The abyss
The abyss (also called belly of the whale)�the crisis moment in the story that may seem dark or hopeless but serves as a catalyst for the hero's metamorphosis (character development).
Rhythm
Poets can use this to increase enjoyment in hearing language. It encourages children to join in orally, experiment with language, and move with it.
Rhyme
sound is an important part of the pleasure of poerty. one of the ways in which poets can emphasize sound is with____________. These words may occur at the ends of lones and within lines.
Alliteration
the repetition of consontant sounds.
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds
Onomatopoeia
Is the use of a word that imitate sound
Consonance
The repitition of consonant sounds in words encountered near each other vowel wounds are different. example: "Rider...reader, farer...fearer
Imagery
This is a primary element in poetry. It encourages children to see, hear, feel, taste, smell, and touch the words created by the poet.
Metaphors
This is an implied comparison between things that have something in common but are essentially different
Similes
These also make comparisons between things that have something in common but are essentially different. uses "like or as
Johann Comenius
Considered the father of modern education
John Locke
Taught children to reason and experience things rather than rush into adulthood. He also encouraged children to read
James Janeway
He encouraged children to fear the grace of God and pray every night before bed so they go to heaven if they die.
John Newbery
Father of childrens literature
Anna laetitea Barbauld
The first American poet. She is known for developing the first formalized reading instruction for children ages 2-4 years.
His books introduce children to the joys of reading and the magic of wordplay. The also encourage kids to use their imagination and to see the world in a different way.
Why were Dr. Seuss and his books, especially The Cat and the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, significant to the genre of Early Readers?
Children were not the main audience of most nursery rhymes because they were adult code to hide violent origins.
Were children the original audience of most nursery rhymes?
Sounds are repeated through rhyme as well as alliteration. Rhymes have a set pattern and have lines that end neatly, and all is in order, with a clear beginning and end.
What are characteristics of nursery rhymes?
Mother goose rhymes also encourage choral reading: the adult and child reading together. It is important for adults to create experiences that motivate children to interact with books.
Why might Mother Goose rhymes be significant for children to read or hear today?
Edward Lear
Struggles: He suffered from both broncitus and epilepsy
wrote: childrens books
career before becoming a writer:illustrating
Lewis Carroll
was a nonsense writer. He had a sence of word play
wordless books
allows parents to use unfamilliar words to the child when reading
Toy books
Illistrations that dominate the text
nonsense poetry
violent yet humorous. Transports the mind to a creative state.
Hornbook
A teaching aid in the late 1500s consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn
Battledore
Much like a hornbook except for on the outer part of the wooden plate there are pictures
Look-say method
an approach that teaches children to read and recognise whole words. For example, a child may be shown the word "cat" on a flash card and is told, "This says cat". The child, over time, then learns that when they see the symbol, they are to say the word
McGuffey Readers
Series of books for school children
Chapbooks
a small paperback booklet, typically containing poems or fiction. were easy for everyone to afford.
woodcut illustrations
A printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood, leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts.
Initiation
can include a call to adventure or a situation that leads the hero to the threshold where he will encounter the unknown; it may be the inciting incident in a story
Threshhold
At this point, the hero crosses the threshold from the known to the potentially dangerous but fascinating unknown. In relinquishing the old life for the new world across the threshold, the hero initiates his metamorphosis.
Aid(s)
some kind (supernatural, human, animal) that helps the protagonist cross the threshold or manage the unknown.
Challenges and Tests
The hero undergoes challenging tasks and tests to begin his transformation. During the trials, the hero may encounter a mentor who genuinely cares for the hero and encourages him. As mentioned before, though, a hero will ultimately have to forge his way i
The abyss
(also called belly of the whale)�the crisis moment in the story that may seem dark or hopeless but serves as a catalyst for the hero's metamorphosis (character development).
Transformation
After experiencing the abyss, the hero emerges, strengthened to finish his or her quest. At this stage in the story, a challenge may be overcome or a foe defeated
Boon (reward) and return
The hero finishes his quest and retains the wisdom he learned from it. He may return to the world from which he came, but achieves a balance between it and the new world he has experienced. The hero receives some kind of reward for his journey, which may
The abyss
The abyss (also called belly of the whale)�the crisis moment in the story that may seem dark or hopeless but serves as a catalyst for the hero's metamorphosis (character development).
Rhythm
Poets can use this to increase enjoyment in hearing language. It encourages children to join in orally, experiment with language, and move with it.
Rhyme
sound is an important part of the pleasure of poerty. one of the ways in which poets can emphasize sound is with____________. These words may occur at the ends of lones and within lines.
Alliteration
the repetition of consontant sounds.
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds
Onomatopoeia
Is the use of a word that imitate sound
Consonance
The repitition of consonant sounds in words encountered near each other vowel wounds are different. example: "Rider...reader, farer...fearer
Imagery
This is a primary element in poetry. It encourages children to see, hear, feel, taste, smell, and touch the words created by the poet.
Metaphors
This is an implied comparison between things that have something in common but are essentially different
Similes
These also make comparisons between things that have something in common but are essentially different. uses "like or as
Johann Comenius
Considered the father of modern education
John Locke
Taught children to reason and experience things rather than rush into adulthood. He also encouraged children to read
James Janeway
He encouraged children to fear the grace of God and pray every night before bed so they go to heaven if they die.
John Newbery
Father of childrens literature
Anna laetitea Barbauld
The first American poet. She is known for developing the first formalized reading instruction for children ages 2-4 years.
His books introduce children to the joys of reading and the magic of wordplay. The also encourage kids to use their imagination and to see the world in a different way.
Why were Dr. Seuss and his books, especially The Cat and the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, significant to the genre of Early Readers?
Children were not the main audience of most nursery rhymes because they were adult code to hide violent origins.
Were children the original audience of most nursery rhymes?
Sounds are repeated through rhyme as well as alliteration. Rhymes have a set pattern and have lines that end neatly, and all is in order, with a clear beginning and end.
What are characteristics of nursery rhymes?
Mother goose rhymes also encourage choral reading: the adult and child reading together. It is important for adults to create experiences that motivate children to interact with books.
Why might Mother Goose rhymes be significant for children to read or hear today?
Edward Lear
Struggles: He suffered from both broncitus and epilepsy
wrote: childrens books
career before becoming a writer:illustrating
Lewis Carroll
was a nonsense writer. He had a sence of word play
wordless books
allows parents to use unfamilliar words to the child when reading
Toy books
Illistrations that dominate the text
nonsense poetry
violent yet humorous. Transports the mind to a creative state.
Hornbook
A teaching aid in the late 1500s consisting of a leaf of paper showing the alphabet, and often the ten digits and the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin plate of horn
Battledore
Much like a hornbook except for on the outer part of the wooden plate there are pictures
Look-say method
an approach that teaches children to read and recognise whole words. For example, a child may be shown the word "cat" on a flash card and is told, "This says cat". The child, over time, then learns that when they see the symbol, they are to say the word
McGuffey Readers
Series of books for school children
Chapbooks
a small paperback booklet, typically containing poems or fiction. were easy for everyone to afford.
woodcut illustrations
A printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood, leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts.
Initiation
can include a call to adventure or a situation that leads the hero to the threshold where he will encounter the unknown; it may be the inciting incident in a story
Threshhold
At this point, the hero crosses the threshold from the known to the potentially dangerous but fascinating unknown. In relinquishing the old life for the new world across the threshold, the hero initiates his metamorphosis.
Aid(s)
some kind (supernatural, human, animal) that helps the protagonist cross the threshold or manage the unknown.
Challenges and Tests
The hero undergoes challenging tasks and tests to begin his transformation. During the trials, the hero may encounter a mentor who genuinely cares for the hero and encourages him. As mentioned before, though, a hero will ultimately have to forge his way i
The abyss
(also called belly of the whale)�the crisis moment in the story that may seem dark or hopeless but serves as a catalyst for the hero's metamorphosis (character development).
Transformation
After experiencing the abyss, the hero emerges, strengthened to finish his or her quest. At this stage in the story, a challenge may be overcome or a foe defeated
Boon (reward) and return
The hero finishes his quest and retains the wisdom he learned from it. He may return to the world from which he came, but achieves a balance between it and the new world he has experienced. The hero receives some kind of reward for his journey, which may