
the myth "Perseus" found on pp. 171-176;
the four folktales found on pp. 177-188;
the fantasy found on pp. 189-191
- Tuesday
Read in Butler the fable "The Dog and the Shadow" found on pp. 192 and the eight folk rhymes found on pp. 193-194
- Wednesday
Read in Butler the four folktales found on pp. 195-207 and the literary folktale found on pp. 208-214
- Thursday
Read in Butler the four fantasies found on pp. 215-233 and the biography found on pp. 234-238
- Friday
Read in Butler the twelve poems found on pp. 239-244 and the essay "A Meditation on Children and Their Literature" found on pp. 477-483
- Week 4 - June 19-June 23
- Monday
Read in Butler all of the following:
pp. 265-268;
the six essays found on pp. 328-347;
the myth "Atalanta" found on pp. 269-272
- Tuesday
Read in Butler the four folktales found on pp. 273-292 and the literary folktale found on pp. 293-295
- Wednesday
Read in Butler the four fiction stories found on pp. 296-318 and the biography found on pp. 319-325
- Thursday
Read in Butler the three poems found on pp. 326-327 and the essay "Tree and Leaf" found on pp. 483-489
- Friday
Read in Butler all of the following:
pp. 355-357;
the two essays found on pp. 442-449;
the two myths found on pp. 358-366;
the biblical writings found on p. 367
- Week 5 - June 26-June 30
- Monday
Read in Butler the two folk songs found on pp 368-369, the folk play found on pp. 370-372, the three folktales found on pp. 373- 382, and the literary folktale found on pp. 383-386
- Tuesday
Read in Butler the fantasies found on pp. 397-397 and the fiction story found on pp. 398-410
- Wednesday
Read in Butler the poetic fiction found on pp. 411-430, the fourteen poems found on pp. 431-439, and the rhyme found on pp.440-441
- Thursday
You should spend at least two, if not four, 30-45 minute editing periods revising your Type Five paper. Try to leave at least an hour between editing sessions/periods.
- Friday
Final drafts of Type Five writing is due today at 5 pm. If you submit your paper as a Word attachment, you must run a virsus scan on the document before attaching it. You may fax your paper (before 4 pm) to 203.392.05780. Late papers may be marked down at the rate of one grade step per day; that is, one day late lowers an "A" to an "A-" and two days late lowers an "A" to a "B+", etc.
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