Ece 260 Realistic Fiction Evaluation Extension

Children’s Literature Evaluation Form
Your Name:
Book Title: Alexander, Who’s Not (Do you Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to move
Author: Judith Viorst
Genre: Fiction
Illustrator: Robert Preiss Glasser
Publisher/Year: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Evaluate the Book for the following elements
Style and Language: Using examples for the book, explain the following: Word
choices, dialogue, rhythm, rhyme and sentence length. Share unexpected insights or
interesting information the reader learns from this story. (5 points)
The emotions of how he felt is very explained in the dialogue. Alexander exclaims
throughout the book that he is not moving and making sure everyone hears how
serious he is. Sentence lengths are not too long it gives real meaning on how it feels
when he is going through his process on moving. There not much rhyming and
rhythm just explanation.
Character: With examples from the book, provide the following- (5 points)
Who is the main character?
How can the reader relate to the character?
Who are the supporting characters?
Alexander
Not wanting to go through change, moving is not easy and kids having to leave their
normalcy even going to a different grade and classroom and Alexander is moving
home and towns. Wanting to be heard when you’re not happy about something
everybody wants to be heard.
His family member, friends and neighbors his is moving away from.
Plot: Summarize the major events of the story (6 points)

At the start of the story he states he wont pack that his whole family is packing and
leaving and he will not be packing and leaving.
Alexander is starting to say good bye to his friends and neighbors all while telling
everyone he won’t make new friends. He even says he can stay with people near by
while his family moves away. Eventually, he does pack and get use to it and says he
will not move again.
Setting: Explain the place and time of this book. (2 points)

Theme: What is the main message of this book? (2 points)
This story seems like real time because this can happen to anyone during any time.
Change is okay you can express yourself but sometimes change such as moving needs
to happen, that once trying new things and meeting new people is okay. Embrace the
change and be flexible in your own way of change.
Illustration: Analyze the book you selected with the following categories
Style (realism, surrealism, expressionism, impressionism, naïve, cartoon art)? (2
points)
Realism The drawing in the story were very real and life like. From his toys to his
bathroom and the features of the people.
Media Choice (paints, oils watercolors, pencils, pen, charcoal, crayons, acrylic, chalk):
(2 points)
Pen and pencil drawings.
Give examples of describe how the following visual elements are used in the
illustrations: (3)
Line: His bathroom mirror, the moving boxes
Shapes: Shape son his pajamas
Color: no color besides on the title page, just outlines, there’s quite a bit of shading
on his bed posts, his hair
Texture: The grass in the soccer page, shading and lines on their clothing to give it
texture.
Page design (placement of the illustrations, use of borders, white and dark space and
all pages the same or different). (3)
Plain white background just the drawing of the picture
Child Development Theory: Choose either Piaget, Erickson or Social Emotional to

describe the connection to the book Chose 1 only (5 points)
Erickson:
Name the stage_____Industry Vs Inferiority________________ and the
age________6-12_______________
Explain the cognitive development from this stage and provide an example from the
book to support your choice:
Alexander is adamant that he is not moving he if inferior in telling his parents he can
move with other people and his is not packing but in all reality he knows that he will
move with his family he is just expressing what he wants to do and choose and
eventually says he will not move again.
1 would not recommend 2 average 3 highly recommended
Your rating of the book: ____3__________
Why?
This book allows and teaches children self-expression but also that sometimes even if
you don’t like something and don’t want to d0 something that you still have to.
Alexander is sad because he will not see his friends and neighbors anymore but he will
still have his parents and siblings.
Book Extension Activity
Your Name: Shade Evans
Book Title: Alexander ,Who’s Not (Do you Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to move
Book Author: Judith Viorst
Publisher: Atheneum
Date: 7/12/2020
1. Pre-K/CCSD K-2nd Grade Core Standard

G7.PK.1 Begin to understand that people move to other places.
G8.PK.1 Identify weather conditions (e.g. rain, sunshine, snow, fog).
2. Objectives (What will children expect to learn?)

Recognize that streets have signs and houses have numbers. Explain where they live and
describe structures that they may live by
Identify familiar weather conditions (e.g., rain, sunshine, snow, fog). Use words such as
hard/soft, rough/smooth, and water/land when describing surfaces. Identify various natural
features. Determine what type of clothing to wear based on the weather. Identify seasons by
temperature or other characteristics
3. Materials and Equipment needed:

Map of the states
Road signs
House cut outs
Photos of different seasons in different states
Leaves
Snowflakes
Sun
4. Teaching (What will you do?)

After reading the story ask the children how they would feel if they had to move or if their friend
or neighbor would move away?
Where would you want to move to? Why?
Show the children different neighborhoods and the road signs they will see in their neighborhood
or in the new place they might move to.
Talk about how the weather is different in other states and pick a state with different weather
from the one we are in. Show them seasonal photos autumn leaf, snowflake, sun, rain.
5. Closure:
Tell children that sometimes families and friends need to move because of jobs, school or even
family reasons. Its okay when friends move away that they will still be available by phone or you
can write them or maybe even visit someday. Explain they are okay and they are going to be
with their families and make new friends and have new neighbors. They will still be able to see
road signs in the new neighborhood they move to and they will know what they mean.

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Children’s Literature Evaluation Form

Plot: Summarize the major events of the story (6 points)

Setting: Explain the place and time of this book. (2 points)

Pen and pencil drawings.

Child Development Theory: Choose either Piaget, Erickson or Social Emotional to

1 would not recommend 2 average 3 highly recommended

Your rating of the book: 3______

Book Author: Judith Viorst

1. Pre-K/CCSD K-2nd Grade Core Standard

2. Objectives (What will children expect to learn?)

3. Materials and Equipment needed:

4. Teaching (What will you do?)

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