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Literacy Department SPRING 2012 Edited By Michael Van Buren Cutting Corners By Dr. Michele Gonzalez, Department Chair INSIDE THIS On Wednesday, February 8th, adjunct instructor Lynn Olcott was in Important Dates ISSUE: the crosswalk that leads from the parking lot to her workplace. As 2 Graduate she crossed the street, a car struck her. According to auburn- March 26 pub.com, the driver had not fully cleared the morning’s frost from Coordinator’s Registration begins for Summer and the windshield of her car and told police that she didn’t see Lynn Info Fall 2012 (see pg 2 for more info) crossing so she never slowed down. Although Lynn’s injuries are 3 2012 Award non-life threatening, her road to recovery will be a long one. At May 1 Winning Books the time of this writing, she has undergone three surgeries and has begun extensive rehabilitation and will eventually undergo physical Last day of classes therapy. All this because a windshield was not cleared of frost. 4 How to Juggle May 4 - 9 Life One of the frightening thoughts that this raises for me is that that driver could have been me. When I’m in a hurry, I’m guilty of not Final Exams clearing my car windows completely of frost, ice, or whatever the 5 A Different Way Central New York winter brings. I guess I function in this way May 11, 7PM to use your MA because I feel that I’m saving time. I cut a corner (not cleaning my Graduate Commencement in the windshield) to save time. The reality is that cutting corners may Park Center Alumni Arena save time, but at what cost? 6 Community Outreach I’ve cut corners literally. I’ve hurried into a room and have clipped May 21 - June 25 my elbow on the corner of the doorframe. I’ve gotten up out of Summer Session I my desk chair to hurriedly get over to the department office, mov- ing around my desk quickly and clipping my thigh on the corner of June 27 - August 1 my desk. Summer Session II I’m going to assume that I’m not alone in this, that there are other busy people out there who are as bruised as I am because we are August 27 in a hurry to get something completed and cut a corner to save Fall 2012 classes begin time. According to the online version of Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, (2ed., 2006) to cut a corner means “to do something in the easiest, quickest, or cheapest way, often harming the quality of your work.” I agree. I also argue that cutting corners is essential in times of financial hardship or when wanting to save some money. When This year’s winner of functioning in this way we decide what we need and what we can the Printz Award for live without, and we might be able to remain positive when we excellence in young see our situation improve. adult literature is Where Things Come But what happens when we apply the notion of cutting corners Back by John Corey to our professional life; to hurry to get something completed? Whalley. What happens when we’re so tired that we don’t prepare for teaching in the way that we should? What happens when we For a complete list of don’t completely analyze the current or the next state/federal this year’s award- mandate that comes along? What happens to our work with winning books from the American Library students when we cut corners? I hope we don’t get physically Association, see bruised but I bet we get emotionally bruised, and I’m sure that Page 3. others are affected. P A G E 2 Graduate Coordinator’s Information Complete the Practicum (LIT 693) in your own school! If you are a full time teacher, you will be able to complete the practicum (LIT 693) in your own school next spring (2013) semester. We will offer one section designated for full time teach- ers. Registration for this section will be by permission only, and it will be necessary to have signatures and support from your principal plus a reading specialist in your school who is will- ing to offer you support as you complete the practicum. Contact your advisor next fall for more information on registering for this section. We are piloting the practicum in schools this semester, and the teachers involved are all extremely pleased with being able to complete the practicum in their own schools. Please note, however, that this option is only open to our students who are also full time teachers. Registration Information Many questions that arise during registration can be answered by following the various links on following page: http://www2.cortland.edu/offices/registrars-office/registration/. From this page, a little exploration will take you to a variety of information including course schedules for sum- mer and fall, or what the various section numbers mean. For example, did you know that all P R A C T I C U M courses at SUNYIT have the number ‘9’ as the middle number of the section or that all section numbers that begin with ‘5’ are special permission sections and require a phone call to the A N D department office? Becoming familiar with the contents on the registrar’s web page will save REGISTRATION you time during the registration process. Another example of information available from the registrar’s web page is the date on which you can first register. For your convenience, that INFO information is printed below. Continuing Graduate Student Registration Time tickets become active on the dates below. Matriculated Graduate Students 30 hours + Monday, March 26 27 hours + Tuesday, March 27 24 hours + Wednesday, March 28 21 hours + Thursday, March 29 18 hours + Friday, March 30 15 hours + Monday, April 2 12 hours + Tuesday, April 3 9 hours + Wednesday, April 4 6 hours + Thursday, April 5 3 hours + Friday, April 6 0 hours + Monday, April 9 Note: Newly accepted grads may begin registering on Tuesday, April 10. The bottom line is that you will save a lot of time by becoming familiar with information avail- able on the web. - Dr. William Buxton, Graduate Coordinator LITERACY DEPARTMENT 2012 ALA Award-Winning Books P A G E 3 John Newbery Medal (outstanding contribution to chil- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award (most On January 23, 2012, dren's literature) distinguished informational book for children) the American Library Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos. Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade, written by Melissa Sweet Randolph Caldecott Medal (distinguished American Association (ALA) picture book for children) Stonewall Book Award -Mike Morgan & Larry Ro- mans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award announced the top A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by Chris Raschka (given annually to English-language children’s and young adult Michael L. Printz Award (excellence in literature written books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bi- books for children and for young adults) sexual and transgender experience) young adults. Where Things Come Back, by John Corey Whaley Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, by Bil Wright Schneider Family Book Award (books that embody an Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (the most distinguished artistic expression of the disability experience) beginning reader book) Middle school award (ages 9 - 13): Tales for Very Picky Eaters, written and illustrated by Josh Schneider close to famous, by Joan Bauer William C. Morris Award (debut book published by a Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Pictures, by Brian first-time author writing for teens) Selznick Where Things Come Back, written by John Corey Whaley Teen award (ages 14 - 18): YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for The Running Dream, by Wendelin Van Draanen Young Adults (best nonfiction book published for young Alex Awards (the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen adults, ages 12 - 18) audiences) The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Big Girl Small, by Rachel DeWoskin, Heroism & Treachery, by Steve Sheinkin 2012 Newbury Award Winner In Zanesville, by Jo Ann Beard, The Lover’s Dictionary, by David Levithan The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens, by Brooke Hauser Outstanding Authors Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline Kadir Nelson, author and illustrator of Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Robopocalypse: A Novel, by Daniel H. Wilson Americans Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award: The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures, by Caro- Shane W. Evans, illustrator and author of Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom line Preston Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement: The Talk-Funny Girl, by Roland Merullo Ashley Bryan Mildred L. Batchelder Award (outstanding children's Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults: book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States) Susan Cooper, whose books include: The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; and Silver on the Tree. Soldier Bear, by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman, translated by Laura Watkinson. Originally Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose published in Dutch in 2008 as “Soldaat Wojtek” children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience: Odyssey Award (best audiobook produced for children Diego Rivera: His World and Ours, written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh and/or young adults, available in English in the United States) Pura Belpré (Author) Award: Rotters, written by Daniel Kraus and narrated by Kirby Under the Mesquite, written by Guadalupe Garcia McCall Heyborne.