Course Information
This course focuses on reading and analyzing children's literature.
Textbook (which is accessible for free through Digital Commons):
Schneider, Jenifer Jasinski. The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge. Digital Commons, 2016.
Books
de la Peña, Matt. Love. Illustrated by Loren Long, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2018.
Gao, Laura. Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American. Balzer + Bray, 2022.
Lai, Thanhhà. Inside Out & Back Again. HarperCollins, 2013.
Myers, Walter Dean. 145th Street: Stories. Ember, 2012.
White, E.B. Charlotte's Web. Illustrated by Garth Williams. HarperCollins, 2012
Important Dates
This is an asynchronous online class; there are no required Zoom or in-person meetings.
Course Syllabus
Course Policies
Communication Policies
Contact Information:
Please contact me through the Canvas Inbox. This Canvas email is only for my students, my priority. I'll respond to your messages within 24 hours Monday-Thursday and within 48 hours Friday-Sunday.
You are welcome to use Pronto to communicate with other students in this course, but I do not use Pronto regularly (it’s too distracting for me!).
Office Hours:
TBD
Can’t make these office hour times? Email me through Canvas and let’s figure out a time that does!
Canvas Discussions:
I will be an active participant in course discussions, reading all your posts and responding to several students each week to further discussion and clarify comments.
Drop Policies
I want you to successfully complete this course! That begins the first week.
I need to make sure that you are active and present in the course. That means, you need to complete all of the assignments in Module 0 & 1 must be submitted by Wednesday of Module/Week 2. If you don’t complete this work by the date noted, you will be dropped from the course as a “no show.” You have not showed up to class.
I also want you to be successful and active as the semester progresses!
That means you actively engage and participate in our online class each week by:
engaging in Canvas discussions
submitting your weekly notes
responding to my emails (especially when I am reaching out to check in, which I do often if you stop submitting work)
Because I care about your academic success and record, I will withdraw inactive students by the withdrawal deadline. I define inactive as students who have not responded to my emails of concern within two weeks and/or have not submitted 50% of their course materials by the withdrawl deadline of the course.
Work Policies
Learning to meet deadlines is an essential academic leadership skill, especially in a composition course; I provide timely feedback to encourage and guide your efforts for the next reading and/or writing assignments. In this class, while you will have set weekly deadlines, I will accept most assignments late (with the exception of discussion replies).
Week 2-8 assignments will be open until week 8.
Week 9-16 assignments will be open until week 16.
Assignments will not be reopened after they have closed.
While I will accept late work, late work will lose points (see rubrics attached to each assignment in Canvas). And, work submitted more than 1 week late will not receive extensive written or verbal feedback simply because my grading window time has passed for that assignment.