Reflection Chapters 6-10
Chapter 6: The Development of Adolescents
This is one of the stages that tends to be challenging for teenagers as they begin to experience many changes in their lives whether it is physically, intellectually and morally. During these years, their bodies start developing and they may start questioning who they're supposed to be or look like. According to Piaget and Havighurst, teens throughout this stage start to think abstractly. They begin to search for friends that share the same interest as they do, their parent relationship starts changing, they begin to adapt to their physical bodies, relationships with the opposite sex begins to take place, and they start questioning the person that they are supposed to become. As they develop morally, teens begin to question and think for themselves based on their knowledge, experiences, and behavior when faced with moral issues through the physical and cognitive developments in their lives. As educators, we need to find books that are going to assist teens deal and cope with those challenging issues experienced during those developmental stages.
As a middle school teacher, I see first hand the challenges children at this age go through. Especially those students who are starting middle school for the first time. Moving from classroom to classroom and trying to follow teacher/classroom expectation and going through physical changes are things to worry about but also facing social pressures and often worry about how to fit in makes it even more demanding. So what can we do as educators? We need to discover the books that will help them deal with those tough situations and assist them in finding ways to get control of some issues they are dealing with in middle school.
Chapter 7: Literary Elements and Literary Devices
Literary Elements and Literary devices assist learners to make connections with the story line but it also helps them to understand the story they are reading. Writers use literary devices to help bring rich clarity to the text and students can have a better appreciation, interpretation and analyzing of the text.
Teaching students how to interpret literary elements and devices is important when students read text. Students need to understand that literary devices create interpretation of text and aids is helping readers to take it into a deeper interpretation. Literary elements and devices help to motivate readers to visualize the characters in the scenes more clearly and effectively,
Chapter 8 Awards and List
This chapter introduces us to the different awards honoring those young adult writers in the field of fiction, nonfiction who represent literary distinction in young adult literature and have special appeal to young adults ages twelve to eighteen. For example, the Printz award named after a Topeka, Kansas school librarian is awarded yearly to those writers who show excellence in young adult literature, the YALSA honors nonfiction writers for their excellence writing in young adults literature, the Edward award honors writers for a specific body of work, the Alex award honors ten writers for their appeal to young adult literature, Odyssey award honors producers for the best audio-book, and Morris award honors first time writers for their work in young adults. Besides award, a list of books such as graphic novels, fiction and nonfiction are recommended yearly for young adult readers.
What I liked about this chapter is the ability to have access to the list of books that are recommended in a yearly basis for young adults. Most of the time, students do not know what books to read and having a list to look at gives teachers the opportunity to share those books with their students. I love it and I will definitely share it with my students during our book talk days.
Chapter 9: Poetry
Why should we share Poetry to children? Sharing and exposing poetry to children is a way of helping them express their emotions, experience reading and writing poetry, and view themselves as poets. According to this chapter, children should be exposed to poetry for the following reasons; enjoyment, knowledge concepts, increases vocabulary development, assist students to identify with people and situations, helps student to understand their feelings and allow insights to their feelings and emotions. Children usually select poems that are based on their age level interest. For example, children ages five to seven enjoy reading narrative and limerick poems, eight to eleven to year old like contemporary poems with familiar experiences and whereas children twelve to fifteen like humorous and narrative poems.
Knowing the elements and forms of poetry can help children understand what they are reading. Reading poetry should be a year round experience for children of all ages and should never be brought down below their reading level.
Poetry can be a very difficult for some teachers to teach to children. But staying away would only take away from the positive experience poetry has to offer. So as educators, we need to understand that it is not an option to teach it to children but something that must taught in every English Language Arts classroom. Why should we teach poetry? Poetry builds reading, speaking and listening skills. When children read aloud, not only are they listening to the words but they are also building their fluency skills and learning ways to communicate with others. Poetry also helps readers explore their language and vocabulary development and build on words that they have never heard before and add them to their list of words they have been acquiring. Reading poetry additionally encourages creative thinking which helps readers express their feeling and emotions through writing. Poetry, in addition, builds the love for reading in children by exposing them to a variety of styles. As difficult as it might seem to some educators, we need to look at the rewards and benefits given to children when they are exposed to reading and writing poetry.
Chapter 10 Historical Fiction
Historical fiction text is based on events that happen in the past. When we expose children to historical fiction books, we need to glance at certain criteria before they start reading those type of sub-genres. Does the book tell a good story? Are the facts accurate with that time period? Is everything done in the same way? Does the theme in the story relate to contemporary readers? How are the values of the time brought to life? The importance of exposing children to historical fiction is simply that it helps the reader have empathy for others, learn life lessons and it helps them make connections with the characters from the story.
Teaching historical fiction not only teaches students about the past but it also tells stories of ordinary people in extra ordinary times through the eyes of a character. It makes the character's story feels real and being engaged into the story makes history come to life. Finding historical fiction stories with a fun and exciting plot will not feel like such a dread for students but something fun to learn and read about.
Chapter 6: The Development of Adolescents
This is one of the stages that tends to be challenging for teenagers as they begin to experience many changes in their lives whether it is physically, intellectually and morally. During these years, their bodies start developing and they may start questioning who they're supposed to be or look like. According to Piaget and Havighurst, teens throughout this stage start to think abstractly. They begin to search for friends that share the same interest as they do, their parent relationship starts changing, they begin to adapt to their physical bodies, relationships with the opposite sex begins to take place, and they start questioning the person that they are supposed to become. As they develop morally, teens begin to question and think for themselves based on their knowledge, experiences, and behavior when faced with moral issues through the physical and cognitive developments in their lives. As educators, we need to find books that are going to assist teens deal and cope with those challenging issues experienced during those developmental stages.
As a middle school teacher, I see first hand the challenges children at this age go through. Especially those students who are starting middle school for the first time. Moving from classroom to classroom and trying to follow teacher/classroom expectation and going through physical changes are things to worry about but also facing social pressures and often worry about how to fit in makes it even more demanding. So what can we do as educators? We need to discover the books that will help them deal with those tough situations and assist them in finding ways to get control of some issues they are dealing with in middle school.
Chapter 7: Literary Elements and Literary Devices
Literary Elements and Literary devices assist learners to make connections with the story line but it also helps them to understand the story they are reading. Writers use literary devices to help bring rich clarity to the text and students can have a better appreciation, interpretation and analyzing of the text.
Teaching students how to interpret literary elements and devices is important when students read text. Students need to understand that literary devices create interpretation of text and aids is helping readers to take it into a deeper interpretation. Literary elements and devices help to motivate readers to visualize the characters in the scenes more clearly and effectively,
Chapter 8 Awards and List
This chapter introduces us to the different awards honoring those young adult writers in the field of fiction, nonfiction who represent literary distinction in young adult literature and have special appeal to young adults ages twelve to eighteen. For example, the Printz award named after a Topeka, Kansas school librarian is awarded yearly to those writers who show excellence in young adult literature, the YALSA honors nonfiction writers for their excellence writing in young adults literature, the Edward award honors writers for a specific body of work, the Alex award honors ten writers for their appeal to young adult literature, Odyssey award honors producers for the best audio-book, and Morris award honors first time writers for their work in young adults. Besides award, a list of books such as graphic novels, fiction and nonfiction are recommended yearly for young adult readers.
What I liked about this chapter is the ability to have access to the list of books that are recommended in a yearly basis for young adults. Most of the time, students do not know what books to read and having a list to look at gives teachers the opportunity to share those books with their students. I love it and I will definitely share it with my students during our book talk days.
Chapter 9: Poetry
Why should we share Poetry to children? Sharing and exposing poetry to children is a way of helping them express their emotions, experience reading and writing poetry, and view themselves as poets. According to this chapter, children should be exposed to poetry for the following reasons; enjoyment, knowledge concepts, increases vocabulary development, assist students to identify with people and situations, helps student to understand their feelings and allow insights to their feelings and emotions. Children usually select poems that are based on their age level interest. For example, children ages five to seven enjoy reading narrative and limerick poems, eight to eleven to year old like contemporary poems with familiar experiences and whereas children twelve to fifteen like humorous and narrative poems.
Knowing the elements and forms of poetry can help children understand what they are reading. Reading poetry should be a year round experience for children of all ages and should never be brought down below their reading level.
Poetry can be a very difficult for some teachers to teach to children. But staying away would only take away from the positive experience poetry has to offer. So as educators, we need to understand that it is not an option to teach it to children but something that must taught in every English Language Arts classroom. Why should we teach poetry? Poetry builds reading, speaking and listening skills. When children read aloud, not only are they listening to the words but they are also building their fluency skills and learning ways to communicate with others. Poetry also helps readers explore their language and vocabulary development and build on words that they have never heard before and add them to their list of words they have been acquiring. Reading poetry additionally encourages creative thinking which helps readers express their feeling and emotions through writing. Poetry, in addition, builds the love for reading in children by exposing them to a variety of styles. As difficult as it might seem to some educators, we need to look at the rewards and benefits given to children when they are exposed to reading and writing poetry.
Chapter 10 Historical Fiction
Historical fiction text is based on events that happen in the past. When we expose children to historical fiction books, we need to glance at certain criteria before they start reading those type of sub-genres. Does the book tell a good story? Are the facts accurate with that time period? Is everything done in the same way? Does the theme in the story relate to contemporary readers? How are the values of the time brought to life? The importance of exposing children to historical fiction is simply that it helps the reader have empathy for others, learn life lessons and it helps them make connections with the characters from the story.
Teaching historical fiction not only teaches students about the past but it also tells stories of ordinary people in extra ordinary times through the eyes of a character. It makes the character's story feels real and being engaged into the story makes history come to life. Finding historical fiction stories with a fun and exciting plot will not feel like such a dread for students but something fun to learn and read about.
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