TSL647 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL Unit 7: Material Selection & Adaptation

IntroductionLanguage Ability & PotentialVisual Features & Illustrations Artistic Elements

Prepared for:Madam Ngo Kea LengUiTM Kuala Terengganu

Prepared by:Zuriyatiaslina bt Yahya2011165863TEDPE7B

• fun & engaging• the right book to read • important task (teacher)• motivating, interesting and suitable• Malaysian classrooms (mixed abilities)• choose according to the majority

Introduction

Criteria for selection of literary texts for children:•Content•Language Ability & Potential•Visual Features and Illustrations•Artistic Elements•Cultural Content/ Suitability•Moral Values•Others

 

Boys Girls

Content Gender preferences

warSci fi

mysteries

westerncareersfairy tales

romances

animals

travel humor

sports

biographies

religion

adventures

history

Boys Girls

Examples of literary texts according to gender preferences:

motivating &

challenging

• age• ability &

maturity

language level

• vocabulary• linguistic

difficulty

sufficient enough

• challenging• frustrated

Language Ability & Potential

Language Ability & Potential

Levels of reading text

Instructional

Frustration

Independent

Visual Features & Illustrations-Generate powerful images-Improve reading comprehension-bring texts to life & give clues to some of the new words

Visual Features & Illustrations

- children see the world with different eyes.- visually appealing- visual input- sophisticated reader of visual text

Artistic Elements in Children Literature- Lines- Shapes- Colours- Textures & Composition- Space

Artistic Elements in Children Literature

- Lines- Suggests direction, energy, motion and mood Example: “A Giraffe and a Half” written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein (1964).

- Shapes- simplicity or complexity, -rigidity (as in geometric shapes) or- suppleness (as in organic shapes) - The bigger a shape is in the picture, the more important it is.Example:“Madeline” written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans (1939)

Artistic Elements in Children Literature

Colour· Color can be observed for its hue, lightness, and saturation (intense or pale).Examples:

“Goodnight Moon” written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd (1947)

Artistic Elements in Children Literature

Artistic Elements in Children LiteratureSpace- Space is actually what draws our attention to objects on the page.

- Space can also create the illusion of distance.

Example: “The Giving Tree” written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein (1964)

Artistic Elements in Children Literature

Textures-The impression of how a pictured object feels.

- offer a greater sense of reality to a picture.

Examples:

“Where The Wild Things Are” written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak (1963)

Artistic Elements in Children LiteratureComposition- the way the illustrator combines visual elements into unified whole- line + shape + colour + texture- unity, balance & sense of rhythm

Artistic Elements in Children LiteraturePerspective- the vantage point from which we see the object- see and think about things in specific ways

References:• Module TSL647• Retrieved from

http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/Intro_def.htm

• https://gabidunn.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/visual-elements-in-childrens-literature/