3. Write/publish an original first book: Alphabet, Counting, or Concept

a.      Decide which type of first book you’d like to write.

You might have already written a first book during tutorials in DUE201 or in other modules or on your own. If yes, just tweak it a bit to suit this e-learning task.

b.      Identify a theme or concept, i.e. cities around the world, means of transportation.

c.       Write your first book covering 20 - 26 pages of  the manuscript proper. Why so many pages?  Each page of a first book usually has one or two sentences only. You could use rhymed verses, instead of sentences. (A counting book usually includes numbers 1 – 10 only, but one number takes up 2 pages including illustrations.)

No, you don’t have to worry about illustrations. Not now.

d.      Follow this format:

Type of First Book: __________________________________________

Theme or Concept: __________________________________________

Title: ______________________________________________________

Manuscript:

      Pages 1-2  _________________________________________________

                      __________________________________________________

      Pages 3-4 __________________________________________________

                       __________________________________________________

     

     And so on…  Actually, you won’t need 20 pages. The entire manuscript  

     of  your first book could use only 2-3 pages of A4 paper.

e.       Post your first book here  (The copyright to your original manuscript belongs to you and you alone.)  

2. Review a First Book: Mother Goose, Alphabet, Counting, or Concept

a.       Look for ONE Mother Goose, alphabet, counting, OR concept book which you really like.

b.      Do a book review using the guidelines in Figure 6.8, p.125 of the course book.

c.       Give specific examples from the book.

d.      Your review should be about 4-5 paragraphs long.

e.       Post your review here.

1. Document a Nursery Rhyme in your Mother Tongue or First Language Learned at Home

a.       Write a one-paragraph introduction which gives some background about a nursery rhyme (could be a lullaby, folk song, or playground song) which you remember from your childhood.

(These questions might help: How did you learn it? Do you still hear it in your home or neighborhood?  As an adult re-visiting one’s childhood, what did you like about this nursery rhyme?)

b.      Write down the nursery rhyme. Please use the English alphabet and write it as it sounds.

c.       Write an English translation or explain what it means.

d.      Post everything (a,b, & c) here.