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- vicarious
- readers feel as though they have lived through an experience or have actually been in the place and time where the story has been set.
- theme
- underlying meaning or significance
- episodic plot
- ties together seperate short stories or episodes, each an entity in itself wiht its own conflict and resolution
- textbook
- is for the purpose of instruction
- endpapers
- pages glued to the inside front and bakc boards of the cover
- trade book
- primarily for the purposes of entertainment and information. These are often referred to as library books and story books.
- cadecott medal
- the most distinguished picture book for children published in the previous year. given in the U.S. illustrator. established 1938. It is given annually
- plot
- the events of a story and the sequence in which it is told
- Children's literature
- good-quality trade books for children from birth to adolescence, covering topics of relevance and interest to children of those ages.
- characters
- actors in a story
- progressive plot
- in the first few chapters the characters, settings, and basic conflict are established
- complex multiple plots
- traditional chronology is replaced by nonliear plots that occur simultaniously
- phonics
- teaching that sounds are represented by kletters of the alphabet that blend to form words
- reading incentive programs
- programs to motivate students to read more widely
- scott o'dell award
- given to author of disguinished historical fiction for children. the author must be a citizen of the US. established in 1984 and is given annually
- What are some personal and academic values of literature for students?
- personal: enjoyment, imagination and inspiration, vicarious experience, understanding and empathy, heritage, moral reasoning, literary and artistic preferences. Academic: reading, writing, content-area subjects, art appreciation.
- How much of the population reads?
- less than half (46.7%)
- coretta scott king awards
- given to the outstanding inspirational and educational contribution to literature for children and young people by an african amercian author/illustrator published the previous year. Established 1970/1974. Two awards are given annually
- conceptual difficulty
- pertains to the complexity pf ideas treated in the work and how these ideas are presented.
- mildred L. Batchelder award
- most distinguised translated work for children published in the previous year given to a u.s. publisher. established 1968. given annually
- reading comprehension
- teaching strategies to develop text recall, question generation, and summarizing of information read
- integral setting
- the setting is fully discribed in both time and place
- person-against-person conflict
- conflicts with peers, problems with sibling rivalries, and stories of childen rebelling against an adult
- limited omniscient point of view
- the reader can only see what the main charter can see and knows
- round character
- a character that is fully developed with both good and bad characteristics
- prologue
- an introductory statement telling events that precede the start of the story
- first person narrator
- (use of I) told by the main character of the story
- person-against-nature conflict
- survival stories where the character struggles against the forces of nature
- symbolism
- an artistic invention that authors use to suggest invisible or intangible meaning s by analogy to something else through association, resemblance, or convention
- person-against-self conflict
- conflict in a story where the main character struggles against inner drives and personal tendencies to achieve some goal
- title page
- thelles the book's full title and subtitle
- National reading panel report
- reading aloud by the teacher paired reading, readers' theatre, and choral reading can increase children's reading fluency by giving them models of fluent reading.
- kate greenaway medal
- given to the most distinguished picture book for children first published in the UK in the previous year. given to an illustrator. established in 1956. given annually
- frotispiece
- an illustration facing the title page
- third person narrator
- (uses He, she, it) the reader knows whatever the narrator knows
- phonics based reading instruction
- believe that children learn to read by progressing from letter names to letter sounds to words and finally to meaning. Emphasis is placed on decoding more than comprehension.
- aesthetic reading
- reading for enjoyment
- Robert F. Sibert informaional book medal
- Given to the author of the most distinguised info book. given annually established in 2001
- efferent reading
- reading for knowledge
- laura ingalls wilder award
- given to a US author or illustrator whose body of work has made a lasting contribution to literature. between 1960-1980 it was given every five years. from 1980-2001 it was given every three years. from 2001 it has been given every two
- What age group has the steepest decline in reading?
- young adults 18-24
- multiple conflict
- main character is in more than one conflict
- protagonist
- main character
- epilogue
- a concluding statement telling events that occur after the story has ended
- readability
- the ease of comprehension becase of style writing
- picture books
- are prfusely illustrated books in which both words and illustrations contribtue to the story's meaning
- reader respnse theory or transactional view of reading
- what the reader brings to the reading act--his or her world experience, perosnality, and current frame of mind--is just as important in interpreting the text as what the author writes
- Newbery medal
- the most distinguished contrbution to children's literatrue published in the previous year. given to a U.S. author. established in 1922. It is given annually
- what are some of the media found in children's books?
- drawing; collage; print making; photography; painting
- meaning-based reading instruction
- believe that children primairly use their oral language skills--including grammar, the structure of English, and knowlege of the world--to make meaning of written text, and resort to phonetic decoding when other meaning-making stragies fail.
- flat character
- a one-sided or underdeveloped character
- new critcism or structural criticism
- when readers subject a work to deep analysis through exact and carful reading.
- character foil
- a character who is in direct juxtiposition to another character ( usually the protagonist) who serves as a highlight character for the other characters.
- Hans christian andersen award
- international award. it is given every two years and was established in 1966. it is given to a living author or living illustrator
- antagonist
- opposition to the main character
- How many books are published each year?
- more than 15,000
- characterization
- the way an author helps the reader know a character
- Boston-Globe horn book award
- given to an author of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry for children, to an illustrator for outstanding illustration. established 1967 and added non-fiction authors in 1976. given annually
- what are some types of picture books?
- baby books, interactive books,toy books,wordless books, alphabet books, couting books, concept books, picture storybooks, pattern books, easy to read books, graphic novels, transitional books.
- verso
- the reverse side of the title page and includes the publishing history of the book
- flashback
- convey info about event sthat occurred earlier
- phonemic awareness
- teaching how to break apart and manipulate the sounds in a word
- concepts of print
- apply in reading(front-to-back, left-to-right, top-to-bottom); that letters represent sounds (sound-symbol-relationships); that letters can be used to code spoken language (writing); that words convey meaning; and that finding meaning in the text (comprehension) is the goal of reading.
- shifting point of view
- enables the reader to see events from different characters points of view
- secondary character
- described in a partial or less complete manner
- foreshadowing
- a device that prepares readers for coming events in a story
- literature across the curriculum
- using works of literature as teaching materials in the content areas of social studies and history, science, health, and mathimatics.
- style
- the way the author tells a story through different aspects such as word choice, sentences, point of view, and organization.
- character development
- refers to the changes that a character undergoes through the events in the story
- Pura Belpre award
- given for writing and illustration to a latino writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates, the latino cultyral experience. established in 1996. two awards are given biennial
- backdrop setting
- simply sets the stage and the mood
- carnegie medal
- most distinguished contribution to literature in the United Kingdom. given to an author annually. established in 1936
- vocabulary instruction
- teaching the spelling and meaning of new words
- person-against-society conflict
- main chartacter is in conflict with society
- omniscient point of view
- the narrator can see the minds of all the characters and be at many places at the same time
- what are the different artistic stlyes used in picture books?
- realistic art-natural forms; impressionistic art-natural appearences with a ephasis on light; expressionistic art-communicaties an inner feeling or vision; abstract art-intrinsic geometrci forms and surface qualities with little direct represetation of objects but rather an emphasis on mood and feeling; primitive art and folk art; cartoons
- flyleaf
- the page faceing each endpaper
- orbis pictus award
- given to an author of nonfiction for children published in the US. Established in 1990. given annually
- doublespread
- art work across two facing pages
- conceptual difficulty
- the complexity of ideas , just as the use of nonlinear plots or shifting points of view contribute to the complexity of plot presentation.
- quality in writing
- originality and importance of ideas, imaginative use of lanugage, and beauty of literary and artistic style that enable a work to remain fresh, interesting and meaningful for many years.
- chronological plots
- cover a particular period of time and relate the events in order within the time period.
- Edgar allan poe award
- given to the author of the best mystery for young readers. established in 1961 and is given annually
- dust jacket
- removable paper cover on the outside of the book
- NRP
- National reading panel waas formed, at the request of congress, to assess the status of research-based knowledge about reading, including the effectiveness of various approaches to teaching children to read.
- typeface
- the style of print ot be used through out the book
- accoutability
- is a demand by government agencies and the public school system and teachers to improve students' school achievement as demonstrated by test scores in the aresas of reading, writing, and math. Done through NCLB.