Children’s literature can be defined as good quality trade books for children from birth to adolescence‚ covering topics of relevance and interests to children of those ages‚ through prose and poetry‚ fiction and non-fiction. Children can connect with the characters‚ events‚ places‚ and problems in literature on a personal level. Such affective responses to literature provide opportunities for students to become personally involved in reading and learning. For children to be successful they should
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LITERATURE TIMELINE Date | Literary Period | Authors/Works | 800-400 BC | This period was dominated by Homer and other Greek tragedians | The Iliad and The Odyssey by HomerOedipus the King by SophoclesMedea by Euripedes | 250 BC - AD 150 | Writers of the Roman Empire are most noted in this time period | Famous authors from this period: Virgil‚ Horace‚ and Ovid | 450-1066 | Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period | Beowulf The rise of haiku poetry Tale of Genji by Japanese writer Murasaki
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Timeline for Children’s Literature (ENG/290 Version 2) Evolution of Children’s Literature * Beginning of children’s literature [ Period not established (pre-dates written records) ] * Beginning is unknown‚ but could have started as a simple warning to children about danger‚ or to calm a child that was having difficulty falling to sleep (Russell‚ 2009‚ Chapter 1‚ para. 1). Importance was that information was directly customized to benefit children. * Art of Storytelling (The
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Adventure is an important part of children ’s psyche. Children often dream of strange fortunes‚ great feats‚ exciting events‚ long trips‚ and everything they can be drawn to from the monotony of everyday life. Heroes of adventure stories are mostly sailors‚ pirates‚ cowboys and Indians‚ convicts‚ researchers‚ adventurers and solitaires of all types. The concept of adventure story is quite simple: brave‚ strong and resourceful hero must make a difficult task‚ and overcome a lot of danger‚ but in
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I WANT TO LOVE CHILDREN EVEN MORE 02/10/2011 Lecture 4 Are children better off now than they were 50 years ago? Comparing childhood today with childhood 50 years ago‚ there are many dramatic changes. There are new forms of media such as television and the internet. Family structures and emphasis on values today are nothing like they were 50 years ago. It was odd if a family did not sit at the dinner table together. Today there is so much going on it is odd to sit at the dinner table together
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DETAILS OF RIZAL’S TRAVEL ABROAD FIRST TRAVEL ABROAD (1882-1887) -After four years in medicine Rizal left the country to continue his study in Europe May 3‚ 1882 -Boarded SS Salvador to Singapore May 9‚ 1882 -Arrived after 5 days and stayed for 2 days in Singapore May 14‚ 1882 -On his way to Marseilles‚ Rizal had a terrible dream. He dreamed he was traveling with Neneng (Saturnina) and their path was blocked by snakes. May17‚1882 -Rizal arrived at Punta de Gales. May 18‚ 1882 -At 7:30 a.m.‚ he left
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Children Literature in a Pluralistic Society Mariela Cuevas ENG/290 June 1‚ 2012 Dr. Denese Wolff How theoretical models and critical approaches apply to children’s literature. The importance of understanding the complexity of the way children’s learn is crucial. Each age faces a different challenge and opens a door to a new learning step. Children are like sponges and the responsibility
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Study of Literature in Elementary School Literature is yields of writing and spoken substance. Generally‚ literature tells anything from creative writing to be literally work like as poetry‚ drama‚ fiction and nonfiction which have an aim to work of the creativity of the imaginations (Lombardi‚ n.d). Too few of children in elementary school who learnig about literature because the schools are more focusing them on the main lesson such as mathematics‚ science of language‚ social‚ biology and
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University of Phoenix Material Timelines of The Great War and Russian Revolution Worksheet Directions: For each of the four timelines that follow (1914‚ 1915‚ 1917‚ and 1918–1919)‚ complete the timeline replacing the words “[Paste description here]” with the text of the correct description from the table beneath it. 1914 Timeline June 28‚ 1914 | The event that triggered World War I | Sarajevo | The heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife are assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ a
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There are plenty of genres in Children’s literature‚ maybe even more than any other kinds of literature. Some children books are published on a worldwide scale‚ so one does not simply know all of these genres. According to Lukens “A genre is something that describes a group of similar characteristics”. (Lukens‚ 2007‚ p.13)The three genres that I will be discussing are Folklore‚ fantasy‚ and traditional literature. Folklore or folktales are stories‚ poems‚ fairy tales‚ oral history and legends
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