Children's Literature, Infancy to Early Adolescence

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 06.03.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview of Unit
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Standards
  5. Strategies
  6. Lesson Plan: Anticipation Guide
  7. Lesson Plan: Dialogue Journal
  8. Appendix A
  9. Appendix B
  10. Teacher/Student Annotated Bibliography

Examining War through a Child's Perspective

Isabel Guerrero Carter

Published September 2006

Tools for this Unit:

Appendix A

NCEE Performance Standards

E1a: The student reads at least twenty-five books or book equivalents each year.

E1b: The student reads and comprehends at least four books about one issue or subject, or four books by a single writer, or four books in one genre, and produces evidence of reading.

E2b: The student produces a response to literature.

E2c: The student produces a narrative account.

E2f: The student produces a reflective essay.

E3b: The student participates in group meetings.

E4b: The student analyzes and subsequently revises work.

E5a: The student responds to non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and drama using interpretive, critical, and evaluative processes.

Comments:

Brandon Barr

July 25, 2016 at 6:37 pm

The Breadwinner

Thank you for sharing some ideas for how students could respond to The Breadwinner. I plan on teaching the novel at the start of the school year, so this unit was helpful. Thanks!

Deborah Galea

October 7, 2016 at 6:34 am

Very very informative and interesting

Hi,I ve just come across this very interesting work and will be adopting some of your ideas as our students are younger. I have tried to find the illustartions on slate.com which you refer to in the art therapy section but failed to do so. Could you kindly help me out in this please. Thanks and regards, Deborah

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