Celebration of Literature and Response: Children, Books, and Teachers in K-8 Classrooms
This engaging book applies reader response theory to children's literature methods to help new and experienced teachers best involve kindergarteners through eighth graders in literature and literacy. Authentic student responses open chapters, book clusters and the accompanying CD database of children's literature provide guidance for involving students with literature, and Literature Resources on the Web guide users to lesson plans, standards, author interviews, projects, and other Internet...
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This engaging book applies reader response theory to children's literature methods to help new and experienced teachers best involve kindergarteners through eighth graders in literature and literacy.Authentic student responses open chapters, book clusters and the accompanying CD database of children's literature provide guidance for involving students with literature, and Literature Resources on the Web guide users to lesson plans, standards, author interviews, projects, and other Internet resources to enrich teaching.For teachers of Children's Literature.
Chapter 1 Reader Response to Literature: From Rosenblatt's theory to Classroom PracticeChapter 2 Literature, Teaching, and Reader Response: Blending Books and Readers in the ClassroomChapter 3 The Art of the Picture Book: Blending Illustration and TextChapter 4 Traditional Tales and Modern Fantasy: The Domain of ImaginationChapter 5 Poetry: The Power and Pleasure of LanguageChapter 6 Realistic and Historical Fiction: The Boundary of RealityChapter 7 Biography and Informational Books: The Realm of NonfictionChapter 8 Multicultural and International Literature: Appreciating Cultural and Global DiversityChapter 9 Talking About Books: From Oral Response to Literature ConversationsChapter 10 Literature Response Journals: Written Reflections During ReadingChapter 11 Literature as a Model for Writing: Apprenticing the Author's CraftChapter 12 Drama, Art, and Music: Expressive Arts as ResponseChapter 13 Response to Nonfiction: Blending Efferent and Aesthetic ResponseChapter 14 Interdisciplinary and Intertextual Connections: Response Through Literature Clusters, Theme Explorations, and Twin Texts/TechnologyChapter 15 Documenting Response to Literature: Authentic Perspectives
