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

The goals of this project are to experience electronic publishing, to collaborate and spotlight the work of Tucson-area elementary/middle school students and teachers and/or teacher-librarians, to participate in a whole class learning project, and to contribute a professional resource for students, classroom teachers, and teacher-librarians. After sharing your book with students in a school classroom setting and eliciting their responses, you will publish your work and theirs on the Web. You will also share your pages with the LRC 480/580 class.

For 480 students: This project has 75 possible required points and 25 possible extra credit points (10 extra credit points for a lesson plan and 15 extra credit points are possible for conducting and publishing an author/illustrator/poet interview).
For 580 students: You are required to do the additional 10-point lesson plan for a total of 85 possible points; 15 extra credit points are available for an interview.

Web Site Project Components

1. Choose one Southwest children's book from the bibliography provided or make a suggestion. (Beginning August 28th, copies of these books will be in the Children's Book Room - Education 534. Book choice is due on/or before September 18th. In order to prevent duplication, you must let the instructor know your book title.) You will purchase a copy of this book.
2. Share your book with students as one of your Share-A-Book experiences.
3. Write a review of the book. (Read sample book reviews from the Web site and in Book Links, The Arizona Reading Journal, etc.)
4. Review three entries from the site - selected by the course facilitator to ensure that all pages are reviewed. Bring to class on October 16th.
5. Bring a draft of your book review and autobiography to class on October 16th for partner editing.
6. Revise and edit your book review and autobiography and email them to me by November 6th.
7. Illustrate your pages with the book jacket, students' work, and/or a photograph of yourself. Scan your book jacket and illustration(s). Size and save according to scanning directions.
8. Summarize the students' responses or solicit their reviews and/or illustrations.
9. Get signed permission slips from students' parents BEFORE you publish their work on the Web. Click here for a pdf file of the Southwest Children's Literature Web site permission to use student work.
10. Schedule a meeting with the course facilitator to create main page, book review, children's voices, and autobiography pages.
11. Create optional lesson plan and author/illustrator/poet interview pages. If you do a lesson plan, use the standards of the school district in which you shared your lesson or use the Arizona state standards: http://www.ade.az.gov/standards/contentstandards.asp
12. Post your pages to the Web.
13. Share your posting with the class on November 13th, 20th, or December 4th.
14. The entire project is due on or before: December 4, 2003.

Southwest Web Site Project Planning and Points Sheet

Main Page

Course Schedule

SW Children's Lit Web Site