Peter Hunt comments: “To reread a children’s book from childhood, perhaps as an escape from the stresses of adulthood, evades both the real now and the real then” (Reader 1, p: 13).

Discuss this comment with reference either to a book from the course or to one of the children’s books you have read as a child. Explain how you reread this book as an adult focusing on the differences between your reading of the book as a child and as an adult.

Note: so the writer can choose one from the course which I will upload as additional files or to one of the children’s book that he preferred. e.g.(little red riding hood, the seven dwarfs, Aladdin, Cinderella, jack and the bean stock, or the princes, etc..)

Student Notes:
These notes offer students some added explanations to the TMA question, and are intended to help you get started. The ideas and the points raised below are NOT designed to be used as an essay plan or outline. Student should start with Peter Hunt’s essay and read it in its entirety to understand the quotation above in its context. Hunt’s essay is extremely important for this TMA, and you may find more material relevant to your understanding of the topic. The topic is asking the students to reflect on their own reading of a particular story or fairytale from their childhood (or from the course), and analyze the differences / similarities between their reading of this particular story as children and as adults.

Students can focus on the following points:

 -What elements of the story intrigued you as a child? Do these elements mean to you now as an adult as they meant to you as a child?
 -What ideologies do you see operating in the text now? Did you notice these ideologies when you were a child?
 -Is the question of ‘instruction & delight’ equally significant to you as a child and as an adult?
 -Based on the differences / similarities between your reading of the story as a child and as an adult what conclusions can you draw about the nature of children’s literature?

Students may find the following critical works helpful for writing their TMAs. But we advise you to do more research to write a substantial essay.

 -‘Instruction and Delight’ by Peter Hunt
 -‘Readers, Texts, Contexts: Reader-response Criticism’ by Hamida Bosmajian
 -Understanding Children’s Literature by Peter Hunt
 -‘Children’s Literature: Theory and Practice’ by Felicity A. Hughes
 -‘ Inventing the Child Reader: How We Read Children’s Books,’ by Adrienne Kertzer

A thesis statement and a proper logical presentation of ideas are necessary.
To do this TMA, you will need to do the following steps:

1. Plan your essay ahead of time by writing a plan highlighting the main points you intend to cover.
2. Write a thesis statement stating your argument to be included in the first page of your essay.
3. Refer to the works discussed and select some excerpts that relate to your argument. State what these passages say and add your own comments and interpretation.
4. Make sure your essay makes reference to some quotations from the novel.
5. Your analytical comments should follow every time you quote from the text under discussion or the critical material you refer to.
6. Reference to critical material related to this topic is a must. (You should refer to at least 3 critical works).
7. You should refer and quote from the course’s audiovisual material whenever possible. The audiovisual material should be well integrated in your essay.
8. At this stage, you are expected to know how to paraphrase and synthesize the material you read, using your own words as much as possible. You still have to quote and use quotation marks in the right annotation methods you learned from your tutors.
9. Make sure you ask your tutors in class and during their office hours for further clarifications.

the writer can organize the essay as the following;

paragraph 1: introduction + thesis statement
paragraph 2: similarities between the both reading
paragraph 3: differences between the both reading
paragraph 4: support your points with clear evidence (theories) such as,
– instruction and delight
-children literature
-social construct and childhood
-suitability: what are the suitable issue to be discuss
-the idea of ideology

Using the e-library on campus:
Students are requested to visit the e-library on campus and use it to do their TMAs properly. They are also requested to show their tutor that they used the e-library in doing the TMA by referring to some articles they have read. Students who fail to use and refer to material from the e-library will subsequently lose some marks.

The following are guidelines on plagiarism:
If you submit an assignment that contains work other than yours without acknowledging your sources, you are committing plagiarism. This might occur when:

• Using a sentence or phrase that you have come across
• Copying word-for-word directly from a text
• Paraphrasing the words from the text very closely
• Using text downloaded from the Internet
• Borrowing statistics or assembled facts from another person or source
• Copying or downloading figures, photographs, pictures or diagrams without acknowledging your sources
• Copying from the notes or essays of a fellow student

(Slightly adapted from OU document on quoting versus plagiarism)

It is important to remember that plagiarism is strictly barred and would be subject to punitive action by the Arab Open University.

Marking Grid

GRADE CONTENT LANGUAGE & ORGANIZATION
A
Excellent answers showing confident and wide-ranging knowledge of core material, good understanding of any relevant theory, and a capacity to address the question in a structural, direct and effective way, thoughtfully and with insight. Originality of thought or ideas from outside the course are an added asset. Examples are to the point.
– Has an introduction defining plan of essay.
– Body divided into several paragraphs
– Conclusion which directly relates arguments to topic.
– Evidence that essay has been edited.
– Error-free grammar & register.
– Wide range of specialized terminology.

B to B+
Very good answers showing secure knowledge of course materials. Adopting an analytical approach and providing relevant discussion covering most of the key issues. Distinguished from A answers by being less insightful or by showing less comprehensive knowledge of the course.
– First four criteria above maintained
– Demonstrates extensive grammar control.
– Terminology specialized but less varied.

C to C+
Competent answers reflecting adequate knowledge of the more directly relevant course material and concepts, with reasonable structure and adequate coherence related to the question set. – Introduction and/or conclusion short but still satisfactory.
– Evidence of editing.
– Less grammar control than above.
– Good range of specialized terminology.

D
Answers which omit some concepts /evidence and/or lack coherence /structure, and/or make minor errors while still demonstrating basic understanding. Or Bare pass answers which show awareness of some relevant material and attempt to relate it to the question. – Introduction and/or conclusion short but acceptable.
– no evidence of editing.
– Few grammatical errors that impede communication.
– Above average range of specialized terminology.
– Slightly confused introduction and/or conclusion, but body still fair.
– No evidence of editing.
– Some error types that impede communication.
– Fair range of specialized terminology.

F
Bare fail answers which attempt to draw upon relevant material but do not reflect sufficient knowledge of the course and/or neglect the focus required by the question, and/or are incomplete in some important aspects whilst being acceptable in others.
– No introduction and /or no conclusion.
– Body badly organized or irrelevant.
– Poor grammar control (extremely limited range of grammar & register).
– Limited or not specialized range of terminology.