EL 162

Children and Adolescent

Literature

IMELDA N. BINAY-AN, Ph.D.

ILOCOS SUR POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE

Tagudin Campus

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OVERVIEW on the MODULES for Children and Adolescent Literature

I. COURSE TITLE: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE

II. COURSE OVERVIEW: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE

Welcome!

To assist you along this line, four modules have been developed to support deeper
understanding along identified topics important for you as a pre-service teacher. The modules are as
follows:
Module 1. Children and Children’s Literature
Module 2. Elements of Children and Adolescent’s Literature
Module 3. Categories of Children and Adolescent’s Literature (with suitable text)
Module 4. Issues and Concerns in the Children and Adolescent’s Literature
Module 5. Teaching Children and Adolescent Literacy through Appropriate Books and
Strategies in Literature

III. COURSE STUDY GUIDE:

This module was prepared for you, my dear student, to work on your own. To have the best
in working with this module, you are reminded to follow these simple yet effective guidelines:

1. Manage your time well. A course study schedule is prepared for you to help you study
the modules in this course. The productive use of your time and energy will help you a
lot in finishing the scheduled activities.
2. Focus your attention. The key element for better understanding is having the focus on
the things to be done.
3. Give your best. Always remember that success will be attained in everything you do by
giving extra effort in the things you are doing. Giving your best also means observing
Honesty in doing the assigned tasks you are asked to do in this module. Never let
someone do the task for you or copy the work of your classmates.
4. Submit on time. Work diligently. Do not procrastinate. Remember time is gold. Work
immediately on the task at hand in order for you to follow scheduled time for
submission.
5. Be patient, Motivate yourself. Patience equates success. Always think of the bright
future ahead. And to get there, start moving now.
6. Answer confidently. Study hard, surf the internet, read and read and read more. The
more you know, the more confident you become.
7. Work independently. You can do it! Your future lies in your own hands and your own
decisions. So, practice working independently, trust yourself, be independent.
8. Contact me. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask me through my email
emybinayan@gmal.com or the group chat created for this class.

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IV. COURSE STUDY SCHEDULE:

To keep you on track for the best use of the modules in The Teacher and the Curriculum, the
study schedule is hereby presented for you to follow:

Week Topic Learning Activities Special Instructions

Week 1 Read Information on Research more information or details
to 3 Module 1. Children and the identified topics in regarding the topics. Take note of the
Children Literature module 1. important points and Write in your
 Personal and Notebook for The Teacher and the School
Academic Values Curriculum
of Literature to Answer/Perform the Work on the intended learning activity / in-
Children Intended Learning text questions and submit to your instructor.
 Relationship Activity Place answers in an Activity Notebook.
between Answer/research Work on the assignment then submit to your
Children’s /perform the instructor on the specified date. Written
Development and Assignment assignments will be placed in an Assignment
their Literature Notebook.
 Historical Answer Assessment or Compare answers with the answer key from
Background of Self-Check Activity your instructor. You must have to get a
Children’s perfect score before proceeding to the next
Literature activity, if not re-read the activity and have a
re-take.
Answer questions in Answer the questions asked in the study
the Study Guide guide. Write your answers in short bond
papers for compilation.
Week 4 Module 2. Elements of Read Information on Research more information or details
to 7 Children and Adolescent’s the identified topics in regarding the topics. Take note of the
Literature module 2 important points and Write in your
 Verbal Elements Notebook for Children and Adolescent
 Visual Elements Literature
 Other Stylistic Answer/Perform the Work on the intended learning activity / in-
Elements Intended Learning text questions and submit to your instructor.
Activity Place answers in an Activity Notebook.
Answer/research Work on the assignment then submit to your
/perform the instructor on the specified date. Written
Assignment assignments will be placed in an Assignment
Notebook.
Answer Assessment or Compare answers with the answer key from
Self-Check Activity your instructor. You must have to get a
perfect score before proceeding to the next
activity, if not re-read the activity and have a
re-take.
Answer questions in Answer the questions asked in the study
the Study Guide guide. Write your answers in short bond
papers for compilation.
Week 8 Module 3. Categories of Read Information on Research more information or details
to 12 Children and Adolescent’s the identified topics in regarding the topics. Take note of the
Literature (with suitable module 3 important points and Write in your
texts) Notebook for Children and Adolescent
Literature
 Poetry Answer/Perform the Work on the intended learning activity / in-
 Picture Books Intended Learning text questions and submit to your instructor.
 Traditional Activity Place answers in an Activity Notebook.
Literature Answer/research Work on the assignment then submit to your

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 Modern Fables /perform the instructor on the specified date. Written
 Modern Fantasy Assignment assignments will be placed in an Assignment
 Realistic Fiction Notebook.
 Non-Fiction Answer Assessment or Compare answers with the answer key from
(Biographies and Self-Check Activity your instructor. You must have to get a
Essays) perfect score before proceeding to the next
 Historical Fiction activity, if not re-read the activity and have a
 Multi-cultural and re-take.
International Answer questions in Answer the questions asked in the study
Literature the Study Guide guide. Write your answers in short bond
papers for compilation.

Week 13 Module 4. Issues and Read Information on Research more information or details
to 15 Concerns in Children’s and the identified topics in regarding the topics. Take note of the
Adolescent’s Literature module 4 important points and Write in your
 Censorship Notebook for The Teacher and the School
 Social Issues Curriculum.
 Political Answer/Perform the Work on the intended learning activity / in-
Correctness in Intended Learning text questions and submit to your instructor.
Fables and Tales Activity Place answers in an Activity Notebook.
 Rewriting/Deconst Answer/research Work on the assignment then submit to your
ruction of Classical /perform the instructor on the specified date. Written
Tales Assignment assignments will be placed in an Assignment
 Movie and TV Notebook.
Versions Answer Assessment or Compare answers with the answer key from
Self-Check Activity your instructor. You must have to get a
perfect score before proceeding to the next
activity, if not re-read the activity and have a
re-take.
Answer questions in Answer the questions asked in the study
the Study Guide guide. Write your answers in short bond
papers for compilation.
Week 16 Module 5. Teaching Read Information on Research more information or details
to 18 Children and Adolescent the identified topics in regarding the topics. Take note of the
Literacy through module 5 important points and Write in your
Appropriate Books and Notebook for Children and Adolescent
Strategies in Literature Literature
 Multiculturalism Answer/Perform the Work on the intended learning activity / in-
 Storytelling and Intended Learning text questions and submit to your instructor.
Reading Aloud Activity Place answers in an Activity Notebook.
 Choice and Types Answer/research Work on the assignment then submit to your
of Books /perform the instructor on the specified date. Written
 Media and Assignment assignments will be placed in an Assignment
Technology in Notebook.
Children Answer Assessment or Compare answers with the answer key from
Adolescent Self-Check Activity your instructor. You must have to get a
Literature perfect score before proceeding to the next
activity, if not re-read the activity and have a
re-take.
Answer questions in Answer the questions asked in the study
the Study Guide guide. Write your answers in short bond
papers for compilation.
V. COURSE EVALUATION:

To pass the course, you must:

1. Submit all course requirements to include the following:

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a. Activity Notebook with answers of the in-text questions given in the four
modules;
b. Assignment Notebook or Assignment Outputs
c. Evaluation Activities (checklist or self-test)
d. Compilation of Answers to the Study Guide for the four modules.

2. Pass all examinations:

a. Pre-test and Post-test Exams; Quizzes
b. Midterm examination
c. Final examination
V. HOW TO USE THIS MODULE:

Welcome!

The Module, “Child and Adolescent Literature”, is a course which comprises the
knowledge, skills and attitudes required for a future educator. Kindly refer to the
FLOWCHART given in the next page for your guide on how to use the module.

DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THIS

MODULE. All answers to study guide,
activities, assignments, exercises and tests
should be written on a SEPARATE SHEET.

There are a number of symbols in this module to guide you as you study:

This tells you to take note of or to remember an important point.

This tells you there is an Intended Learning Activity for you to accomplish.

This tells you there is an assignment or research activity to be undertaken.

This tells you there is an Assessment or Self-Test.

This tells you the summary of the module.

This tells you of the study guide for you to work upon.

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FLOWCHART ON HOW TO USE THE MODULE

STEP 1

Obtain module from your instructor and

answer the pre-test

STEP 2

Study and work at the module at your own

(or with a group as the case may be)

STEP 3

After finishing the module, inform your

instructor and obtain the posttest booklet

STEP 4

Complete the posttest in the classroom

STEP 6

If you did not pass the posttest, re-

study the module with emphasis on
those questions not passed

STEP 5

Give the completed posttest to your

instructor for evaluation

STEP 6

If you past the posttest, proceed to

the next module

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Descriptive Title: Children and Adolescent Literature Professor: Dr. Imelda N. Binay-an
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MODULE 1:

Children and Children’s Literature

WHAT IS THE MODULE ALL ABOUT?

This module is designed for you who are enrolled in the course “Child and Adolescent
Literature”. This is the first series of modules that will help and assist you become an expert pre-
service educator.

YOU WILL STUDY THE FOLLOWING TOPICS IN THIS MODULE:

1. Personal and Academic Values of Literature to Children

2. Relationship between Children’s Development and their Literature
3. Historical Background of Children’s Literature

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES:

After studying and working with this module, you must be able to:

1. Expound on children and adolescent literature and its historical development in relation
to today’s rich repertoire; and
2. Recognize how language development can be achieved through the use of children and
adolescent literature.

Prepare yourself with the topics in module 1, remember our study guide and
follow our study schedule.
Children’s literature has always had a place in the school curriculum. The literacy
experiences of young people have changed from time to time but the basic commitment to
literature as a valuable ingredient to education has remained.

The problem is the dearth of reading materials; the practical values of children’s books have not
been freely recognized. With tis, children turn to anything that is accessible to them like comics,
songbooks and magazines. They watch mediocre TV shows and listen to the soapbox operas and
other radio programs.

With the above predicament on the kind of environment the depraved child grow up with
questionable values in life. Unless there are people who are aware of the needs of the child those
existing conditions are not possible to change. These changes should be a cooperative undertaking
combining the effort of those who touch the child’s life- parents, teachers and librarian. They can
work effectively to develop children a love of literature to expand the horizon and enhance their
worth as children who will someday become worthwhile adults. The result is they will contribute to
their country’s program and prosperity and who can be versatile in meeting the challenge of a
rapidly changing motion.

The world of books offers children rich opportunities for developing into good citizens and well-
rounded personalities who will be assets to their family and society.

1. Through books they may partly fulfil their basic emotional needs.
2. Books are no substitute for living, they can add immeasurably to its richness.

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3. Literature in a child’s life provides a therapeutic value that must be recognized.
a. It provides emotional release.
b. The childe develops his taste in reading for pleasure.
c. It fulfils a need in the classroom which does not confine it to the language arts alone.
d. It can enrich their own language.
e. It offers many opportunities for creative teaching.
f. It provides various experiences which enhance to creative development of children.
4. Literature is entertainment.

Creative teaching of literature contributes to creative development of the child in many ways.

1. It can stimulate children to write for themselves.

2. It can help build a vocabulary that will help the child to express himself better.
3. It can help children build shills in expression.
4. It can develop sensitivity to sights, sounds, words, life’s problems and people.

Good books are children’s best friends.

Assignment:
1. Explain: Books have therapeutic value for children. Cite instances how this is done.

Activity:

1. Identify concepts, values and development of children and adolescent literature.

Assessment/Self-Check. Answer or suggest.

1. Name activities and devices which can be used to develop children’s interest in literature.
2. Soon you will become parents…. If you are a parent of 2 to 4 years old, how do you start
literature in your child’s life.
3. Recall, when you were young around 2 to 4 years old how did your parents familiarize you
in the field of literature.

Did you do well? Go on to the next

topic if you did. If not, re-read this
unit, giving emphasis to the lessons
you did not fully understand.

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CHILRENS’S READING INTEREST

Children’s reading materials were chosen in the light of their needs and interests and serve as an
essential factor in their development and growth. Good literature brings the child into contact with
great minds and various forms of experiences, increasing his knowledge of human nature and of the
expanding world around him. Literature does not only increase the child’s knowledge about life and
living but can also become a springboard for creative writing, dramatics, art and music.

It is necessary to know each child-his interests, capacities, needs, and aspirations. Parents, teachers
and librarian have to share the responsibility of helping a child find the right books and provide
activities related to his interest and needs.

Interest is an expression of an individual’s pattern of reaction or behavior toward himself, his

environment, his associates and the situations he may find himself. It may develop from early
childhood and progresses onward as result of experience. It can be interpreted as a motivating force
that stimulates the individual to participate in one activity rather than in another.

Needs “desire for what are called or considered necessities”. It is lack of these necessities. They are
strong motivations that have to be met.

They have been classified as physical, mental, emotional, social, moral, spiritual, aesthetic, economic
and recreational. Other educators classify needs as: need for emotional security, need for material,
intellectual, spiritual, need to belong, to be a part of a group, need for recreation and diversion,
need for aesthetic satisfaction.

1. Need for Material Security

The child’s need of material or economic security comes first and begins in his mother’s or
father’s arms. This includes his regular routine of eating and sleeping and everything that
gives him comfort and well-being.

2. Need for Emotional Security

Every child needs to be loved and wanted. It is a higher kind of security than material or
economic security. It has an inner and spiritual quality made up of love, courage, and
happiness- the fundamental factors of security which every child should have and build into
his ideals of family life. Example: Laura Ingall’s “Little on the Prairie” and Louisa May Alcott’s
“Little Women”.

3. Need for Intellectual Security

A child with keen intelligence has a wide intellectual curiosity about many things.
Intelligence of a child is augmented from reading materials, from household gadgets to
radio, television and nowadays through technology.

4. Need for Spiritual Security

Spiritual security enables the individual to surmount dangers, overcome failure and even
tragedies. It is a result of a strong religious belief. It grows out of a belief in God.

5. The Need to Belong

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The need to be accepted in a group is very important. A child starts by saying “My Mommy”
or “My Daddy” or “My Big Brother” with great pride. These maybe signs that he is beginning
to identify himself with his family and then later on will identify with his gang, his school, his
community, his town or city and then his country and perhaps with other world groups.

6. The Need to Love and be Loved

Every human being wants to love and be loved. It is in his family that the child learns his first
lesson in the loves of affectionate relationships. His sense of security develops from these
family patterns. When family relationships are normal and happy, a child starts his life with
health attitudes. If a child feels he is loved and he knows his love is accepted, the result is he
will learn to love other people outside his family. If he feels unloved and unwanted, he is
suspicious and antagonistic towards other people.

7. The Need to Achieve, to Do or be Someone Worthy of Respect

Children, as well as adults have a strong desire to achieve, to do something for which they
respected and loved. The child’s first heroes are his father who buys things for him and his
mother who prepares his food. Children enjoy the tales of adventures, mystery and career
stories. Interest and devotion to a worthy cause, untiring service to the needs of others
leads children to read about the lives of people who had worthy achievements.

8. Need for Recreation or Change

One right of a child is to rest or play as a part of the desire for change. If they work and study
hard, they need rest or play. They need freedom from pressures like failure in school, family
troubles, and feelings of social and physical as well as mental inferiority. They seek escape in
books. They need literature that will take them away from the ill-effects of the increasing social,
political economic and religious tension and fears of the modern world.

9. The Need for Aesthetic Satisfaction

The need to adorn, to make beautiful, and to enjoy beauty is another human need. Man
seeks aesthetic satisfaction. In one form or another and at various degrees of taste. The
development of the child’s aesthetic tastes depends not only upon his innate capabilities but
also the material given to him and how it is presented.

Reading interest of children is a sequential development from one age level to the next. The
developmental preferences provide a scientific basis in the preparation and selection of
their reading material.

a. Before the age of two years.

Reading interests arise from experience that go back to early infancy. It is observed
in the child’s handling of books, his interest in looking at pictures, his poses as
though he is reading and making baby sounds as he looks at the pictures, and his
desire for story telling being read too.

b. From three to six years

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At this age, children show love for factual stories, rhymes, jingle stories, with
attractive e illustrations that can be discussed with an older person. They are
interested in “what happened”, “what could happen” and fanciful stories.

c. From six to seven years

These ages of children do not read too well yet. Their literature is simple in content
and style and often they are read to them by adults. Children want stories about
children of their own kind. They like funny stories and animal tales.

d. Children eight and ten

Between the ages eight and ten children begin to read for themselves. Their interest
is in folk and fairy tales. They love stories about real children. Boys and girls have the
same reading interests

e. Children from eleven to twelve

There are already differences in the reading interest of boys and girls. Girls show
more interest in stories about home life and domestic happenings, in romance and
in quiet social situations. Boys show greater interest in vigorous venture and
aggressive action.

f. High school age level

This older group of children show interest in history, biography, magazine articles
dealing in social and natural environment. They read stories that deal with situations
that are not only impossible but nonsensical and they also read books about travel,
nature, history, description about other lands and people.

An adult person’s interests as well as the child’s interests undergo changes. This is
also true with their needs.

Every child is unique so his needs and interests, and reading ability should be fully
understood to serve as a guide in helping him select his reading materials.

Assignment:
1. Research on different titles of children’s literature suited to particular age level.

Assessment/Self-Check.
In your own words, explain the following:
1. Literature is entertainment.
2. There is a therapeutic value of literature that must be recognized.
3. Literature fulfils a need in the classroom which does not confine it too the language arts alone.

Course Code: EL 162

Descriptive Title: Children and Adolescent Literature Professor: Dr. Imelda N. Binay-an
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CONGRATULATIONS! YOU DID A SPLENDID JOB.

Didmodule
Now, let us summarize what we have learned in this you do well?
If you did, read the summary for the
lessons learned in this module, then
answer the study guide. And get ready for
the post-test.
STUDY GUIDE:
If not, re-read this section

 Congratulations! You have successfully

completed all the modules for your course
Children and Adolescent Literature.
Remember to keep on improving to attain
quality curriculum. Please complete the Post-
test from your instructor.

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Course Code: EL 162

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