Session 2

Hi Everyone,
I wanted to share with you some thoughts preparing for next class session on Wednesday. The Bishop article and the Yenika-Agbaw article with give you a good introduction to issues of diversity:
Bishop (1997): What is multicultural literature? Why use it? What issues might one consider as one reads this type of literature?
Yenika-Agbaw (1997) What is the relationship between reader-text-context? What does it mean to read critically?
To help you think about your poetry assignment:
Tatum (2000) This article will help you think about your own "social identities" and help us think about how they might impact how we read and understand the world.
Remember your poems need to be submitted to the drop box on our Angel site by 6 pm Tuesday night. Be sure to bring a hard copy to class as well.
About blogging:
The Suen (2006) article provides an introduction to blogging and its place in the world of children's literature. Try to take a look at some of the children's literature blogs that she mentions.
While you are not required to set up your own blog until the first week of class, feel free to get a head start if you’re ready. Follow the directions on the last page of the syllabus to set up your blogs and do an initial post. Remember to email me your address.
In our next class session we’ll talk about how it’s going for all of you, and process how to think about the public nature of blogs and what kinds of considerations you should make when posting.
This might seem like a lot to begin with, but it will help get us started for the semester—there won’t always be so much to think about at once. Let me know if you have any questions, posting them as a comment and I'll respond publicly here on our blog so that others can benefit as well.