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• ENG 295 Week 1 Poetry and the Imagination
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• How does poetry stimulate the imagination? In
  this first assignment you will examine its role
  in the development of appreciation in the natural
  world and in developing imagination in children.
• Select one poem from among those read this week
  in each of the following sections
• Animals and Nature
• Poems to Stimulate the Imagination

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• ENG 295 Week 2 Picture Books The Importance of
  Illustration in Childrens Literature
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• This week's focus is on foundations in children's
  literature. Alphabets, chapbooks, and picture
  books are staples of children's literature. This
  week you will identify key attributes of these
  different genres and explore their significance
  to the study of children's literature. Explain
  the importance of illustration in these books,
  which is a key to these genres.
• Create a 6- to 8-slide presentation with speaker
  notes where you explain the importance of
  illustration in literature for children. Address
  examples from

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• ENG 295 Week 3 Moral Purpose and Cultural
  Significance in Fables, Fairytales, Myths and
  Legends Assignment Option
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• This week focuses on the oral traditions of
  children's literature. Folktales, myths, and
  fables from around the world have been looked at
  in an historical and cultural context. For this
  assignment explore the moral purpose of fables
  and folktales you have read.
• Select one of the following options to complete
  the assignment.
• Option A
• Write a 350- to 700-word paper that includes the
  following
• An explanation of the moral purpose and the
  strategies used by the author to teach that moral
  purpose in one fable and one fairytale,
  respectively

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• ENG 295 Week 4 Fiction
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• Domestic fiction is that group of work that is
  centered on real life. Children read fictional
  stories but can easily picture themselves in that
  scene or performing those tasks. These works of
  domestic fiction help children develop emotional
  maturity and a sense of self-worth starting with
  identifying with their parents and family.
• Review "Psyche's Art" by Louisa M. Alcott
  and choose another from the other areas of
  Fiction in your assigned readings.
• Write a 350- to 700-word paper where you compare
  the two stories you chose in how they teach
  emotional maturity and instill a sense of
  imagination.

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• ENG 295 Week 5 Moral and Ethical Development and
  Issues in Childrens Literature
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• In Week 5, you will more deeply examine the value
  of children's literature as a tool of moral and
  ethical development, as well as the opportunity
  to study issues in children's literature. There
  are several substantial issues in children's
  literature that greatly affect the teaching and
  exposure of children's literature. It is
  important to understand these issues when looking
  at the value of teaching the genre of children's
  literature.
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes
  the following
• A description of the value of teaching children's
  literature as a tool of moral and ethical
  development in children, using examples from the
  course

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