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When I was in elementary, I fell in love with Amelia Bedelia. The author, Peggy Parish, did a great job of creating a character that is so funny because Amelia did everything literally what she is told to do. For example, if you told her to dust the table, she would throw dust on the table. I know that the young students will enjoy this series of Amelia Bedelia because everyone loves a funny person. Here are some great works from the author, Peggy Parish, that i know you will enjoy: http://aolsvc.kidsreads.aol.com/series/series-amelia-titles.asp

Genre presentation day 3 and 4

Last Tuesday's presentation was very good! I had never heard about The Giving Tree and I absolutely loved it! I liked how the group used creative props for their presentation. I was really into the story they showed as a little animated movie.
Last Thursday's presentation was done on multicultural and i really liked that they showed good examples of some good books of different cultures. They read a good story called Magda's Tortillas and even brought the class homemade tortillas with butter! That was a big plus! Ha Ha! I really liked how they were prepared and showed some examples of the cultures' foods.

Genre presentation day2

For the next group, i forgot what genre they did, but the message they sent across was about grace. They gave us a summary on three stories they chose and the moral for all three were related with grace. I thought it was very deep and the end of the presentation, they had one of their members sing a special song. It was lovely and sang very well! I was impressed! For the next group that same day, they did theirs on fantasy. I never realized the many types of fantasies. It was very informative. The pictures were good. The props they did on one of their books about the chair was great! I enjoyed the story.

Genre presentation Day1

The first group that presented on Thursday did a great presentation on multicultural literature. I was very entertained with the story they chose and the set up was fantastic! They did stick puppets and the background stage was creative! The movie maker they did on the story was great also. I saw how this group was super prepared and provided sufficient information. I really enjoyed it!

Chapter 5/Chap.14

To many people, poetry has always been like a lovely harmony of rhythm. As I got older, I understood it more than I did as a child. I was hardly interested in poetry in elementary. It was confusing for me. The only poetry I would recite were Mother Goose rhymes. I think every child enjoyed the bouncy, happy rhymes that Mother Goose provided for its' readers. I think it is very significant for our young readers to become more than readers, but to become writers. Children of all ages are fascinated through many endless stories and countless journeys of literature. As they get deeper into a book they enjoy reading, they can express and create ideas as they write their own kind of literature stories. In our text book, on page 318, it talks about the writing process. Authors taught us that writing is often hard work and with lots of drafts and much revision, we can become great writers in literature and persuade readers through our stories. Developing a comprehensive and effective writing program is an important part of any living literature classroom. When the students keep on working and re-writing, they will reach a point when the story starts coming to life .

Genre Presentation

On Thursday's genre presentation, we had the privilege to watch a story recorded by the group. Their presentation was over multicultural literature. This topic was very interesting and we learned that there are all sorts of good literature around the world. Some stories even have a good moral to them. By reading multicultural literature, we get familiarized with the type of cultural the story is based on and with the customs. I think the group did an excellent job on re-telling their story with the paper figures they created and even with background music.

Chapter 8 Fiction

What can I say about fiction stories? It is our window to escape out of reality and go into a world where anything can happen. When I hear the word "fiction", I think about magic, monsters, and heroes. There are different type of genres of fiction, but out of all of them, i have to say that fantasy is what draws me in. One of the popular fictional stories that is selling like crazy right now is the Twilight series. All the young people are into this love story between a mortal human and a vampire. My favorite fiction stories are scary stories. Fiction explores possibilities limited only by the imagination. I like how our text book quotes that stretching the imagination through literature has wonderful psychological rewards, extending the boundaries of what we perceive as reality (Living Literature 179). Every child loves to daydream and imagine a different world of human beings and of creatures that talk. Reading fiction stories to our classrooms will keep our students interested in reading because we are showing them that there can exist a whole new world where anything is possible and can happen.