readings, discussions, lectures

Very important note: all assigned readings are required! Do not just do one or two items when several are listed; your discussions should demonstrate you've done all of the reading. If not, you will not earn full points.

Readings are to be done ASAP during the weeks in which they are listed below.
Click on the discussion, and lecture links each week to go to that week's discussions and lecture.

Some lectures are more than one page long; if there is a link at the bottom of a lecture page that says "click here," click on that link to get to part II or part III of a lecture; don't forget to read those additional pages.

Look at information on paper topics well in advance of paper due dates.

WEEK 1 (2/6-2/10)
  • Lecture 1
  • Discussion 1 (due 2/9)
    Note: postings are usually due Thursdays;
    all respones are usually due by mid-Saturdays
 Reading:

IMPORTANT!before the first day of the semester e-mail me at: jrcorbally@gmail.com.

  • "Little Red Riding Hood," Charles Perrault
  • "Little Red Cap," Brothers Grimm
  • fromThe Uses of Enchantment, Bettleheim
NOTE: these readings are in the Online Children's Literature Anthology Be sure to read all of the folk/fairy tales, myths, fables, not just a few
WEEK 2 (1/13-2/17) Reading:
  • Fairy tales of Charles Perrault
  • Folk tales of the Brothers Grimm
  • various myths and fables
NOTE: these readings are in the Online Children's Literature Anthology Be sure to read all of the folk/fairy tales, myths, fables, not just a few
WEEK 3 (2/20-2/24)
 Reading:
  • Fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen
  • Folk tales of Joseph Jacobs
NOTE: these readings are in the Online Children's Literature Anthology Be sure to read all of the folk/fairy tales, myths, fables, not just a few
WEEK 4 (2/27-3/2)
  • no lecture)
  • no discussion
paper Paper 1 (due 3/2, Friday) 		Reading:
  • Get a head start on some of the novels, and be sure to look ahead to Paper 2 because it requires you to select and read a novel not on our reading list
WEEK 5 (3/5-3/9) Reading:
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Carroll
WEEK 6 (3/12-3/16) Reading:
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum
WEEK 7 (3/19-3/23) Reading:
  • Little Women (Chapters 1, 2, 7-9, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23)
  • Tom Sawyer (Chapters 1-9, 21, 35, Conclusion)
WEEK 8 (3/26-3/30)
  • no lecture
  • no discussion
paper Paper 2 (due 3/29)
Note: this is a Thursday; Friday is a holiday 		Reading:
  • Take a little rest from the reading and put the finishing touches on Paper 2
    I hope you completed your novel for Paper 2 a long time ago :)
WEEK 9 (4/4-4/8)
  • SPRING BREAK
 NO CLASSES (we come back 4/10)
WEEK 10 (4/9-4/13) Reading:
  • various poems
  • from Anastasia Krupnik
Note: these readings are in the Online Children's Literature Anthology
WEEK 11 (4/16-4/20) Reading:
  • This week you'll be scouring the public libraries (and perhaps your bookshelves at home) for exceptional picture books
WEEK 12 (4/23-4/27) Reading:
  • The Giver, Lowry
WEEK 13 (4/30-5/4) paper Paper 3 due (5/4, Friday) Reading:
  • Out of the Dust
WEEK 14 (5/7-5/11)
 Reading:
  • Nothing but the Truth, Avi
  • Walk Two Moons, Creech
WEEK 15 (5/14-5/18) Reading:
  • Seedfolks, Fleischman
WEEK 16 (5/21-5/25)
  • no lecture
  • no discussion
paper Paper 4 (due 5/25, Friday) 		Reading:
  • Use this time to finish Essay 4
WEEK 17 (5/28-5/29) Reading:
  • Final Week
No late essays or revisions accepted after Tuesday 5/29