Lit Flashcards
All potential or actual young literates from the instant they can with joy leaf through a picture book or listen to a story read aloud
Children
The body ____and accompanying illustrations produced in order to entertain or instruct young people
Written works
Written works especially those considered of superior or lasting artistic work
The work be of good quality
Literature
Literary heritage of humankind traditional stories myths or legends nursery rhymes and songs from the past choral tradition no known author
Folklore
Plot and theme based on person’s life an account of a person’s life or part of a life history letters memories diaries journals and autobiographies
Biography
Based on extending physical laws and scientific principles to their logical outcomes stories about what might occur in the future
Science fiction
Interdependence of art and text story concept presented through the combination of text and illustration
Picture books
Imaginative words make believe stories set in places that do not exist about people and creatures that could not exist or events that could not happen
Fantasy
Condensed language imaginary distilled rhythmic expression of imaginative thoughts and perceptions
Poetry and verse
Facts about the real word informational books that explain a subject or concept
Nonfiction
What if stories illusion a reality events could happen in real world characters since real contemporary
Realistic fiction
Verbal elements
Writers purpose
plot
characters
Settings
Themes
The joy that children experience from
literature entwined with their development.
The child is born with the ability to
____________ on the environment, which is the foundation for the child’s unique theory about the world around her.
organize, classify, and impose order
“Knowledge cannot be given directly
from the teacher to the learner, but
must be _____ by the learner
and ________ as new
information becomes available”.
reconstructed
constructed
Learning is not a result of
_________ but development itself.
development
A child’s potential for learning is
revealed and even realized through
interactions with those who possess
______ knowledge.
greater
believed that linguistic, social,
emotional & cognitive development are
complementary processes that work together to
shape a child’s literacy growth.
Social interaction is the primary means by which
children arrive at new understanding.
lev vygotsky
The central premise of the reading process is that the
literary work exists in the transaction between a reader and
a text. The active participatory role of readers encompasses
– in conjunction with comprehension – discovering
meaning, responding emotionally, developing
interpretation. Readers are not passive spectators of the
text but are _____________ with the text.
active performance
When we read, we are
connected to the text in a
unique way, one that will not
be experienced in exactly the
same way by __________ reader.
another
The quality of a book from an adult’s viewpoint will be quite different from that of a
child
The goodness of the book lies in the
eye of the reader
“There’s always room for
a story that can transport
people to another place”.
J.K. Rowling
THE GENRES OF
LITERATURE
Picture books
Poetry & Verse
Folklore
Fantasy
Fiction
Non-Fiction
ELEMENTS OF
LITERATURE
Style
Setting
Character
Plot
Theme
