Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Thursday, January 23, 2014



Announcements and Reminders: 

Do not forget to come prepared on the day you present your Me-Bag. 

Next time:  Bring a favorite book from your childhood.  

We will be going to Legacy on January 29 to interview children in preparation for creating books for them.  Dress that day for the weather and for the walk! 


Maybe not quite like this. . . 

or like this.



Today’s Agenda:

1. Prompt: 

1. Respond to this picture prompt with a poem, story, description, explanation, commentary, or whatever you wish. Label it "Small" and add today's date.

http://www.demilked.com/surreal-self-portraits-14-year-old-fiddle-oak/

2. Share Me-Bags and Take Notes
3. Finish your "If I Were in Charge of the World" poem.
4. About the Children's Book Project
      and  Practice Interviews  
View some photos from last semester.

5. (if time)  Begin Collecting Favorite words     
"Bulbous Bouffant"



If you were absent:  See above.


Qualities and Features of Children’s Books
 Alphabet – based on one subject – guessing
Easy to understand and read
Use big words – a few for fun
Lots of illustrations
Whole page of illustration
Fun or funny – humor
Short sentences – rhymes
Animals, bugs,
Fractured fairy tales – like something familiar with new twist
Alliteration
Word play
Things that can’t happen in real life
The hero is kid





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