Module 11 Overview
Module Content
Final Presentation
For your final video presentation assignment, I want you to choose a book that you feel represents a voice that we haven’t heard at all or enough in the traditional children’s literature canon. As you choose a book for this final assignment, think about the relationship between classic and canon and what might mark a book as a potential classic. Does the book you chose have the potential to become a classic? Is it especially timely for right now? Do you think it will speak to children in the future as well?
Read us an excerpt and use your introduction to make the case for why this book should be added to expand the canon of literature for young people.
When you post your video on the classroom stream, please include 3-4 sentences of introduction to entice your classmates to read your book/listen to your presentation.
You will be recording a video for this final presentation.
This book can be for any age range that you consider ‘children’s literature.
Your video should be approximately 5-7 minutes total.
Sign Up for a Final Grade Meeting/Self-Reflection
You must turn in your self-reflection (and any outstanding work you want me to consider) at least 24 hours before your sign-up time.
Your reflection should be around 500 words and should be sent by email.
Questions that may prompt you for this reflection: What have you learned about yourself as a speaker? As a listener? As a critical thinker and interpreter of sources? What worked for you or didn’t work for you in terms of this course overall? Were there exercises, readings, or discussions that were particularly helpful? Particularly awful? In terms of preparing for presentations what helped? What might you take away from this course for the future? What do you feel you still could improve on or work towards? Were there things you took away that could apply to other areas of school or life?
Look back at the initial course learning outcomes – do you feel you’ve made progress toward these?
Finally, what grade would you give yourself? What is your justification for this?
As with any writing, the more you can support your statements with examples, the stronger it will be.
This self-reflection process is meant to solidify for you what you have learned this semester in terms of both concrete and abstract ideas. Please think critically and be honest. Please be honest with yourself and with me as it is the best way for both of us to improve as learners. Remember, this and our individual grade meeting are considered your final exam and failure to submit it will affect your grade outcome.
