Turn in your rough draft. Your paper should have a title that says what your thesis is about, a creative introduction, three quotes (one from each of the three secondary sources that you found using the library databases), discussion of at least three illustrations, a strong conclusion, your three annotations, and a works cited that includes your primary text. The body of the paper should be three pages. The annotations and works cited should be on the fourth and fifth pages. See sample paper.
Paper One Picturebook Paper: Approved book from the syllabus: The Undefeated (check with me for approval of a different book)
You will write a three-page paper about an approved recent Caldecott winner. You will develop a thesis about what the illustrations convey or how they create meaning. In part of your paper, you might evaluate the reasons it won, focusing on illustrations. Describe three or four illustrations in detail, and then discuss the details using concepts from instructional materials, the textbook, and from other picturebook design principles in Molly Bang’s Picture This: How Pictures Work. You will choose passages and illustrations from the text to provide evidence for your points. As you prepare to write the paper, locate reviews of the book or articles about your book or the children’s literature topic you discuss. Your paper will include quotes from three secondary sources that you find using library databases (book reviews and children’s literature articles are available in full text form).