Assignment details. Please use Australian author Mem Fox and her books ‘Im Australian too’ and ‘Time for bed’.
Examine the works of a published Australian children’s author. Analyse language and literacy in the K-6 context and the place of literature in the broader school curriculum. Identify how this author’s books may be utilised in the classroom to enhance students’ learning and further their language and literacy development.
Some points to help guide the development of your essay:
• Critically define language and literacy in a K-6 context using a range of academic sources (current journal articles)
• Validate the position of literature in the curriculum referencing a range of academic sources
• Examine and critically explore the works of a published Australian children’s author and the impact on curriculum using the correct syllabus outcome/s, with reference to a range of current academic sources
• Critically analyse the purpose, audience, structures and features of one or more of the author’s books using a range of current research to justify why they are appropriate for language and literacy development of students in a specific syllabus stage, referenced of the NSW Board of Studies English K-10 Syllabus (2012) outcomes
• Need to reference the text and at least six current peer-reviewed journal articles. Also reference your chosen children’s literature text/s and at least four teacher resource books/websites to support your discussion of the text’s links to the curriculum, audience and purpose, structure and features.