Chapter 5

 

Chapter 5: Traditional Literature

Traditional Literature is also known as folk literature. Books that are part of traditional literature are books like Cinderella. Traditional literature is meant to teach children the personal dimension and standards of behavior of a culture. Some benefits include:
1. The common characteristics traditional stories share make them very appealing and accessible to children: concentrated action, stock characters, patterned language, elements of fantasy, and simple themes such as good versus evil and weak overcoming the strong and powerful.
2. The emphasis on oral storytelling by librarians who draw heavily from traditional oral resources, which creates a demand for publishing in this area.
3. The increasing demand for multicultural literature from non-European sources over the past ten years. Traditional tales have ready-made characters and plots that can be extracted from sources in the pubic domain that require no royalty payments.

4.The power of the stories themselves. The tales have survived for their sheet power as stories that deal with universal truths.

 

There are six categories of Traditional literature:

1. Fable- A brief story in which the moral is explicitly stated.
2. Myth- Explains aspects of culture or how something came to be in the natural world
3. Legend- Traditional narrative based on historical truth.
4. Religious Stories- Stories of important events and people of different religions
5. Tall Tale- Exaggerated humorous stories of characters the perform impossible acts.
6. A fairy, human, or animal tale passed down by word of mouth.

In my opinion, Traditional literature has become a popular form of literature for children. It allows them to experience other cultures with stories similar to their own. For example there are over seven hundred versions of the story Cinderella. Children know the story of Cinderella, and they can hear it in all different versions to get different views about different cultures and life with just one story

Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Reading by Children: Independent Reading and Writing and Literature Circles

Independent reading is a crucial and very big step for many students, especially ones who don't enjoy reading. Growing up, I was not big on the independent reading and I honestly believe that is why I do not enjoy reading now. It is important for students new to independent reading to have books that are not too challenging, but not ones they have read over and over. This was you can keep your students interest.

 

 

 

Independent writing is a new process for students in elementary school, too. As a teacher, I think it is important to relate both reading and writing together. This is a great way to evaluate your students for comprehension.There are many different ways to inquire activities that involve reading and writing.

 

 

Literature circles are very beneficial to student because this allows students to be able to discuss their and make connections to the story. Having these discussions can build listening skills and build connections that can help benefit students with better communication skills.