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In-class Essay

24 Outubro 2022, 15:30 Ana Rita Martins

In-class Essay



RACISM IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

24 Outubro 2022, 14:00 Gaile Parkin

Warm-up: some common errors

Class discussion on the nature of racism and its manifestation in children. Presentation about the brown eye/blue eye experiment by Jane Elliott in 1968 and about racism in children’s books.

Small group discussions based on questions about Little Black Sambo and Epaminondas and his Auntie (both read for homework).

Reading of The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff, followed by small group exercise working through a worksheet to guide students to see the (not so) hidden racism in the book. Feedback and class discussion.


Literary terms used to analyse short stories. "Tony's story" by Leslie Marmon Silko.

24 Outubro 2022, 08:00 Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Answering a set of questions about Matika Wilbur's TED talk,  "Surviving disappearance, re-imagining & humanizing Native Peoples".
Literary terms used to analyse short stories: first-person narrator vs third-person narrator; main and minor characters; point of view; setting; climax and turning-point. Reading of the short story "Tony's story" by Leslie Marmon Silko.


Research Project One: Music

21 Outubro 2022, 15:30 Ana Rita Martins

Research Project One: Music

  • RP "Music as a Form of Free Speech"
Essay Writing: Concluding Paragraphs


POLITICS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

20 Outubro 2022, 14:00 Gaile Parkin

Warm-up: some common errors

Class discussion on what politics is and whether or not it has a place in children’s literature.

Reading The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, followed by small group discussions based on questions about the book. Feedback and class discussion.

HOMEWORK: Write a review of The Story of Ferdinand. Read Little Black Sambo and Epaminondas and his Auntie