Week 10- Robyn Ewing "What makes a quality Literary text?"

 

Robyn Ewing talks about what makes a quality literary Text?. In the lecture we looked at how quality literature is used in texts and as teachers and how would we use quality literature in the classroom effectively. I believe it is inevitable that that all teachers use children literature books

 This week's lecture set out some criteria for what can be considered 'quality' children's literature. Good children's literature has multiple layers of meaning and can be looked at from many different perspectives. It introduces students to new world's, perspectives and contains themes and topics that children can relate to and understand but that also introduces them to new ideas (Winch, et. al., 2010). I personally believe that children's literature is a great form for students to further extend on their imagination and creativity, where they are able to think far beyond. I believe children's literature is engaging where students enjoy reading and want to read!

Gleeson (2007)  argues that, ‘The whole point is to open the mind, to enlarge the experience, to broaden the horizon of the reader’.

Winch, G., Johnston, R., March, P., Ljungdahl, L., & Holliday, M. (2010). Literacy : reading, writing and children's literature (4th ed.). South Melbourne: Oxford University.