Interpreting Literature With Children

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ISBN: 9780805845143 | 0805845143
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Copyright: 10/1/2003

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This book is a small text, designed for pre-service as well as practicing teachers, who want to learn how to teach literature to children from grades Kindergarten to about 8th grade. (typically from age 5 to 14).

Acknowledgments

xiii

Prologue: Engagement Beyond the Edges of the Earth

(8)

Ruined by Reading

(1)

A Recipe for Engagement

(1)

An Outline for the Book

(6)

I: Salutations! Learning About Literature

1 Critical Perspectives

(35)

Literary Engagement

(11)

Literature: Sound, Metaphor, & Structure

(1)

Beyond the Delivery system

(2)

Limiting Engagement

(1)

Expanding Engagement

(6)

Children Are smart

(1)

Children Are Unique

(1)

Literary Engagement Is Cognitive Work

(1)

Literature Is an Available & Ready Resource

(2)

Critical Perspectives

(18)

Kinds of Criticism

(12)

Genetic Criticism

(1)

Table 1.1-Key Forms of Literary Criticism

(2)

Formal Criticism

(2)

Text-to-Text Criticism

(1)

Figure 1.1-"Building" a Literacy/Social Studies Unit on African American Heroism

(2)

Transactional Criticism

(1)

Figure 1.2-Rosenblatt's Continuum

(3)

Sociocultural Criticism

(4)

Summary

(1)

Books for the Professional

(1)

Chapter Touchstone Text

(1)

Recommended Tradebooks for Critical Perspectives

(2)

2 Literary Elements in Prose & Poetry

(49)

Figure 2.1-"Well, they've got to grow up some time!"

(2)

Literary Elements in Prose

(25)

Table 2.1-Components of Narrative

(1)

Genre

(3)

Figure 2.2-Central Genres in Literary Prose: Definitions & Examples

(1)

Theme

(2)

Character

(4)

Figure 2.3-Character Development Matrix & Double Entry Journal

(1)

Setting

(2)

Plot

(4)

Figure 2.4-Graphing Plot

(2)

Point of View

(3)

Style

(3)

Tone

(2)

Poetry

(11)

Figure 2.5-Key Features & Favorite Books of Poetry

(1)

Text-to-Text Poetry for Hansel and Gretel

(5)

Text-to-Text Poetry for The Watsons

(4)

Summary

(2)

Books for the Professional

(1)

Chapter Touchstone Texts

(1)

Recommended Tradebooks for Prose & Poetry

(5)

II: Ways of Taking From Literature

3 Talking About Literature

(38)

Talk: The "Tool of Tools"

(9)

The Read-Aloud: A Focus on the Unexpected

(7)

Read Aloud Everyday

(1)

Create a Community Atmosphere

(1)

Read With Panache

(1)

Encourage Literary Engagement

100

(1)

Comment on Craft

101

(1)

Figure 3.1-The Read-Aloud

103

(1)

Independent Reading: From self-Talk to sharing

103

(7)

Devote Time for Daily Independent Reading

105

(1)

Combine Choice With Recommendations

105

(2)

Create an Enticing Classroom Library

107

(2)

Review Reflective Record Keeping

109

(1)

Literature Discussion: Upping the Ante on Talk

110

(15)

Figure 3.2-Independent Reading

111

(3)

Figure 3.3-Literature Discussion

114

(1)

Lead As Well As Follow

114

(2)

Highlight Criticism

116

(3)

Encourage Coding of Comments & Questions

119

(2)

Emphasize Multiple Modes of Response

121

(1)

Extend the Conversation to the Community

122

(12)

Figure 3.4-A "Book Bag" Letter from a Primary Teacher

123

(2)

Summary

125

(3)

Books for the Professional

128

(1)

Chapter Touchstone Texts

129

(1)

Recommended Tradebooks for Talk

129

(2)

4 Culture & Class in Children's Literature

131

(36)

The Right to Write

134

(5)

Figure 4.1-Major Multicultural Awards and Web

Sites

137

(2)

Surveying the Numbers, studying the Images

139

(3)

Analyzing Authenticity & Aesthetic Heat

142

(8)

The Use of Metaphor

144

(1)

The View of Sociopolitical Realities

144

(1)

The Use of Spanish

145

(1)

The Focus on Family

145

(1)

The Need for Authentic Native American Texts

146

(4)

Talking About Culture & Class With Children

150

(13)

Talking About Esperanza Rising with 11- & 12-year-olds

151

(6)

Figure 4.2-Cristina's Interpretation of the First Half of Esperanza Rising

155

(2)

Talking About Amelias Road with 7-, 8-, & 9-year olds

157

(6)

Summary

163

(1)

Books for the Professional

164

(1)

Chapter Touchstone Texts

165

(1)

Recommended Tradebooks for Culture & Class

165

(2)

5 Gender in Children's Literature

167

(34)

Typical & stereotypical Gender Patterns

172

(7)

Traditional Fairy Tales

172

(5)

Women Against Women

172

(1)

The Fairest of Us All

173

(1)

From Incest to Innocence

174

(1)

Pluck & Sheer Dumb Luck

175

(1)

Men & Women Say, "I do."

176

(1)

20th Century Children's Literature

177

(2)

The Shift from stereotypes

179

(8)

Feminist, Gay & Lesbian, Fractured, & Multicultural Fairy Tales

180

(1)

Feminist Fairy Tales

180

(4)

Gay & Lesbian Fairy Tales

182

(1)

Fractured Fairy Tales

182

(1)

Multicultural Fairy Tales

183

(1)

Modern Fiction

184

(20)

Figure 5.1-Recommended Gender-Bending Books

186

(1)

Talking With Children About Gender

187

(6)

Summary

193

(2)

Books for the Professional

195

(1)

Chapter Touchstone Texts

196

(1)

Recommended Tradebooks for Gender

196

(5)

III: Ways of Doing Literature

6 Interpreting Literature Through Writing

201

(24)

Literary Response Journals

204

(8)

Summing Up

205

(2)

Puzzles & Predictions

207

(2)

Critiquing Craft

209

(3)

Figure 6.1-Analyzing Craft in Because of Winn-Dixie

211

(1)

Leaning on Literature

212

(9)

Mentors Standing in the Shadows

212

(3)

Moving Mentors Out Into the Open

215

(4)

Figure 6.2-Stay Up Late!!!! by Ann Marie

218

(1)

Mentors Leading From the Heart

219

(2)

Summary

221

(1)

Books for the Professional

222

(1)

Chapter Touchstone Texts

223

(1)

Recommended Tradebooks for Writing

223

(2)

7 Interpreting Literature Through the Visual Arts

225

(30)

Seeing Picture Books

228

(9)

Picturing Words

228

(9)

Where to Look

229

(3)

What to Look For

232

(2)

How to Feel

234

(3)

Creating Images

237

(14)

Envisioning Words

237

(2)

Composing Images

239

(4)

Figure 7.1-Children's Visual Art From Because of Winn-Dixie

240

(3)

Critiquing Images

243

(16)

Figure 7.2-A Teacher's Visual Art From Because of Winn-Dixie

244

(3)

Figure 7.3-Children's Visual Art From The Giver

247

(4)

Summary

251

(1)

Books for the Professional

252

(1)

Chapter Touchstone Texts

253

(1)

Recommended Tradebooks for the Visual Arts

253

(2)

8 Interpreting Literature Through Drama

255

(35)

Text-Centered Drama

259

(13)

Warming Up

260

(2)

Scene Selection & Script Writing

262

(1)

Rehearsal

263

(4)

Figure 8.1-Young Children's Character Portrayals for Classroom Theatre Rehearsals

265

(2)

Critical Space

267

(2)

Performance

269

(3)

Figure 8.2-Written Response in Critical Space

270

(2)

Text-Edged Drama

272

(6)

Multiple Roles/Multiple Forms

273

(2)

Teacher-in-Role

275

(2)

Critical Space

277

(1)

Summary

278

(3)

Figure 8.3-Dramatic Possibilities for Chapter 2 Touchstone Texts

279

(2)

Books for the Professional

281

(1)

Chapter Touchstone Texts

281

(1)

Recommended Tradebooks for Drama

282

(2)

Epilogue How Like the Mind

284

(6)

References

290

(16)

Academic References

290

(8)

Adult Literature References

298

(1)

Children's Literature References

298

(8)

Credits

306

(3)

Index

309

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