WRITING ASSIGNMENT.

Bonus: TALES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Reading time:

• AFRICAN TALES
• LATINAMERICAN TALES
• ASIAN TALES
• AUSTRALIAN TALES
• TALES, MYTHS, FABLES  from DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT: Write a short analysis (2 or 3-paragraph article) that inlcudes different children's short stories, nationalities, analyises, elements, etc. You may choose two or more items and compare or contrast them. Remember to study specific short stories, avoid overgeneralizations.

DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 19

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ANALYSIS (sing noun) vs ANALYSES (plural noun)

How did all these people contribute to the analysis of Literature for children?

1. Vladimir Propp
2. Bruno Bettelheim

Write at least one paragraph for each name.



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Study notes: ELEMENTS OF A STORY

Create your STUDY NOTES

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. Elements of a Story (click HERE)
 Make a brief summary to explain.:

• SETTING
• CHARACTERS
• SEQUENCE
• EXPOSITION
• CONFLICT
• CLIMAX
• RESOLUTION

Deadline:

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Torres, C. (2003): Traditional Tales: History and Genre. Puerto Rico: Univ. of Puerto Ricoat Humacao CCC.

Read the whole book, Create a CONCEPT/MIND MAP that includes ALL the information from the text. 

Tools: 

• CMAP TOOLS: in your netbooks, it can be used off-line
• Bubbl.us: available at https://bubbl.us/ (on line, you need to sign in)
• other ?

DEADLINE:

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What is "literature for children"?
Click here for an introduction.
In this site you'll find more useful information.
Feel free to visit other sites to complete your introduction.


As you may have seen in literature for children there are many important names:

• Charles Perrault. Visit this site for more information
• Grimm brothers. If you want to read more, click here
• Hans Christian Andersen

Browse these sites and write an account of these writers. Don't forget to mention their nationalities, chronology, general characteristics, etc

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A grammar book.

Here you have an excellent grammar book, a classic!

Thompson, A. & Martinet, A (1986). A Practical English Grammar. UK: OUP

(click on the PICTURE to go to the book)










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