Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
Overview: After reading our two textbooks, you should now have an understanding of the importance of being able to show students what good writing looks like. It is one thing to tell a student how to use Proper Nouns in a narrative poem, but it is even more effective for them to see it in a published work by a “real” author. After all, who has more credibility than someone who has gone through the writing process, worked with an editor, and was declared well enough for print?
Goals: Students will be familiar with a wide variety of mentor texts to use in their classroom to demonstrate various qualities and genres of writing.
Objectives: Students will write an annotated bibliography that provides an evaluation and summation of twenty mentor texts.
Materials: Students will need access to the children’s section of either a library or bookstore. Waldo Library has an extensive children’s book section on the second floor next to the crossover to the computer lab. Kalamazoo Public Library has a vast children’s room with knowledgeable staff. Barnes and Nobles also has a large children’s section.
Procedure
1. Choose 3 different genres to explore in child or teen literature.
2. Choose 1 other subject area to explore in child or teen literature.
3. Choose 5 writing techniques to teach using child or teen lit.
4. Create an annotated bibliography for 20 different books.
5. Create an annotated bibliography for each text in your chosen genres, subject area, and writing techniques. Annotations should include a summary of the book’s plot, a summary of the instructional element of the book, and evaluate the book’s effectiveness at demonstrating the desired trait.
6. Organize your annotated bibliography alphabetically within categories (commas, science fiction, fractions, etc.) Each category should have a heading. Please use MLA format.
Overview: After reading our two textbooks, you should now have an understanding of the importance of being able to show students what good writing looks like. It is one thing to tell a student how to use Proper Nouns in a narrative poem, but it is even more effective for them to see it in a published work by a “real” author. After all, who has more credibility than someone who has gone through the writing process, worked with an editor, and was declared well enough for print?
Goals: Students will be familiar with a wide variety of mentor texts to use in their classroom to demonstrate various qualities and genres of writing.
Objectives: Students will write an annotated bibliography that provides an evaluation and summation of twenty mentor texts.
Materials: Students will need access to the children’s section of either a library or bookstore. Waldo Library has an extensive children’s book section on the second floor next to the crossover to the computer lab. Kalamazoo Public Library has a vast children’s room with knowledgeable staff. Barnes and Nobles also has a large children’s section.
Procedure
1. Choose 3 different genres to explore in child or teen literature.
2. Choose 1 other subject area to explore in child or teen literature.
3. Choose 5 writing techniques to teach using child or teen lit.
4. Create an annotated bibliography for 20 different books.
5. Create an annotated bibliography for each text in your chosen genres, subject area, and writing techniques. Annotations should include a summary of the book’s plot, a summary of the instructional element of the book, and evaluate the book’s effectiveness at demonstrating the desired trait.
6. Organize your annotated bibliography alphabetically within categories (commas, science fiction, fractions, etc.) Each category should have a heading. Please use MLA format.