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Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta CHILDREN´S LITERATURE & DIDACTICS. Mostrar todas las entradas
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lunes, 3 de febrero de 2014

Website bank

WEBSITE BANK

WEBSITE
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 http://www.sundhagen.com/babbooks/

This website is guided to third course. It`s about short humorous stories with different themes.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm

Here you can find several stories, which you can read or listen to them. Also there are some activities and games about the readings.


On this website you can see a wide range of classic and contemporary authors, their novels and short stories are for young children and teenagers.


This website is about poetry, you can read a lot of different poems and do the activities.


Here there are many stories, you can find phonics resources, some games such as puzzles, colour pictures…


This is an article about the value of children`s literature. You can learn the specific benefits children that derive from reading and listening to books.


On this website, you can search for a wide range of commonwealth authors and texts, it`s a very useful site if you`re looking for multicultural novels and short stories.


Here you can find different kinds of poems for kids and learn different skills to create them.

This website is very useful for blind people and people who want to improve their listening skills as it includes audio and it can be listened to.

On this website you can find more links about authors, the best books and other information.


lunes, 23 de diciembre de 2013

Classic authors´ extracts and notes


CLASSIC AUTHORS


·         MARK TWAIN
·         CHARLES DICKENS
·         LEWIS CARROLL
·         ROALD DAHL
·         OSCAR WILDE
·         ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
·         KATHERINE MANSFIELD
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Commonwealth authors´ extracts and notes




 COMMONWEALTH AUTHORS

  • GRACE NICHOLS

·         ETHEL SYBIL TURNER

*·         SUSANNA MOODIE´
Grace Nichols

Grace Nichols was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and lived in a small village on the country's coast until her family moved to the city when she was eight years old.She took a Diploma in Communications from the University of Guyana, and subsequently worked as a teacher (1967–70), as a journalist and in government information services, before she emigrated to the UK in 1977.Much of her poetry is characterised by Caribbean rhythms and culture, and influenced by Guyanese and Amerindian folklore.

Her first collection of poetry, I is a Long-Memoried Woman won the 1983 Commonwealth Poetry Prize. She has written several further books of poetry and a novel for adults, Whole of a Morning Sky, 1986. Her books for children include collections of short stories and poetry anthologies. Her latest work, of new and selected poems, is Startling the Flying Fish, 2006. Her poetry is featured in the AQA, WJEC (Welsh Joint Education Committee), and Edexcel English/English Literature GCSE anthologies - meaning that many GCSE students in the UK have studied her work. Her religion is Christianity after she was influenced by the UK's many religions and multi-cultural society.

She lives in Lewes, East Sussex, with her partner, the Guyanese poet John Agard.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • I is a Long-Memoried Woman, London: Karnak House, 1983
  • The Fat Black Woman's Poems, London: Virago Press, 1984
  • A Dangerous Knowing: Four Black Women Poets (Barbara Burford, Gabriela Pearse, Grace Nichols, Jackie Kay), London: Sheba, 1985
  • Whole of a Morning Sky (novel), London: Virago, 1986
  • Over the River, 1986
  • Hurricane Hits England, 1987
  • Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Woman (poems), 1989
  • Sunris (poems), London: Virago, 1996
  • Startling the Flying Fish, 2006
  • Picasso, I Want My Face Back, Bloodaxe Books, 2009
  • I Have Crossed an Ocean: Selected Poems, Bloodaxe, 2010
For children
  • Trust You, Wriggly, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1981
  • Baby Fish and Other Stories from Village to Rain Forest, London: Nanny Books, 1983
  • A Wilful Daughter, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983
  • Leslyn in London, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984
  • The Discovery, London: Macmillan Education, 1986
  • Come On Into My Tropical Garden: Poems for Children, London: A. & C. Black, 1988
  • Can I Buy a Slice of Sky?: Poems from Black, Asian and American Indian Cultures (editor), Knight Books
  • Poetry Jump Up: An Anthology of Black Poetry, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, 1989
  • For Forest




NORMAN ALFRED WILLIAM LINDSAY
Birth: 22 February 1879 

Death: 21 November 1969 

Literacy work: Lindsay wrote the children's classic The Magic Pudding published in 1918 and created a scandal when his novel Redheap (supposedly based on his hometown, Creswick) was banned due to censorship laws. Many of his novels have a frankness and vitality that matches his art.

Contemporary authors´extracts and notes


CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS

  • E.L.Konigsburg


  • Judy Blume

    • Lois Lowry
    ·         FARAH GHUZNAVI

    ·         STEPHENIE MEYER

    •  ARAVIND ADIGA´

    E. L. Konigsburg

    Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of five writers to win two Newbery Medals.

    ·        Books
    She wrote these novels:
    -          Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth (1967), illus. ELK — 1968 UK title, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, and Me
    -          From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1967), illus. ELK
    -          About the B'nai Bagels (1969), illus. ELK
    -          George (1970), illus. ELK — 1974 UK title, Benjamin Dickenson Carr and His (George)
    -          Altogether, One at a Time (1971), short story collection[8]
    -          A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver (1973), illus. ELK, historical novel featuring Eleanor of Aquitaine[8]
    -          The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper (1974), illus. ELK
    -          The Second Mrs. Giaconda (1975), historical novel featuring Leonardo da Vinci — also published as The Second Mrs. Gioconda
    -          Father's Arcane Daughter (1976) — later published as My Father's Daughter[citation needed]
    -          Throwing Shadows (1979), short story collection
    -          Journey to an 800 Number (1982) — 1983 UK title, Journey by First Class Camel
    -          Up from Jericho Tel (1986)
    -          Samuel Todd's Book of Great Colors (1990), picture book, illus. ELK
    -          Samuel Todd's Book of Great Inventions (1991), picture book, illus. ELK
    -          Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale's (1992), picture book, illus. ELK
    -          T-Backs, T-Shirts, COAT, and Suit (1993)
    -          TalkTalk: A Children's Book Author Speaks to Grown-ups (1998), nine lectures and speeches[6]
    -          The View from Saturday (1996)
    -          Silent to the Bone (2000)
    -          The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place (2004)
    -          The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World (2007)

    The View from Saturday
    The View from Saturday is a children's novel by E. L. Konigsburg, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 1996. It won the 1997 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, the author's second Medal.
    ·         Books summary:
    Eva Marie Olinski returned after her accident left her paraplegic. She chooses four of her sixth-grade students(Ethan, Noah, Nadia,&Julian), who form a group they call "The Souls," to represent her class in The academic bowl competition. They defeat the other sixth-grade teams, then the seventh- and eighth-grade champions at Epiphany, and so on until they become New York state middle school champions. The children help the teacher live a happier life after her win. A child named Ham makes fun and makes life harder for her. Later the Souls stick out their arms and legs when Mrs. Olinski Stands up for herself when Ham and his follower Jared Lord harass the class. They stick out their limbs to show that she can stand up for herself.
    Between chapters that feature the progress of the competition, each of the four students narrates one chapter related both to the development of The Souls and to a question in the state championship final. Noah Gershom recounts learning calligraphy and being best man for his grandfather's friend at Century Village in Florida. Nadia Diamondstein describes working to conserve sea turtles and meeting Ethan, also at Century Village. Ethan Potter tells of meeting Julian, a new boy in town, and attending his tea parties, where the four Souls became friends. Julian Singh explains being new at school and tells of handling a chance for revenge against one of the bullies — remarkably grounded in the part played by Nadia's dog in the school musical "Annie".

    ·         Extract summary:
    The extract talk about when the teacher was asked how she had selected the team for the competition. Main reason until the Bowl Day.
    The students for the competition would call themselves ‘The Souls’.

    ·         Conclusion:
    I would recommend book because it talks about education. I must say, I love this topic.

    On the other hand, I wouldn’t recommend it for Primary School students because the vocabulary is difficult to understand. I would prefer an adaption version. 



    JUDY BLUME
    BIOGRAPHY
    Judy Blume was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1938. She spent her childhood there, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. She has received many prizes and recognitions for her books.

    lunes, 18 de noviembre de 2013

    What is Commonwealth Literature?

    LITERATURE: What is Commonwealth Literature?

    - Commonwealth Literature, Post-Colonial Literature in English, New Literature in English, World Writing in English – these are just some of the terms being used to describe the writings of ‘members’ of the former British Empire.
    The (British) Commonwealth of Nations, to give it its original name, is an association of states comprising Britain and its former colonies, along with their dependencies.

    lunes, 11 de noviembre de 2013

    Lesson notes 31/10/13

    READING A TEXT FOR COMPREHESION

    Good Readers: broad semantic chunks
    Bad Readers: specific details
    Using his/her general knowledge
    Limited to the lines
    Use the previous context
    Abuse using dictionary (Max.1-2 words in each page)
    Use morphological relationships (Ex: hairdo)
    Traducing word by word
    Fillers
    Not facing and modifying his/her hypothesis
    Use the cognates
    Stop at unknown words
    Guessing skills
    Read all words equal in importance
    Observing

    Broad view



    Goals: reading for comprehension
    1. Read though-not stopping-
    2. Mark at one minute (Main idea on margin)
    3. Mark-time going back-
    4. Mark times using the dictionary

    Conclusions
    ·         Did you read or translate?
    ·         How did you feel at the beginning?







    Actividad guiada para mejorar la comprensión lectora trabajada en clase con el capítulo ``Dance of the happy shades´´ de Alice Munro:
    Step One: The class is divided in pairs.
    Step Two: each pair has two excerpts of the text.
    Step Three: the first one starts to read in silence while the other one is following his reading and marking when he comes back, when he finishes at the first minute and the words that he looks for in the dictionary.
    Step Four: repeat the process but the second reader.
    Step Five: evaluate the reading comprehension with the previous explication in the box given before.















    miércoles, 6 de noviembre de 2013

    Teaching Spots: correcting a tale!

    The disappearance of the Round Table

    We got into the King Arthur`s principal hall and the Round Table was gone!
    There were gathered the King Arthur and his best knights. Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain, Sir Galahad…We had a long dispute and at lunchtime we left the castle of Camelot.
    -I`m a knight of the Round Table, my task is to fight against evil, fighting dragons and keeping the peace. I`ll find it! –I proudly told the king.
    -I want you to find out who has stolen my table!- Said the King.
    I went to the court-yard to begin my research. A tournament was taking place. People came from far away to see it and everyone shouted at the knights. I arrived to the stables where the King`s horses were eating. I took one of them and I rode into the Willow forest, where the house of Merlin was.
    The old wizard lived alone, I asked him to let me talk to him and he agreed.
    -I would like to know where the Round Table is-I asked Merlin.
    Merlin looked into his crystal ball and said: `` You can be quiet boy, seeks Ginebra, she will know the answer to your question´´
    I returned to the castle and I went running into the kitchen where the Queen Ginebra was sitting.
    Intrigued and nervous I asked Ginebra if she knew where the Round Table was, and laugthing, she just told me that the Table was safe.
    I quickly went to inform King Arthur that his wife was hiding something, so he ordered Sir Galahad to arrest Ginebra.
    Arthur asked angrily why she had laughed and asked her to tell him where the Table was.
    -You ought to be more attentive! The Round Table is in the kitchen, the servants were cleaning it while you were watching the tournament.

    We were all embarrassed. It had been only a fright.



    The title of the story is; “The disappearance of the Round Table”. Notes taken from the correction of Professor Antonio Garcés.

    Empieza la lectura y con ella las correcciones…

    1-La lectora cuenta y lee el cuento alternativamente y se mueve mientras lo cuenta.
    1-El profesor la detiene  y le pregunta  qué quiere hacer, si leerlo o contarlo; el profesor le sugiere que sería mejor leyendo porque sería más clara y conectaría mejor con el público, además de estar más tranquila y más guiada. El movimiento que ella realiza es inútil al comienzo de la historia porque tiene que conducir a algo; por ejemplo, Merlín acercándose a coger la bola de cristal. El profesor aconseja que el narrador adopte una posición estática y con la voz marquemos la voz del personaje, sobre todo si estamos tratando con un texto para ser leído en voz alta. Si queremos contar, no debemos utilizar papel para lectura, de ese modo todo el lenguaje gestual entra en juego.

    2-La lectora usa la palabra “research” en su historia
    2-El profesor señala que en esa época se usaría otro tipo de vocabulario como “discover”. Para ampliar el vocabulario correspondiente a esa época, el profesor recomienda un diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos apropiado para ello llamado “Thesarious Dictionary”
    3-La lectora usa el estilo directo a la hora de contar el cuento.
    3-El profesor le puntúa que lea más pausado, así se conocerán los nombres de los personajes mejor; éstos deben ser capaces de ser “visualizados”, “oídos”, “olidos”, “sentidos” por el oyente. Sólo así atraparemos la atención del oyente y este será capaz de “recrear” una orientación dentro del cuento.
     Le puntualiza que hay que trabajar mejor los diálogos, y en vez de usar el estilo directo que ralentiza mucho, usar normalmente la tercera persona; usar menos el estilo directo a la hora de contar una historia.
    - Estilo directo; “I know who has taken away the Round Table” Sir Lancelot said
    -Estilo indirecto; Sir Lancelot said that He knew who had taken the Round Table.
    4-El profesor está de acuerdo en que el desarrollo de la historia está bien estructurado.
    5. El profesor le indica a la lectora que la hipótesis previa que ha creado, es un relato cómico de la edad contemporánea. Los cambios de registros que utiliza en el cuento funcionan bien en edades tempranas (4 a 7 años) después de esta edad no funcionan porque la intertextualidad que el niño “demanda” es más interesante que el mero hecho de que “se limpie una mesa”. Los niños a partir de los 7 años son más aventureros. El profesor quiere algo más complejo porque así los niños entienden la cultura inglesa.


    *      Pasamos a una serie de técnicas que el profesor Antonio Garcés ha visto apropiadas corregir en el cuento de nuestra lectora.
    A. La lectora hace mención en su cuento un dato sobre “Ginebra”; hablando de las tareas de la casa y su marido, mientras, viendo un torneo, o el hecho de que sus sirvientes limpiaran.
    A. El profesor “orienta” que si estamos trabajando como tema transversal, la coeducación, no es lo más indicado. Orienta diciendo que lo que uno diga a través de sus cuentos no cae en saco vacío/roto, va al campo social, y conforma una idea equivocada en el niño o niña. Por eso él recomienda hacer, en algunos casos, ficción de la realidad (para un beneficio) y lo inventamos.

    *      El profesor le da gran importancia a;

    ·         CONCIENCIA LITERARIA.
    ·         INTERTEXTUALIDAD.
    ·         Y AL CONTENIDO POÉTICO.

    *      ¿Cómo se consiguen algunas de estas  características en el cuento que estamos comentando?

    *      El profesor Garcés, apunta que la historia que estamos trabajando carece de poesía porque la trama es bastante floja para edades de 9-12 años, donde se busca más complicidad poética.

    *      ¿Qué conseguimos con la ficción?

    ·         Cambiando rasgos en el texto que aporten poco por algo más interesante; por ejemplo, en vez de poner ``que desapareció la mesa al  limpiarla´´ y dejar ahí el final, poner que “guardaba un tesoro” para de ahí sacar algo interesante para niños de mayor edad.

    *      ¿Qué podríamos mejorar?

    1.      Mayor trabajo con los personajes. Descriptivo. Darles “vida”
    2.      Mayor trabajo con “el torneo”. Investigar sobre los “torneos” normandos de la época; vestimenta, color, dónde se realizaban duración, asistentes, ropas, etc, etc
    3.      Fijar más la estructura narrativa:
    ·         Orientación
    ·         Sucesos que ocurren
    ·         Resolución
    ·         *** Quizás epílogo o evaluación
    4.      Se le podría dar un “papel” a Ginebra.
    5.      Se podría poner un mensaje al final del cuento.