LRC 480/580: Children's Literature in the Classroom Section 7 Fall 2003 Facilitator: Judi Moreillon

This project is designed to be a partner project.

The goals of this project are to make connections between the author/artist's life and work and to develop personal favorites among children's book creators. As you read children's literature, look for a poet, an author, or an illustrator with whom you have a strong connection or in whom you have intense interest. Before you gather a collection of that person's work, share you choice with the facilitator and find a classmate with whom to do this project. (Note: Students who choose not to collaborate with a partner cannot earn the full points for this project.) Locate information about that person using literary reference materials. (In order to complete this project on time, you should select a person to study and a partner by October 9th.)

On October 16th, you and your partner will sign-up for a presentation date. (Presentations will be given November 13th, 20th, and December 4th.) You will have 25 minutes for your presentation. Click here for the Author/Illustrator/Poet Study Rubric Assessment.

1. Your two-page summary handout is due on November 13th. The handout must include:

• information on the author, illustrator, poet's life;
• your original summary of that person's work;
• annotations of the titles (5) most meaningful to you and your partner;
• bibliography of your reference resources. (At least 3 sources - one must be from a paper print source.)

2. Your presentation for the class can include:

• the reason you selected this person for your study;
• what you found especially interesting or surprising about him/her;
• your research process;
• how learning about the person influenced your response to her/his work;
• and, in your opinion, what is the value of an author/illustrator/poet study in classrooms and/or school libraries.
  
  
• Also, please include your individual contribution to the project and your experience of the partnership.

• a brief reading of the person's work (short picture book, selection from a chapter, or of poetry);
• a brief art activity (optional);
• a visual aide (required).
• a summary of your hand-out.

3. Within one week after your presentation, email your self reflection to the facilitator. I will email these reflection questions to you:

• the reason you selected this person for your study;
• what you found especially interesting or surprising about him/her;
• your research process;
• how learning about the person influenced your response to her/his work;
• and, in your opinion, what is the value of an author/illustrator/poet study in classrooms.
  Note:
• if you worked with a partner, you must also include your contribution to the project and your experience of the partnership.

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