Assignments
'Books Like Me': Final Assessment (List and Reflection)
What is the major assignment for this unit?
The Boy and The Elephant
Australia's Wild, Weird, Wonderful Weather
Bindi
Lennie's Book of Everything
What are the required texts for this unit?
The National Centre for Australian Children's Literature
What does NCACL stand for?
What is Children's Literature? Ideology and the construction of childhood.
What is the title of the first weekly topic for this unit?
Literature Circle
What is the second assignment for this unit?
The UC library 'Reading List' (accessed through Canvas)
An Australian educational website, created for children to view stories by local authors and illustrators.
What is Story Box?
The role of literature in literacy learning. Selecting literary texts for your students.
What is the topic for Week Ten?
Blog entries and responses
What has to be completed before midnight each Sunday in the first four weeks of semester?
In each week's Module on Canvas
Where can you find each week's lecture, tutorial slides and required academic reading?
PETAA (Primary English Teachers Association Australia)
What is the name of the national professional association of English and literacy primary school educators?
A literature circle.
What assessment activity will you be doing in class time in Week Seven?
The Boy and The Elephant
Australia's Wild, Weird, Wonderful Weather
Bindi
Lennie's Book of Everything
What are the books that you can choose as your topic text for the Literature Circle?
Karen Foxlee
Who wrote Lennie's Book of Everything?
ALEA (Australian Literacy Educator's Association)
What national professional association dedicated to literacy and English language learning has a local council here in Canberra?
Cultural Diversity, Representation and Identity: Mirrors, Windows and Doors.
What is the topic for Week Four?