The Art of Reading People: Character, Expression, Interpretation

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.01.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction and Rationale
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Goals
  4. Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Resources
  7. Appendix: Implementing District Standards
  8. Endnotes

Making Friends with Characters: Exploring Friendship through Literature

Sarah Hall Kiesler

Published September 2011

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Endnotes

  1. Maia Szalavitz and Bruce D. Perry, Born for Love: Why Empathy is Essential—and Endangered (New York: Harper Collins, 2010), 3.
  2. Ibid., 9.
  3. Jacqueline Smollar and James Youniss, "Social Development Through Friendship," in Peer Relationships and Social Skills in Childhood (New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982), 282.
  4. Zick Rubin, Children's Friendships (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1980), 33-34.
  5. Ibid., 41.
  6. Lisa Zunshine, Why We Read Fiction: Theory of Mind and the Novel (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2006).
  7. "inferring," (Dictionary.com, LLC, 2011) http://www.dictionary.com.
  8. Zunshine, Why We Read Fiction.
  9. Rubin, Children's Friendships, 54.
  10. Smollar and Youniss, "Social Development," 292.
  11. Ibid., 293.
  12. Ibid., 294.
  13. Rubin, 36-37.
  14. Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad are Friends (Columbus: Atlas Editions, Inc., 1970).
  15. Arnold Lobel, Days with Frog and Toad (New York: Scholastic Inc., 1979) 52.
  16. Ibid., 59.
  17. Ibid., 62.
  18. Ibid.
  19. Kevin Henkes, Jessica (New York: Greenwillow Books, 1989).
  20. Kevin Henkes, Wemberly Worried (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2000).
  21. Kevin Henkes, Chester's Way (New York: Greenwillow Books, 1988).
  22. Kevin Henkes, A Weekend with Wendell (New York: Greenwillow Books, (1986).
  23. Kevin Henkes, Chrysanthemum (New York: Scholastic Inc., 1991) 7.
  24. Henkes, Chrysanthemum.
  25. James Howe, Houndsley and Catina (Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2006) 8.
  26. James Howe, Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise (Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2006).
  27. James Howe, Houndsley and Catina Plink and Plunk (Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2009) 35.
  28. Mo Willems, Watch Me Throw the Ball (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2009) 6.
  29. Ibid., 14-15.
  30. Mo Willems, My Friend is Sad (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2007) 5.
  31. Mo Willems, Should I Share My Ice Cream? (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2011) 17-19.
  32. Mo Willems, I Am Going! (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2010) 7.
  33. Mo Willems, Elephants Cannot Dance! (New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2009) 7-8.
  34. Ibid., 42-45.

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