View the read alound “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad DayAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” (Linked below)
Explain your answers to the questions to analyze your chosen text:
Could this actually happen to the reader and is it a believable problem?
What is/are the main subject matter(s)? WHAT ARE THE THEMES?
How does the author treat the subject? Is it appropriate for the intended audience?
Does the author accurately portray the necessary details?
Does the author accurately & fairly portray both sides of the story/conflict?
Does the author present a multi-leveled/deep experience?
Does the author write with appropriate feeling/emotion?
Does the story encourage the child to think/ help a child develop perspective?
Since we are evaluating picture books in this course, use the following criteria from the Caldecott Medal (ALA) to analyze the books as well:
Excellence of execution in the artistic technique employed;
Excellence of pictorial interpretation of story or theme;
Appropriateness of style of illustration to the story or theme;
Delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting, mood through the pictures;
Excellence of presentation in recognition of the intended audience.
Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9q5nT_Wg7whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9q5nT_Wg7w
You can also use the uploaded lecture for further explination on contemporary realistic fiction.
Try your best. it does not need to be all the way perfect. But please make sure to not use any plagirism tools like “Chat GPT” they are easily detectable and banned in my university. When finished, paste work into ZeroGPT.com to ensure the text is human written
