WK2 Application EDUC2002

Quality Checklist

As part of the Application Assignment for this course, you will be compiling a list of attributes that contribute to quality and excellence in children’s and adolescent literature. Creating this Quality Checklist will help you evaluate books for your Annotated Booklist and serve as a reference as you assess other books in the future. Use this template for writing your Quality Checklists in Weeks 1–5.

The Quality Checklist and Annotated Booklist for Weeks 1 and 2 are due at the end of Week 2; and the final Quality Checklist and Annotated Booklist for Weeks 1–5 are due at the end of Week 5.

Week 1: Children’s and Adolescent Literature: An Overview

Based on what you have learned about children’s and adolescent literature this week, describe in your own words at least five characteristics of quality children’s and adolescent literature in general, and five characteristics of quality culturally diverse literature.

Reminder: Evaluating the quality of any book entails not only assessing it for racism and sexism, but also making sure that class, sexual orientation, and/or exceptionalities are portrayed without bias.

General characteristics of quality children’s and adolescent literature:

1. [Describe at least 5 characteristics here.]

Characteristics of quality culturally diverse literature:

1. [Describe at least 5 characteristics here.]

Week 2: Picture Books

Based on what you have learned about picture books this week, add at least five new entries to the "Characteristics of quality picture books.” Make sure to describe the characteristics in your own words. Based on what you have learned the first two weeks of this course, add five new entries to the “Characteristics of quality culturally diverse literature.”

Characteristics of quality picture books:

1. [Describe at least 5 characteristics here.]

Characteristics of quality culturally diverse literature cont.:

1. [Describe at least 5 characteristics here.]

Week 3: Poetry, Folklore, Fantasy, and Science Fiction

Based on what you have learned about poetry, folklore, fantasy, and science fiction this week, add at least three new entries for each genre. Make sure to write the entries in your own words.

Characteristics of quality poetry:

1. [Describe at least 3 characteristics here.]

Characteristics of quality folklore:

1. [Describe at least 3 characteristics here.]

Characteristics of quality fantasy or science fiction:

1. [Describe at least 3 characteristics here.]

Week 4: Contemporary Realistic Fiction and Historical Fiction

Based on what you have learned about contemporary realistic fiction and historical fiction this week, add at least five entries for each genre. Make sure to write the entries in your own words.

Characteristics of quality contemporary realistic fiction:

1. [Describe at least 5 characteristics here.]

Characteristics of quality historical fiction:

1. [Describe at least 5 characteristics here.]

Week 5: Biography and Nonfiction

Based on what you have learned about biographies and nonfiction literature this week, add at least five entries for each genre. Make sure to write the entries in your own words.

Characteristics of quality nonfiction:

1. [Describe at least 5 characteristics here.]

Characteristics of quality biographies:

1. [Describe at least 5 characteristics here.]