Final Exam

Items to be discussed during final exam:

• Children's literature: characteristics, types, analyses according to different writers, versiosn along history, etc.
• African children's stories: similarities and differences.
• Gothic literature: characteristics
• Detective stories.

• Narrative: structure, paragraphs, kinds of sentences (topic sentences, supporting material), characters, etc.
• descriptions (of pieces of art, for example)
• connectors
• cohesion and coherence
• specific vocabulary: for descriptions, art, narrative, etc

Genres & text types:

• reports
• short stories
• descriptions
• blurbs
• summaries

• THEORY discussed in class related to your own WRITING PROCESS.

"Theory", of course refers to:




Pls, bring your writings to the exam so that you can find plenty of examples!

stella :-)

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Your first book!

Your book should include :

    

1. a nice cover
2. an acknowledgement
3. an index
4. the text itself with pictures
5. sources

• The story should be based on your own autobiography.
• The book should include different text types (narrative, descriptive),  fictional & non-fictional genres.
• Pictures should be part of the text. 
• Pieces of art (real or ficticious) should be part of the plot. (see Detective A. Pintura for examples/inspiration)
• You can include descriptions of these pictures (go back to your own descriptions of pieces of art and the tips discussed in class)
• Include specific vocabulary from your own art encyclopaedias.
• Generate a specific  atmosphere (go back to "Gothic Literature" lessons).
• Include appropriate tenses, adjectives, nouns in your narration (see notes from Narratives seen in class)

ART TIPS: 

1. create an ANDY WARHOL with your self portrait. Go to PHOTOVISI templates.
2. Go to PSYKOPAINT AND PAINT YOUR OWN photos like Picasso, Seurat, Manet, among many others!
3. I will go on adding more resources.
4. FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR OWN WITH THE GROUP!!

EXPLORE THE DIFFERENT TOOLS. CHOOSE THE ONE YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH OR THE ONE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EXPRESS YOURSELF BETTER.

**All the tools are for free:**

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 9, 2011.

Hit COMENTARIOS to ask for help. Some other member of the group might need your assistance or you may!!

ENJOY WRITING AND CREATING!!

stella:-)

YOUR OWN BOOKS

You are to write YOUR OWN BOOK.

 I've taken these samples at random. Choose the tool you like the most and get ready for the last written assignment.

 SAMPLE #1: 

TOOL: bookr. It creates books with turning pages. Yo have to include pictures from FLICKR (you could upload your own pics and then download them)
EXAMPLE:





SAMPLE #2:


TOOL: MIXBOOK. It creates book with turning pages. Upload images from your computer or from web.
EXAMPLE: How has Life for Women changed from the 19920's to the 50's to now?




SAMPLE #3:


TOOL: CALAMÉO. I t creates books or magazines with turning pages. Books can be downloaded, turned into pdf. documents, sent via e-mail, embeded, etc

EXAMPLE: LE FRANCE NOIRE (a beautiful photograph book of the Black community in France).

La France noire

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SAMPLE #4:

TOOL: ISSUU. It also creates books with pictures. This is my favourite! Though they are all USER FRIENDLY, I GUESS THIS ONE IS REALLY VERSATILE.

ART OF IDEAS

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Feel free to find your favourite tools.


stella :-)

A LAST EFFORT...

 Let's read an interactive story... A. PINTURA: ART DETECTIVE.

your version COMING SOON


stella :-)

How to cite sources

There are several ways to cite a source (MLA, Turabian, Chicago). Here you have APA Citation StyleAuthor(s). (Date). Title of Book/ "Title of Article"/ Title of Periodical/ Volume. Pages. Place of Publication. Publisher. 


Journal or Magazine Article
Wilcox, R. V. (1991). "Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star Trek: The Next Generation". Studies in Popular Culture, 13(2), 53-65.
Journal or Magazine Article
Dubeck, L. (1990). "Science fiction aids science teaching." Physics Teacher, 28, 316-318.
Newspaper Article
Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). "Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times, p. A3.
Article from an Internet Database
Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). "Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds." American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999, from Expanded Academic ASAP database.
BookOkuda, M., & Okuda, D. (1993). Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. New York: Book Pocket Books
Article or ChapterJames, N. E. (1988). "Two sides of paradise: The Eden myth according to Kirk and Spock." In D. Palumbo (Ed.), Spectrum of the fantastic (pp. 219-223). Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Encyclopedia ArticleSturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction. In The encyclopedia Americana (Vol. 24, pp. 390-392). Danbury, CT: Grolier.
WebsiteLynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved October 8, 2008, from Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club Web site: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/ 503r.html

Notes

• Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
• Use only the initials of the authors' first (and middle) names.
• If no author is given, start with the title and then the date.
• If you are using a typewriter that cannot produce italics, then use underlining instead.
• Magazine articles: include the month (and day) as shown under Newspapers.
• Websites: if the date the page was created is not given, use (n.d.).
  
  adapted from: http://essayinfo.com/citations/index.php

Stella

How to write a REPORT

In writing a report there are some issues thet should be taken into consideration:

• audience: Who is the report for?
• organization: How are you going to organize the material ?
• layout: What headings and subheadings are relevant?
• introduction and conclusion: How is the first paragraph introducing the topics that are going to be reported? Is a conclusion necessary? Have you succeeded in summarizing the most important issues?
• index and appendix/appendices: Are they necessary? What do they contribute?

There are different types of reports. Click on the following links to obtain more information: Study Skills Centre, student services, Vanier College


If you click on the case study report from Monash University (Australia) and the famous Flo-Joe's site for Cambridge exams, you will find two interesting interactive samples with relevant comments and corrections. Really useful!!

stella

Arroró & lullabies

If you click HERE, you'll find the site called ARRORRÓ- LULLABIES, Un Encuentro entre Culturas. Feel free to visit it all, and enjoy the different songs!

The newspaper Página 12, in its suplement Radar, published this piece of news. Reflect upon it using the questions discussed in class.

Finally write a report in approx. 200 words, and hand it in on AUGUST 23rd. (See next entry How to write a REPORT)

stella

Vladimir Propp. A taxonomy

Analyse a fairy tale with Propp's taxonomy.

Here you have an interesting site to visit.

Traditional tales: history and genre.

Folktales, fables, myths,legends and epics. What do they have in common?
Click HERE for an excellent paper written by Prof. C. Torres from the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Center of Communication Competences.





stella :-)

A few important names

As you may have seen in literature for children there are many important names:

• Charles Perrault. Visit this site for more information
• Grimm brothers. If you want to read more, click here
• Hans Christian Andersen

Browse these sites and write an account of these writers. Don't forget to mention their nationalities, chronology, general characteristics, etc



stella

What is "literature for children"?

What is "literature for children"?
Click here for an introduction.
In this site you'll find more useful information.
Feel free to visit other sites to complete your introduction.

Stella :-)

How to post comments

To post comments:
• Click on "comments" (right below this thread) to type your message.
• In "seleccionar perfil," choose CUENTA GOOGLE.
• Type a set of letters and numbers as you're asked.
THEN, ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME...
• Click on CREAR UNA CUENTA GOOGLE.
• Enter the details you're asked. You'll be asked to type details of your regular account. DON'T INVENT A NEW ONE. It says: "tiene que existir."
• Now click on CONTINUAR. You should be ready to post your message then.

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