Sunday, August 30, 2009

Topic E Book Review

A. Provide all APA bibliographic information
B. Review:
Please write an engaging book review. Evaluate it in terms of multicultural issues and criteria and address the credibility of the author. Consider your personal response to the book. Make text to text, text to life connections. Discuss its literary and visual qualities and give an example of a golden line or visual/formatting element that contributes to its quality. Bring in reviews of it where applicable. Consider for whom is the book intended and how might it fit into teaching that audience. Provide examples to support what you say.

Topic D Book Review

A. Provide all APA bibliographic information
B. Review:
Please write an engaging book review. Evaluate it in terms of multicultural issues and criteria and address the credibility of the author. Consider your personal response to the book. Make text to text, text to life connections. Discuss its literary and visual qualities and give an example of a golden line or visual/formatting element that contributes to its quality. Bring in reviews of it where applicable. Consider for whom is the book intended and how might it fit into teaching that audience. Provide examples to support what you say.

Topic C Book Review

A. Provide all APA bibliographic information
B. Review:
Please write an engaging book review. Evaluate it in terms of multicultural issues and criteria and address the credibility of the author. Consider your personal response to the book. Make text to text, text to life connections. Discuss its literary and visual qualities and give an example of a golden line or visual/formatting element that contributes to its quality. Bring in reviews of it where applicable. Consider for whom is the book intended and how might it fit into teaching that audience. Provide examples to support what you say.

Topic B Book Review

A. Provide all APA bibliographic information
B. Review:
Please write an engaging book review. Evaluate it in terms of multicultural issues and criteria and address the credibility of the author. Consider your personal response to the book. Make text to text, text to life connections. Discuss its literary and visual qualities and give an example of a golden line or visual/formatting element that contributes to its quality. Bring in reviews of it where applicable. Consider for whom is the book intended and how might it fit into teaching that audience. Provide examples to support what you say.

Topic A Book Reviews

A. Provide all APA bibliographic information

B. Review:
Please write an engaging book review. Evaluate it in terms of multicultural issues and criteria and address the credibility of the author. Consider your personal response to the book. Make text to text, text to life connections. Discuss its literary and visual qualities and give an example of a golden line or visual/formatting element that contributes to its quality. Bring in reviews of it where applicable. Consider for whom is the book intended and how might it fit into teaching that audience. Provide examples to support what you say.

Climbing the Stairs Blog Assignment

Please discuss your response to Climbing the Stairs with the members of the class. In your discussion please consider gender issues addressed in the article as they relate to the book. What if the main character was the brother? What if the setting was in a different place and time how would the gender roles play out? Please pose questions and pick up and piggy back on each other's comments. Have fun!