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2009 Class

2008 class: Class schedule Resources

Stuff to be scheduled:

Possibilities for our class:

Genres of Children's and Adolescent Literature (visit to Columbus Public Libraries) History of Children's Literature

Puppets: quick envelope puppets, creating scripts for puppet shows for non-readers, shadow puppets Reader's Theater Classroom Drama (improvisatory drama used to help students learn) Opera--turning a piece of children's lit into an original opera
 * Drama-related activities:**

Writing blues Writing ballads Writing other forms of poetry "Baseball cards" for composers Writing books Writing poetry beginning with a freewrite Alternatives to the dreaded book report Alternatives to the dreaded term paper
 * Writing genres connected to music and literature:**

Comprehension strategies Determining the reading level of a text
 * Technical stuff about reading:**

Appalachian culture: literature for children and teens, visit from Appalachian musicians, square dance Cajun culture: children's lit, have our own Cajun dance (two stepping and waltzing) Songs of the Civil Rights Movement--the complexities of race during the Civil Rights Movement National Anthem project
 * Cultural, Historical, Social Studies**

wikispaces how to make a movie how to download youtube videos
 * Technology:**

Patterns (music, math, literature, art)
 * Music and...**

Grant writing Semiotics--how things make meaning (a justification for teaching to multiple senses/learning styles)
 * Useful Knowledge:**

Write your own children's book (scan it so you don't have to turn in the original) Write your own collection of poetry Develop a bibliography of children/adolescent lit resources you can use (e.g., about a culture, about a genre, about a musical concept, etc.) Create a wikispace around a concept that you can use, using visual, auditory, and textual resources Write an actual grant that you can submit Something else that will benefit you...
 * Project Possibilities:**