Chris Van Allsburg

Students will use the KWL Chart to Synthesize the story of Yen Sen: A Cinderella Story,by: AI-Ling Louie. They will order, recall, retell and recreate this story to form their own comprehensive perspectives. K What I Know | W What I Want To Learn | L What I Have Learned | Name ____________ Word Bank Word | Definition | Picture | Connections | Word | Definition | Picture | Connections | Word | Definition | Picture |

I: Caldecott Medal Winners by Category: Folk Tales, Legends & Myths: Langstaff, John. Frog Went A-courtin',. Illus. Feodor Rojankovsky. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955. Frog Went A-courtin' is the retelling of a 400 year-old Scottish folktale, meant to be sung and told to children. It outlines the engagement and subsequent events surrounding the marriage of a frog to a mouse. Young, Ed. Lon Po Po. New York: Philomel Books, 1989. Lon Po Po is the retelling of a Chinese folklore similar to Little

Before buying a book, the first thing I do is browse through the book and see if it has pictures. The notion that books without pictures are too serious, boring and lack interest is skeptical to many. The cliché “Too long didn’t read” comes up in the fact that if a reader sees a thirty-page essay without pictures to help guide them, then the reader skims through the reading or reads the first and last paragraphs. Many people believe that a book with no words feels empty while a book with no pictures

At last the walking was over. The Sfrums and I stopped like a backwards wave, where they start with there hands up then put there hands down when it comes to them. A day and a half of walking from behind the wall to the rug was finally over. And at that stop, I saw a whole new beginning. “Connor, welcome to your new home!” My mom said cheerfully, “You should be safe from the giant mice” I had a bad feeling about this dark new town of ours, this new town we named Rug had darkness to it. Maybe this

Taisha Pacheco 8/14/2015 Mrs. Bauman AP lit Block F The Stranger The major theme in the Stranger is “absurdism”. In the Stranger, the main settings are: Meursault’s home, the beach where the Arab was murdered, the courthouse, and eventually jail. The Stranger is taken place in Algeria in the 1940’s. The prosecutor characterizes Meursault as a murderer, as a monster. In page one hundred and two, the prosecutor states: “ For if in the course of what has been a long career I have strongly as today

1. Introduction 3 2. Early History 6 The Greek and Roman Eras: 50 B.C.-A.D. 500 6 The Middle Ages: 500-1500 6 The Renaissance: 1500-1650 7 The Rise of Puritanism and John Locke: Late 1600s 8 3. Beginning of Children’s Literature: Late 1700s 10 4. Fairy and Folk Tales 12 The Golden Age of Children’s Literature: Late 1800s 12 5. Victorian Children's Literature 16 6. Contemporary Children's Literature 18 6. Analysis of Harry Potters’ series 21 7. Conclusion 30 8. Summary 31 Children’s Literature Definitions