Reasha Sharma

Mr. White
English 12AP
17 September 2015
Senior Project Annotated Bibliography
Baghban, Marcia. "Scribbles, labels, and stories: The role of drawing in the
development of writing." YC Young Children 62.1 (2007): 20.
The main purpose of this article is to provide children motivation to learn the necessary
vocabulary to write and to serve as a prompt for story writing when the writer is blocked
or lack sufficient writing skills (2). The article focuses on storytelling and drawing and
how it directly relates to writing. The article opens up with an anecdote about first
graders expressing their anger, and the most prominent way they expressed it was
through drawings. The article continues on to explain how drawings express childrens
feelings and help them to suppress their anger (3). The main audience of the article are
teachers, as the article opens up with a situation involving a teacher and her students
(4). The article is relevant to my senior project because it tells the different ways that
children express themselves as well as learn - from drawing to writing to listening (5).
The special features included in this source are the pictures of students notes to
teachers expressing their emotions (6). The source does not have defects, weakness,
or bias because it merely explains observations they encountered when studying the
topic (7)..

Barth, Edna, and Ursula Arndt. "Witches, pumpkins, and grinning ghosts: the story of
the Halloween symbols." (2000).

The main purpose of the work is to explore the origin of the well known holidays, the
role they play in society, and how theyve evolved over time (2). The article includes the
stories behind the symbols of each holiday, particularly Halloween. The questions
asked in exploring these holidays include where do these customs come from, when
did they begin, and why do we continue to observe them? (3). The possible audiences
for the work is children, to inform them of the holidays they grow up celebrating, and
adults who would like to be aware of what they celebrate and teach their children (4).
The information is relevant to my research because my project is planned for the week
before Halloween and therefore a lot of the symbols of Halloween mentioned will be
included in the event (5). There are no special features (6). There are no defects,
weakness, or bias as this article merely explains the different aspects of holidays (7).

Belk, Russell W. "Halloween: An evolving American consumption ritual."Advances in

consumer research 17.1 (1990): 508-517.
The main purpose of the article is to examine the evolvement of Halloween and its
elements as well as its similarities with other holidays, particularly Christmas (2). The
article begins with explaining the holiday Halloween, discussing its elements such as
the costumes, activities, and symbols. It then focuses on answering the questions of
what accounts for the opposing symbolism? What is Halloween all about? How is it
changing? What do Halloween costumes and iconography represent? What do
contemporary celebrations of this holiday tell us about consumer behavior? (3). The
intended audience of this article is those looking for advanced observations in the
effects of Halloween in society, as it is in the consumer researach section of an
economics and business administration site (4). The article is relevant because it

discusses the costumes of Halloween and how they play into society, which ties in with
my senior project because the event will be optional costume dress (5). Special
features included in this article are graphs showing the ratios of popularity of certain
activities people participate in on Halloween (6). The source may have some bias
because it begins to talk negatively of Halloween in its effects on society without
backing up with many facts or statistics (7).

Collins-Standley, Tracy. "Choice of Romantic, Violent, and Scary Fairy-Tale Books by

Preschool Girls and Boys." Child Study Journal 26.4 (1996): 279-302.
The main purpose of the article is to show how different genders respond to different
genres (2). The article discusses a study in which preschoolers are surveyed between
three sets of books - romance, violence, or horror. The titles were read aloud to give
the full effect of the genre. Once the study was completed, it was found that girls
showed preference for romance, while boys showed preference for violence (3). The
main audience of the article are those who are looking for what would appeal to their
audiences - as in authors, directors, and so on - as well as those who are looking at
how gender roles tie in with children and their interests (4). The article is relevant to my
senior project because it gives a different approach on the interests of children. Girls
and boys of that age are interested more in romance and violence rather than horror,
which is interesting because there is a difference as age progresses (5). There were no
special features included in the article (6). The source has no defect, weaknesses, or
bias (7).

Engel, Susan. "The stories children tell: Making sense of the narratives of childhood."
(1995).
The main purpose of this article is to inform the reader on the importance of storytelling
(2). The article discusses how storytelling is essential to a childs thinking in that it
develops their views on their own experiences and how they communicate those views.
From storytelling, children can build their own self character as well as narrate other
characters (3). The main audience of this article is the people that have doubts about
the abilities storytelling has on development (4). The information is quite relevant to my
research because it really explains the positive effects of storytelling and how it really
helps builds a childs character, something I hope to help contribute to (5). There are no
special features in this article (6). There is no defect, weakness or bias in the article.
The author explains each aspect of storytelling extensively (7).

Fox, Dana L., and Kathy G. Short. "Stories Matter: The Complexity of Cultural
Authenticity in Children's Literature." (2003).
The main purpose of this article is to discuss the controversial issue of cultural
authenticity in childrens literature (2). The article discusses in the strong emotions and
a wide range of perspectives that the issue elicits, explaining important historical events,
current debates, and new questions and critiques (3). The main audience of this work is
experts, educators, and students of literature - particularly childrens literature, as well
as anthropologists (4). The article is relevant in that it shows different views of
Halloween and what qualifies as culture appreciation rather than culture appropriation,
which can help me to decide how to decorate my event and choose the dress code (5).

There are no special features included in this article (6). There may be some bias in
this article, however everything is thoroughly explained and proved (7).

Jetton, Tamara L. "Informationdriven versus storydriven: What children remember

when they are read informational stories." Reading Psychology: An International
Quarterly 15.2 (1994): 109-130.
The main purpose of the work is to educate people on the things that children
comprehend (2). The article explains how if you were to read a story, a child will only
take the romanticized, fictional parts rather than the actual information (3). The main
audience of the article is probably elementary school teachers trying to figure out ways
to teach their students (4). The article is relevant in that it teaches how children
comprehend. If I can have stories which educate on the concept of Halloween as well
as entertain, then I have accomplished my senior project by teaching children as well as
not having them fall asleep (5). There are no special features (6). The source does not
have defects, weakness, or bias because the content is purely a summary of facts,
statistics, and studies (7).
Speaker, Kathryne McGrath, Deborah Taylor, and Ruth Kamen. "Storytelling:
Enhancing language acquisition in young children." Education 125.1 (2004): 3.
The main purpose of the article is to inform readers that storytelling is key in a childs
development of language (2). Studies state that children who are exposed constantly to
a variety of stories are more advanced in their vocabulary and syntax. While language
is learned through social situations, stories advance childrens thought process and
development. Children begin to develop a creative mindset as well as recognize
patterns in stories and can therefore predict the rest (3). Possible audiences for this

work include parents struggling to decide what to let their child read, teachers creating
lesson plans for elementary school students, and anyone else who has doubts about
fictional stories (4). The information throughout this article is relevant to my specific
research because my senior project involves reading stories to children (5). This article
does not have any special features (6). The article has no defect, weakness, or bias
because it clearly states all information and studies and lets the reader decide for
themselves what the studies show. While argues against stories include ideas that
children retain the ideas of the stories themselves rather than the information being
taught, the article gives a different approach showing that stories help a different aspect
in a persons life (7).

Tropp, Martin. "Images of fear: how horror stories helped shape Modern Culture (18181918)." (1990).
The main purpose of the work is to show how horror stories have helped progress our
society (2). The author describes how popular horror books such as Frankenstein and
Dracula gave people a safe way to confront modern fears also taking shape at that
time and that horror and fairy tales both give the audience frightening and familiar
language, imagery, and characters (3). The possible audience is one who is hesitant
about the effects of horror movies and books on people and society (4). This article is
relevant to my project because it describes the actual benefits of horror stories which
are going to be the main feature of my senior project (5). There are no special features
(6). The author may be bias because he could have just grown up having a love for
horror and felt the need to defend it (7).

Yaden, David. "Understanding stories through repeated read-alouds: how many does it
take?." The Reading Teacher (1988): 556-560.
The main purpose of the work is to emphasize the importance of rereading. The article
discusses how rereading is key to comprehension. The difference between the literary
and unliterary people was that while the unliterary simply reads, the literary will
reread, supporting his statement with the analogy A novel once read is to them like
yesterdays newspaper (3). The main audience of this article are those looking for
techniques to help their student or child comprehend (4). The information, while similar
to the other articles found, is not exactly relevant to my senior project because there will
be no time for rereading stories (5). There are no special features included in this
article (6). There is no defect, weakness or bias in this article (7).