Dumulag, Karen Kate N.

BSED 2A

FINAL ACTIVITY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE

Directions: Below are the Categories of Children and Adolescents’ Literature

(with suitable texts). Your tasks will be the following:

1.Choose one among the suitable texts/samples given in each lesson/category.

In your own understanding, state the summary of your chosen literary
masterpieces (per category). (15 points per summary)

Lesson 1: Poetry

Jabberwocky by L. Caroll
 Summary:

Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" tells an epic story in seven four-

line stanzas with twenty-eight nonsense phrases. Despite the fact that there
are numerous nonsense words, the reader can still make sense of the
nonsense by analyzing how the nonsense words are used in conjunction with
the ordinary words to determine the occurrences of this epic poem.

Each stanza adds to the plot of a young boy whose father warns him
about all the nonsense he will face in life and how he must confront this
nonsense in order to learn the true meaning of life. Furthermore, the mood
shifts throughout each stanza as the tension builds and is finally released
upon the Jabberwock's slaughter.

The epic hero's quest begins in the second stanza. It is at this point that
the father warns the child about a Jabberwock, which has "jaws that bite and
claws that catch," as well as other terrifying creatures such as a Jubjub bird
and a Bandersnatch.

In the third stanza, the son begins his quest by taking his "vorpal sword
in hand" and searching for the Jabberwock. He "rested under the Tumtum
tree" and meditated along those lines.

The encounter with the Jabberwock occurs in the fourth stanza, when
the hideous creature appears from the forest, making strange noises, and
attacks the child. "The Jabberwock, with eyes of flames, came whistling
through the tulgy wood and burbling as it arrived," the hero, the son, triumphs
in the third stanza by cutting off the Jabberwock's head. "The vorpal blade
snickered-snack!"

The hero, the kid, triumphs in the fifth stanza when he kills the
Jabberwock by chopping off his head. "The vorpal blade snickered-snack!" He
left it dead, and galloped back with its head." to his father.

In the sixth stanza, the child returns home, and the father is overjoyed;
they are celebrating. "Oh, delicate day!" Callooh! Callay! " The father exclaims
at the conclusion of the epic journey.

The final stanza is a repetition of the first, with life returning to the
beginning environment, implying that life has returned to normal. Because of
the Jabberwock's death, the morning's unsettled and uncomfortable feeling
may have vanished.

Lesson 2: Picture Books

Where the Wild Things Are by M. Sendak

Summary:

Max, the youngster, is mischievous, chasing after the dog with a fork.
His mother refers to him as a "wild thing," and she sends him to bed without
supper when he is cheeky to her. Max, dressed as a wolf, is so enraged that
Lesson 4: Modern Fables

Peter Rabbit by B. Potter

Summary:

This is a story of an ethnic rabbit's family. When a widowed mother

informs the rabbit children that her father has entered the field, McGregor
captures her, bakes her a pie, and warns her not to enter McGregor's field.
Instead of listening to their mother, the rabbit's three daughters went to pick
blackberries, but Peter McGregor walked to the field and ate a vegetarian
breakfast there. I ate it.

Peter, who had a stomach ache from eating too many vegetables, was
seeking for parsley. Mr. McGregor, on the other hand, located Peter, who fled
with such force that his jacket and shoes could be ripped off and hid in the
hut's water can, but he was soon discovered.

Peter, on the other hand, was able to flee, and McGregor ultimately lost
sight of him. Peter located the first gate to enter from a distance after gently
crossing McGregor's cat. Mr. McGregor, on the other hand, discovered Peter
and pursued him. Peter flees at a look and fights to avoid being caught at the
gate, but he succeeds.

Peter left his jacket and shoes on the field as he fled. Scarecrow will
hang jackets and shoes on McGregor's field. Peter appeared sick when he
arrived home, so his mother put him to bed and let him sleep. Peter drank
chamomile tea as the other well-behaved children ate excellent bread and
raspberries for dinner and drank milk.

Lesson 5: Modern Fantasy

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by L. Caroll

Summary:

On a hot summer day, Alice is drowsily reading over her sister's

shoulder on a riverbank when she notices a White Rabbit in a waistcoat racing
by. The White Rabbit takes out his pocket watch and announces that he is late
before disappearing down a rabbit hole. Alice follows the White Rabbit down
the rabbit hole and finds herself in a long corridor lined with doors. She
discovers a little door and opens it with a key she finds on a nearby table.
Alice sees a lovely garden through the door and starts to cry when she learns
she can't fit through it. She comes across a bottle labeled "DRINK ME" and
drinks it down. She shrinks to the proper size to enter the door, but she is
unable to do so since the key is on the tabletop over her head. Alice comes
across a cake with the words "EAT ME" on it, which causes her to expand to
an abnormally huge size. Alice begins to cry again, unable to approach the
garden, and her huge tears form a pool at her feet. Alice shrinks and collapses
into the pool of tears as she sobs. As she treads water, the pool of tears
transforms into a sea, and she encounters a Mouse. Alice is accompanied by
the Mouse to the shore, where a group of animals has collected on a bank.
Alice scares the animals away with tales about her cat, Dinah, after a "Caucus
Race," and discovers

Alice runs into the White Rabbit again, who mistook her for a servant
and dispatched her to get his belongings. Alice consumes an unmarked bottle
of liquid and grows to the size of the room while at the White Rabbit's
residence. The White Rabbit returns home, enraged at the now-huge Alice,
but she swats him and his servants away with her giant hand. Outside, the
animals try to get her out of the house by throwing pebbles at her, which, for
some reason, turn into cakes when they hit the house. When Alice consumes
one of the cakes, she shrinks to a little size. She wanders off into the woods,
where she encounters a Caterpillar smoking a hookah on a mushroom (i.e., a
water pipe). Before the Caterpillar crawls away in disgust, he advises Alice
that different sections of the mushroom will cause her to grow or shrink. Alice
takes a bite of mushroom and arches her neck above the treetops. When a
pigeon sees her, it thinks she's a serpent looking for pigeon eggs and attacks.

Alice consumes another portion of the mushroom and returns to her

usual size. She travels around till she stumbles to the Duchess's mansion.
She walks in and sees the Duchess breastfeeding a squealing infant, as well
as a grining Cheshire Cat and a Cook tossing large amounts of pepper into a
soup kettle. The Duchess treats Alice badly before leaving to prepare for a
croquet match with the Queen. The Duchess hands Alice the baby as she
walks away, which Alice discovers is a pig. Alice releases the pig and returns
to the forest, where she encounters the Cheshire Cat once more. The March
Hare's mansion is directed by the Cheshire Cat, who then fades away to
nothing but a floating grin.
 The March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and the Dormouse are having tea at
the March Hare's house when Alice arrives. Alice stands by the tea party,
uninvited, after being treated harshly by all three. She discovers that they
have messed up Time and are stuck in a never-ending tea party. Alice departs
and travels across the wilderness after a final discourtesy. She comes to a
tree with an entrance in its side and enters it to return to the vast hall. She
takes the key and shrinks down with the mushroom to enter the garden.

Alice joins the Queen of Hearts in an unusual game of croquet after

saving numerous gardeners from the Queen's wrath. The croquet ground is
mountainous, the mallets and balls are real flamingos and hedgehogs, and the
Queen furiously calls for the executions of the other players. In the middle of
this mayhem, Alice runs across the Cheshire Cat, who inquires about her well-
being. The King of Hearts interrupts their talk and tries to intimidate the
Cheshire Cat, who ignores him impudently. The King takes offense and orders
the Cheshire Cat's execution, but no one can agree on how to behead it
because it is now merely a head floating in midair.

The Duchess approaches Alice and makes an attempt to befriend her,

but she makes Alice uncomfortable. The Queen of Hearts rushes the Duchess
away and informs Alice that she must go see the Mock Turtle in order to hear
his narrative. The Queen of Hearts sends Alice to meet the Mock Turtle,
escorted by the Gryphon. Alice tells the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon about
her weird adventures, and they listen sympathetically and comment on how
strange they are. They hear an announcement that a trial is about to
commence after listening to the Mock Turtle's account, and the Gryphon
returns Alice to the croquet ground.

The Knave of Hearts is accused of stealing the Queen's tarts and is on

trial. The proceedings are led by the King of Hearts, and several witnesses
take the stand to testify. Both the Mad Hatter and the Cook testify, but nothing
they say makes sense. As a herald, the White Rabbit summons Alice to the
witness stand. The King's line of questioning leads nowhere, but the White
Rabbit reveals additional proof in the form of a letter written by the Knave,
which gives him hope. The letter turns out to be a poem, which the King
perceives as the Knave's admission of guilt. Alice rejects the King's
interpretation of the note, believing it to be gibberish. The Queen becomes
enraged and orders Alice's beheading, but Alice grows to enormous
proportions and strikes down the Queen's army of playing cards.
Lesson 6: Realistic Fiction
Alice wakes herself wide awake on her sister's lap, back at the
riverbank. While her sister ponders Alice's exploits, she tells her sister about
her dream and goes inside for tea.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by J. Kinney

Summary:

Greg Heffley's mother gives him a notebook to write and draw in when
he starts his final year of middle school, and this book is the result of those
recordings. Greg starts his journal by characterizing the other students and
studying middle school popularity, a trait he will be looking for throughout the
year. He narrates a story about an old slice of cheese that was left on a
basketball court outside. Anyone who touches the cheese will be cursed and
shunned. Greg introduces his older brother, Rodrick, who plays the drums in a
heavy metal band and teases Greg mercilessly; his younger brother, Manny,
who is treated like a prince; and his best buddy, Rowley. Greg is “super good”
at video games even though his father is continually encouraging him to
spend more time outdoors. Greg is found using headphones to listen to
Rodrick's CDs with parental warning labels and is given a video-game ban.
Greg campaigns for class treasurer at school, but the vice principal throws his
offensive posters in the trash.

Greg and Rowley build their own haunted home in Rowley's basement
in October, inspired by a haunted house in town. Rowley's father catches the
lads crawling beneath the bed, shutting down the haunted house and putting
Rowley on probation for a week. Later, when trick-or-treating, Greg and
Rowley are soaked by a gang of high teenagers in a vehicle (known as the
Whirley Street Kids). The youths pursue Greg and Rowley after they threaten
to call the cops. When Greg's mother insists that they return home, Greg's
father soaks them in the driveway.

Greg's physical education teacher announces a wrestling unit in

November, and the boys are partnered by weight, which means Greg will
battle another lightweight named Fregley. Greg wants to increase his weight
class and asks his parents for a bench press. But they want to wait until
Christmas to buy one. Greg's mother forces him to audition for The Wizard of
Oz, in which he is cast as a tree. The play turns out to be a flop. Greg
requests the computer game Twisted Wizard for Christmas, and the family
purchases a red sweater for a church Giving Tree program. The morning of
Christmas, Greg is given a bench press, but he is unconcerned about it. Mom
also gives Greg the red sweater intended for the Giving Tree by accident.
Greg gave Rowley a child's Big Wheel and an L'il Cutie book he received (but
disliked) for Christmas. Greg is sent to bed early on New Year's Eve after
teasing Manny.

Greg and Rowley devise a Big Wheel game in which Greg throws a
football at Rowley while riding down a hill in January. Rowley, unfortunately,
fractures his hand and receives a great deal of compassion and attention at
school. Greg enrolls in Independent Study, and his class is given the task of
building a robot; however, the session is canceled after the boys produce a list
of all the words that the robot should not speak. Greg and Rowley volunteer to
walk kindergarteners home midway through the day as part of Safety Patrol. It
snows in February, and Greg and Rowley attempt to break the world record
for the highest snowman, but are ambushed by the Whirley Street youngsters.
When the school paper needs a new cartoonist, Greg and Rowley come up
with "Zoo-Wee Mama!" cartoons. " Greg constructs his own character,
Creighton the Cretin, and submits multiple prototypes before winning the job.
Mr. Ira, on the other hand, transforms Greg's masterpiece into a math-themed
comic.
Greg chases the kindergarteners with a worm on a stick in March, and
Rowley is held responsible. When Greg is undecided about confessing,
Rowley tells the truth. Greg is dismissed from the Safety Patrol, while Rowley
is promoted. Collin Lee, Rowley's new best friend, arrives in April. Greg goes
to Fregley's place for an overnight when Rowley has a sleepover with Collin,
but it goes badly. Greg determines that he wants to be known as Class Clown
during this time.

When Greg's history instructor announces that they will have a

substitute in May, he sees an opportunity to play a practical joke, but his plan
backfires when his mother arrives and embarrasses him. "Zoo-Wee Mama!" is
Rowley's first cartoon for the school paper. Rowley and Greg nearly fight on
the playground when Greg confronts him about stealing his idea. Rowley is
forced to eat the cheese from the basketball court by the Halloween
adolescents. When someone finds the cheese is missing the next day, Greg
takes responsibility. Greg and Rowley rekindle their friendship in June. Greg
throws his yearbook in the trash on the last day of school, when Rowley is
named Class Clown.

Lesson 7: Non-Fiction (Biographies and Essays)

Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by A. Frank

Summary:

Anne's diary begins on June 12, 1942, on her thirteenth birthday, and
finishes shortly after she becomes fifteen. Anne discusses pretty standard
girlhood experiences in the beginning of her diary, writing about her
friendships with other girls, her affections on males, and her scholastic
achievements at school. Anne and her older sister, Margot, attended the
Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam because anti-Semitic laws required Jews to
separate schools.

In the years running up to World War II, the Franks fled to the
Netherlands to avoid persecution in Germany. The Franks were compelled to
flee the Netherlands after the German invasion in 1940. They relocated into a
small covert annex above Otto Frank's office with another family, the van
Daans, and an acquaintance, Mr. Dussel, where they had stashed food and
supplies. Otto's employees assisted in the hiding of the Franks and provided
them with food, medicine, and knowledge about the outside world.

The residents of the annex listen to the radio to keep up with every
event in the war. Some news items strike Anne's interest and end up in her
journal, giving her personal views a rich historical backdrop. Adults make
optimistic predictions about when the war will finish, and Allied setbacks or
German advances have a significant impact on their attitude. During the two
years that the Franks are hidden, Amsterdam is destroyed by the war.
Everyone in the city suffers as food gets scarce and robberies become more
common.
Anne frequently expresses her sentiments of solitude and loneliness in
her writing. She has a turbulent relationship with the adults in the annex,
especially her mother, whom she thinks to be devoid of love and affection. Mr.
and Mrs. van Daan, as well as Mr. Dussel, constantly reprimand and criticize
her father. Margot, Anne's sister, is intelligent, attractive, and agreeable, but
Anne does not feel close to her and does not write much about her. Anne
soon forms a deep bond with Peter van Daan, the annex's teenage son. Mr.
Frank, on the other hand, does not approve, and Anne's adoration begins to
fade.

Throughout her journal entries, Anne matures significantly, ranging from

detailed recounts of everyday occurrences to deeper, more meaningful
reflections on humanity and her own inner nature. She doesn't see why Jews
are singled out and persecuted. Anne also has to deal with her own identity.
Despite the fact that she considers herself German, her German citizenship
has been withdrawn, and despite the fact that she calls Holland home, many
Dutch people have turned against Jews. Anne feels a strong sense of
solidarity with her oppressed people, but she also wants to be recognized as
an individual rather than a member of a marginalized group.

Anne deals with captivity and deprivation, as well as the delicate and
challenging themes of growing up amid the horrific circumstances of the
Holocaust, during the course of the two years recounted in her diary. Her diary
chronicles her effort to define herself in this oppressive environment. On
August 1, 1944, Anne's diary comes to a close without comment, the end of a
seemingly ordinary day that left us hoping for another note on the next page.
On August 4, 1944, the Frank family is betrayed by the Nazis and captured.
Anne's diary, which documents the thoughts and observations of a creative,
sociable, occasionally petty, and otherwise ordinary young girl, comes to an
abrupt and silent conclusion.

The family's lone survivor, Otto Frank, retrieves Anne's diary from Miep.
He chooses to publish Anne's journal in order to fulfill her desires. Anne's
diary becomes a criticism of the Holocaust's terrible tragedy, and one of the
rare testimonies from the perspective of a young person.

It is inappropriate to examine Anne's diary as a novel or other work of

fiction because it is a true personal record of a life in concealment. Parts of the
diary were plainly intended for public consumption, while others were definitely
not. Before discussing plot development or thematic content, it is crucial to
understand the diary's horrific background, World War II and the Holocaust.

Lesson 8: Historical Fiction

Little House on The Prairie by L. Wilder

Summary:

Little House on the Prairie opens with the Ingalls family—Ma, Pa, Mary,
Laura, and Baby Carrie—traveling from Wisconsin's "great woods" to Indian
Territory. They make the decision to depart because the Wisconsin woods
have become overcrowded. Their journey to their new home in a covered
wagon is exciting, as they cross the Mississippi and a creek, leaving their dog,
Jack, behind. Later, when camping in their wagon on the plains, Jack
mysteriously discovers them.

When they find a suitable location on the prairie, where there is plenty
of game and fish, Pa, assisted by Ma, constructs their new home out of logs,
injuring Ma's ankle in the process. Mr. Edwards, a neighbor, joins them in
singing and dancing to Pa's fiddle music. Pa makes the roof of the house out
of the wagon's canvas top. He also builds a stable for their horses, Pet and
Patty, and then assists Mr. Edwards in the construction of his home. Pa
observes a group of 50 wolves out on the prairie, and they later approach the
house, where Laura sees them. Laura later assists Pa in the construction of
the house's door.

While Pa is out hunting, two Indians come at the Ingalls' house. Despite
her fear of them, Ma feeds them cornmeal. Later, the Ingalls are able to obtain
a cow from passing cowboys, and they take beads from an Indian camp that
the Indians had temporarily abandoned.

After that, the entire family is ill, thirsty, and unable to get out of bed. A
neighbor tends to them and informs them that the illness was caused by
eating watermelon seeds. In Independence, Pa goes to town and returns with
glass panes for their windows. When an Indian comes into the house one day,
Pa shares a pleasant supper with him and then smokes a pipe with him. Pa
believes that if the Indians are left alone, they will be peaceful, however Ma is
scared of them.

For days, the family can hear drums and screaming from the Indian
camp. According to one Indian, the Indians have been debating how to deal
with the white settlers. The Osage, who do not attack Europeans, win, and the
family watches as the Indians flee the land.

Everything is quiet until the Ingalls' neighbors learn that the government
is sending soldiers to force the settlers off Indian land. In the end, the family
and their wagon leave the prairie.

Lesson 9: Multi-Cultural and International Literature

Hidden Figures by M.L. Shetterly

Summary:
 The true story of African-American women who worked at the Langley
Memorial Research Center in Virginia in the early years of the aeronautical
industry is told in Margot Lee Shetterly's book Hidden Figures. These
mathematicians' expertise aided the industry's advancement and helped
propel America into the space race. Despite the fact that they oversaw some
of the most significant operations in American space flight history, these
women labored behind the scenes in the all-black West Computing section,
and their efforts went unappreciated for decades.

The story begins during World War II, when black women were called to
Langley to fill a labor shortage by performing manual computations. Before the
digital age, these women, dubbed "human computers," performed mind-
boggling calculations. With World War II looming, America required
experienced mathematicians to win the space race and the Cold War against
the Soviet Union. Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and
Katherine Goble are among the artists Shetterly concentrates on. She
discusses the discrimination they faced in their daily lives as she chronicles
their lives and work in the segregated South. All of these women left their
homes to explore chances at Langley, and they made significant contributions
to American history.

2. Select two story/literary masterpieces in any of the categories of children

and adolescents’ literature. State the reasons why the said literary masterpiece
should be taught to children and/or adolescents. Identify the lessons that can
be learned in the said literary masterpieces. (20 points each)

1. Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by M. Angelou

- Angelou's contributions to children's literature, like those of many other

adult poets and novelists who have also written wonderful children's
books — Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Alice
Walker, for example — were imaginatively crafted and centered on
socially conscious topics. They were illustrated by well-known artists
such as Tom Feelings, a Caldecott Honor Award winner, and young
iconic painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, resulting in masterpieces such as
Life Doesn't Frighten Me. The author and illustrator of Life Doesn't
Frighten Me, Maya Angelou and Jean-Michel Basquiat, assist families in
navigating some of the actual and imagined terrors that children face in
today's world. Angelou's extensive literary life also includes works for
children, which demonstrates her vision and passion to language. She
reveals the depth of her genius by writing books for adolescents, and
she exemplifies how humans can create a world that thrives on
imagination and creativity. However, Maya Angelou's poem Life Doesn't
Frighten Me is combined with a sequence of artworks by Jean-Michel
Basquiat. The poem honors fortitude and tenacity while also reflecting
some of the walls and facades we construct as we go through life.

2. The Giving Tree by S. Silverstein

- Children should be exposed to acceptable texts in order to instill

appropriate morals in their lives, as they say. Teachers and
parents should take an active role in assisting their children in
determining the most appropriate reading. Children have a wide
range of experiences and circumstances. Teachers and parents
can help children overcome difficult situations, overcome
problems, teach them to adapt other people's opinions, and
recognize and respect their differences by assisting them in
selecting appropriate books. In order for the teacher/parent to be
more effective in assisting the children in overcoming their
difficulties, they must also be able to assist the youngsters in
selecting appropriate books. For example, Shell Silverstein's book
"The Giving Tree" is a fantastic example of children's literature
that is appropriate not only for youngsters but also for
adolescents. The Giving Tree aspires to teach its audience more
than selflessness. Some claim it's about God and humanity,
Mother Nature and society, the conventional parent-child bond, or
unrequited romantic love. So, On top of unconditional charity,
Silverstein's most emotional title gives us some additional
lessons:

1. Keep No Records
Fairness, justice, and equality are inherent concerns for humans,
especially when it comes to themselves. It's a difficult lesson for
us poor people to learn, but The Giving Tree does an excellent
job of teaching it. She gives and gives and gives, never expecting
anything in return, never demanding her due, never
REMINDING the Boy of all she has given up. It isn't martyrdom;
rather, it is unbridled altruism. Nothing is ever truly lost or gained,
neither scientifically nor spiritually, according to the Tree's infinite
wisdom, so what's the sense in correct accounting?

2. Go Barefoot
What are you wearing on your body? Stilettos? Unforgiving
loafers, perhaps? Steel-toed boots, perhaps? Remove those
podiatric chains and get your foot problems into some sand,
grass, or mud as soon as possible! You'll notice that The Boy is
virtually always barefoot in The Giving Tree—that is, until the
material world's attractions persuade him to pull himself up by his
bootstraps and head to the Big Apple.

3. Your problems are impossible to outrun (or out-canoe).

Life is difficult and complex. Face your anxieties and regrets, as
well as your biggest dreams and death. But if you ever become
so frustrated with your situation that you're willing to travel out to
sea in a rickety canoe, it's time to give up. This concluding
request from the Boy (for the Tree's entire trunk!) has always
struck me as the saddest, most hopeless moment in the book,
and Shel captured it so perfectly. The moral of the story is to
never fight the waves in a desperate vessel. Allow them to smash
over you before you lose everything you care about. Remember
that giving in does not equal giving up.

4. Focus on what you require rather than what you desire.

A solitary tree does not sound as dignified as an orchard. The
entire world appears to be more interesting than your own
backyard. And who wouldn't want to be king for real rather than
merely pretending to be one? Really, it's all of us. "Happiness is a
spot between too little and too much," says a Finnish proverb,
and the Boy learns this lesson the hard way. He's left with too
little of what he needs after pursuing too much of what he wants.

5. Simply show up.

It's not easy to console someone who is depressed. What should
we say to cheer them up? What advice do we have for you?
Should we treat them to ice cream? Do we want to order pizza?
Why isn't this distressed individual more clear about how I can
assist them? Sometimes the kindest thing we can do for a
grieving loved one is simply to be present. Silent and attentive.
 Consistent. In the end, the Tree helps the Boy in this way. She's
only there to help him. Right next to him. Assisting him in not
feeling lonely. How lovely is that?

6. A thousand words are worth a thousand pictures.

Shel Silverstein's drawings eloquently reflect the human
experience in all its weakness, charm, dirt, and strangeness. His
large collections of poetry are full of particularly bizarre characters
and fantastical settings, yet The Giving Tree emits a certain sort
of simplicity. Whether it's the purity of an untied shoelace, the
stunned blank of The Boy's lined face as he ages, or minuscule
naked toes curled around a tree trunk, every line is packed with
emotion. Shel's pictures speak louder than words, from the trench
coat to the poorly carved initials to the last, powerful image of a
small broken man on a tiny broken tree. That's saying something,
considering his writing style.

3. Select one story/literary masterpiece in any of the categories of children and

adolescents’ literature. Assuming that you are going to present the story to
your class, draw an attractive and colorful poster (use 1/8 illustration board) of
your chosen story that will surely catch the attention of your students/readers.
Take a selfie while holding your poster. (50 points)
BRIDGE to TERABITHIA by Katherine Paterson