LITR 306: Children's Literature (CRN 95)
MWF 8:00-8:50, SCHU 109
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| 20 Jan—Intro to class | 22 Jan—Defining Children’s Literature; Read Babbit essay (handout) | |
| 25 Jan—Read Spearman and Eckhoff article (handout) and Seedfolks; Blackboard post due by 5; defining sustainability | 27 Jan—Read Wason-Ellam article (handout); in-class readings and discussion | 29 Jan—Intro to Sustainability Essay; in-class readings and discussion |
| 1 Feb—Read The Secret Garden Ch. 1-18; Blackboard post due by 5 | 3 Feb—Read Ch. 19-24 and Darcy article (handout) | 5 Feb—Read Ch. 25-end; sign up for presentation groups, topics, and dates |
| 8 Feb—Read Out of the Dust; Blackboard post due by 5 | 10 Feb—Read Simon article (handout) | 12 Feb—Discussion |
| 15 Feb— Read Watership Down Ch. 1-23 | 17 Feb—Read Ch. 24-28 | 19 Feb—Read Ch. 29-33; Sample Presentation |
| 22 Feb—Read Ch. 34-end; Blackboard post due by 5 | 24 Feb—Read Battista article (handout) | 26 Feb—Discussion |
| 29 Feb—Read Where the Wild Thing Are and Nikolajeva and Scott article (handout) | 2 Mar—Read Olivia; Blackboard post due by 5 | 4 Mar—Read Just a Minute!; Sustainability Essay due by 5 |
| 7 Mar—Break | 9 Mar—Break | 11 Mar—Break |
| 14 Mar—Read The Three Pigs; Read Hornberg article (handout) | 16 Mar—Read Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters and Doughty (handout); Blackboard post due by 5 | 18 Mar—Read The Red Thread |
| 21 Mar—PCA (work on presentation; watch The Hunger Games or Divergent) | 23 Mar—PCA (work on presentation; watch The Hunger Games or Divergent) | 25 Mar—PCA (work on presentation; watch The Hunger Games or Divergent) |
| 28 Mar—Read The Maze Runner; Blackboard post due by 5 | 30 Mar—Read Elliot article (handout) | 1 Apr—Discussion |
| 4 Apr—Read Tankborn Ch. 1-14 | 6 Apr—Read Ch. 15-18 | 8 Apr—Read Ch. 19-21 |
| 11 Apr—Read Ch. 22-end; Blackboard post due by 5 | 13 Apr—Read Couzelis article (handout) | 15 Apr—Read The Summer Prince Spring section (1-69) |
| 18 Apr—Read The Summer Prince Summer and Fall sections (73-239); Blackboard post due by 5 | 20 Apr—Finish reading The Summer Prince | 22 Apr—Presentations |
| 25 Apr—Presentations | 27 Apr—Presentations | 29 Apr—Presentations |
| 2 May—Presentations; Blackboard post due by 5 | 4 May—Study Day | Final Exam: Wednesday, May 11, 8-10:30 |
Background from Backgrounds Archive