Reference no: EM133351513 , Length: 4 Pages

Assignment:

Read "The Child Responds to Literature" of Through the Eyes of a Child by Donna E. Norton. Write a summary of Chapter 1. The summary must include the following:

• Remember to properly refer to the last name of the author when referencing information that she researched. Use phrases like, "According to Norton.." and "Norton explains...." and provide proper in-text parenthetical citation per MLA guidelines: Example: Norton explains, "..." (Norton 12).
• Use the chapter outline at the start of the chapter to guide how you write your summary. Each section should have at least a full paragraph showing you understand key concepts that Norton has defined as well as the research she references that proves the validity of those concepts.
• Be sure to summarize the subsections under the blue headers where Norton explains ages and stages of development, which will be important for when you need to select books appropriate for specific grades. What does Norton explain with regard to books for preschool children? What does Norton explain with regard to books for elementary-age children? How about literature for adolescents?
• Explain the important cognitive skills from books that Norton defines: "observing," "comparing," "classifying," "hypothesizing," "organizing," "summarizing," "applying and reasoning," and "criticizing."
• Explain what Norton says about how books help children with "Personality" development and "Social Development."
• Explain what Norton explains about the "Moral Development" of children, particularly the work of Lawrence Kohlberg.
• Use the 1/10 rule for summaries as a general guide for length for summaries, which means the summary should be about 1/10 the length of the source you are summarizing. the summary should be about 4 pages long.