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Course Schedule

Lesson 1 - Course Introduction
Lesson 2 - Picturebooks Overview
Week 1
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Readings:

Textbooks

E-Reserves (To access these articles, click on the Course Reserves link in your Course Navigation Menu.)

Assignments:
  • Practice using the Word Drawing program.
  • Contribute to the following threaded discussions:
    • Introduce Yourself. 
    • Picturebooks Overview.

 

Lesson 3 - Close Looking - Part I
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Textbooks

Course Reserves (To access these articles, click on the Library Resources link in your Course Navigation Menu.)
Assignments:
  • Write a Response Paper #1.
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Close Looking Part One.

 

Lesson 4 - Close Looking - Part II
Timeframe: 
Readings:

Textbooks
Assignments:
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Close Looking Part Two.
  • Start to work on the Children's Literature Illustrator Project:
    • Sign up for the illustrator of your choice by the end of Lesson 4 

 

Lesson 5 - Design
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Textbooks
Assignments:
  • Make a Scary Picture.
  • Write a Response Paper #2 for the Scary Picture drawing.
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Design.
  • Create your initial Children's Literature Illustrator Project page from the template (due on the end of Lesson 5)

 

Lesson 6 - Style
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Textbooks
Assignments:
  • Make a Snow White comparison chart.
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Style.
  • Continue to work on the Illustrator project.

 

Lesson 7 - The Relationship between Words & Images
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Readings:

Textbooks

Course Reserves (To access these articles, click on the Library Resources link in your Course Navigation Menu.)
Assignments:
  • Contribute to threaded discussion: Image.
  • Continue to work on the Illustrator Project.

 

Lesson 8 - Picture Books for the Very Young
Timeframe: 
Readings:

Textbook

Other Readings
Assignments:
  • Research an illustrator.
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Picturebooks for the Young.
  • Continue to work on the Illustrator Project.

 

Lesson 9 - Culture - Different Ways of Seeing - Part I
Timeframe: 
Readings:

Course Reserves (To access these articles, click on the Library Resources link in your Course Navigation Menu.)

Other Reading
Assignments:
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Different Ways of Seeing.
  • Continue to work on the Illustrator Project.
  • Write a Response Paper #3.

 

Lesson 10 - Culture - Different Ways of Seeing - Part II
Timeframe: 
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Textbooks

Other Reading
Assignments:
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Uptown and Harlem.
  • Continue to work on the Illustrator Project.
    A substantial draft is due by the end of this lesson.
  • Mid-semester Feedback (ungraded)

 

Lesson 11 - Unconventional Illustrators
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Textbooks
Assignments:
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Unconventional Illustrators.
  • Continue to work on the Illustrator Project.

 

Lesson 12 - Graphic Novels and Comics
Timeframe: 
Readings:

Textbooks

Other Reading

Course Reserves (To access these articles, click on the Library Resources link in your Course Navigation Menu.)

Choose one of the following readings:
Assignments:
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Graphic Novels.
  • Continue to work on the Illustrator Project.

 

Lesson 13 - Wordless Picturebooks and Visual Literacy
Timeframe: 
Readings:

Textbook

Other Readings

Course Reserves (To access these articles, click on the Library Resources link in your Course Navigation Menu.)
Assignments:
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Wordless Picturebooks and Visual Literacy.
  • Continue to work on the Illustrator Project.
Lesson 14 - Early Readers and Picturebooks
Timeframe: 
Readings:

Textbook

Course Reserves (To access these articles, click on the Library Resources link in your Course Navigation Menu.)
Assignments:
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Pedagogy, Digital Picturebook and Course Wrap Up.
  • Continue to work on the Illustrator Project.
Lesson 15 - Pedagogy, Digital Literacy, and Course Wrap Up
Timeframe: 
Readings:

Textbook

Other Readings

Course Reserves (To access these articles, click on the Library Resources link in your Course Navigation Menu.)
Assignments:
  • Contribute to the threaded discussion: Pedagogy, Digital Picturebooks, and Course Wrap Up.
  • Complete the Illustrator Project.

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