EDUC 205:Children’s Literature & the Writing ProcessDay 14: Fantasy

Schedule

• Observation 3

• Ryan’s peer teaching lesson

• Fantasy: Characteristics and Evaluation

• Midterm grades and review lesson plan

reflection components

Fantasy

• Charlotte’s Web• Tuck Everlasting• The Giver• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe• Alice in Wonderland• Winnie the Pooh• Peter Pan• A Wrinkle in Time• The Hobbit• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Fantasy Characteristics

• Universal questions

• Creative and ingenious plot

• Believable story

• Internal consistency

Types of Modern Fantasy Stories• Animal – Charlotte’s Web• Toys and Dolls – Winnie the Pooh• Eccentric Characters – Mary Poppins• Extraordinary Worlds – Alice’s

Adventures in Wonderland• Magical Powers – The Chocolate Touch• Time-shift – Tuck Everlasting• High Fantasy – Chronicles of Narnia• Science Fiction – The Giver

Coming Soon…

• Finish Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s

Stone

• Look at ALA Banned Books website: be

ready to report one thing you learned

• http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/

bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm

• Bring a fantasy book with written

evaluation

Lesson Plan Reflection Components• How did the students respond to the

lesson and activities? Give specifics. Hypothesize why.

• Analysis of final product(s) at the individual and whole class level. What does your assessment show? Did the students reach the objectives? If not, hypothesize why.

• Metacognitive thoughts and actions: What did you change during the lesson? Why did you change these things?

• What will you change in the future?• How will you follow up this lesson?