Portfolio Activities

Activity 3.1: Annotated Bibliography

You'll notice in Chapter Three that many wonderful examples of quality children's literature have been cited along with ideas on how to incorporate them into literature-based instruction. Create your own annotated bibliography of children's literature that includes, along with the usual bibliographic information, genre, age levels, and ideas for use in instruction.

Activity 3.2: Modifications

Choose one of the instructional strategies described in Chapter Three and write-out a lesson plan for it. Then, identify ways that you would modify the lesson for English Language Learners or for students with learning disabilities.