Assignments
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Tool
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Due
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Journal Entries: Read and
respond to text and other assigned materials on a weekly
basis. Send a list of children's literature read each
week.
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E-mail
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Weekly
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Complete reading log with
3-4 page discussion of impact of books on you and how the
books may be used in the curriculum.
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E-mail
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End of
semester
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Review web sites on weekly
basis and post responses to the sites on WebBoard. Responses
should include ways to use the sites for research,
resources, or with students. Web sites are posted on the
course syllabus.
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WebBoard
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Weekly
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Post answer to question a
week on WebBoard.
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WebBoard
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Weekly
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Develop an
instructional focus unit based on a theme, an author and
works, or a genre. Email to one of the professors for
posting on course web site.
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E-mail,
course web site
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End of
semester
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Online chat with an author.
Post questions prior to chat and then ask questions during
chat.
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WebBoard
chat
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Chat - June
10
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Posted discussion of a book
a week. Make one original response and respond to two other
students' comments.
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May 20
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Non-Fiction
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Lester, To Be A
Slave
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May 27
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Caldecotts
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Martin, Snowflake
Bentley
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June 3
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Multicultural
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Staples,
Shabanu
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June 10
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Historical
Fiction
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Hesse, Letters from
Rifka
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June 17
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Individual
assignments
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all genres
represented
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June 24
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Contemporary
Fiction
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Paterson, Bridge to
Terabithia
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July 1
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Folk
literature
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Works of Verna
Aardema
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July 8
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Fantasy
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Lowry, The
Giver
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July 15
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TBA
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WebBoard
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Weekly
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