class #6, december 19
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Class #6, December 19. Book discussion from last week Jane Yolen presentation Lolly on poetry and verse novels Locomotion book discussion Break Odds and ends, Q&A What’s next? Evaluations. Jane Yolen presentation. Arika Cohen Ruth Michael Laura Sitkin. Poetry. More poets and books - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Class #6, December 19 Book discussion from last week Jane Yolen presentation Lolly on poetry and verse novels Locomotion book discussion
Break Odds and ends, Q&A What’s next? Evaluations
Jane Yolen presentation
Arika Cohen
Ruth Michael
Laura Sitkin
Poetry More poets and books Horn Book poetry issue Verse novels Poetry and history
Jacqueline Woodson
b. 1963 in Columbus OH Lives in Brooklyn First book (Last Summer
with Maizon) published in 1990
Themes include family, loss, and identity
Many awards
Jacqueline Woodson resources
Author websitehttp://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/
NYPL online chathttp://summerreading.nypl.org/read2003/chats/woodson.cfm
Lit circle guide for Locomotionhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/locomotion_t.pdf
Interview and discussion questions (scroll down):http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/jacqueline_woodson.html
Book discussion
Talk about your bibliographies
Discuss Locomotion What worked best?
(Characterization, poetry, plot, themes…)
What grade would you use this with? How?
Break
Odds and Ends Writing and getting published Magazines My five favorite books Author visits Communicating with authors Q&A—free for all on any topic
Writing and getting published SCBWI Writing group for feedback Agent? Literary Market Place Writers’ Market 2007 Read Publishers Weekly (online) Be patient!
Writing programs
VT Collegehttp://www.tui.edu/programs/
masters_mfawc.asp
Simmons MFAhttp://www.simmons.edu/gradstudies/
liberal-arts/academics/childrens-literature/writing.shtml
Listservs
Child_Lithttps://email.rutgers
.edu/mailman/listinfo/child_lit
Yalsa-bkhttp://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk
Magazines for adolescentsCricket Magazine Group
(http://www.cricketmag.com/) Cricket (9-14) Cicada (14 & up) Dig (archaeology, 9-14) Cobblestone (history, 9-14) Muse (science, history, arts, 10 & up) Faces (world cultures, 9-14) Calliope (world history, 9-14) Odyssey (science, 10-15)
Favorite books
1. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt2. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine
Paterson3. Eva by Peter Dickenson4. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins5. Feed by M. T. Anderson
Favorite books (as adolescent)
1. Anne of Green Gables
2. A Wrinkle in Time (and anything by Madeleine L'Engle)
3. Mysteries (Nancy Drew, Sherlock Holmes)
4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (and anything by C. S. Lewis)
5. The Long Winter (and all Little House books)
Author discoveries
1. Virginia Hamilton
2. Cynthia Voigt
3. Randall Jarrell
4. Katherine Paterson
5. Lois Lowry
6. Bruce Brooks
7. Walter Dean Myers
Author visitsRandom House advice (very good)
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/eventkit.pdf
Planning detailshttp://childrensbooks.about.
com/library/howto/htscheduleauthor.htm
Authors collaborativehttp://www.visitingauthors.com/helpful_articles.html
Communicating with authors E-mail from author’s site
read info on site first
US Mail via publisherInclude postage paid envelope for
response
Be considerate
More questions?(General Q&A)
Where to go from here
Thanks
Please keep in touch!