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Review: Rooftoppers, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Caring, Cleverness, Community, Coping, Courage, Creativity, Cunning, Determination, Encouragement, Fairness, Fearlessness, Friendship, Hope, Imagination, Independence, Inventiveness, Love, Loyalty, Passion, Perseverance, Resilience, Selflessness, Sharing, Spunk, Survival, Trustworthiness, Wonder

Review: The Pocket Daring Book For Girls: Wisdom And Wonder (Revised), Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Ambition, Citizenship, Courage, Independence, Ingenuity

Review: Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior And Defender Of His People, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Boldness, Courage, Confidence, Coping, Determination, Devotion, Dignity, Ethnic pride, Faithfulness, Leadership, Loyalty, Passion, Pride, Resolve, Steadfastness

Review: George Muller: The Guardian Of Bristol’S Orphans, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Boldness, Caring, Community, Compassion, Courage, Dedication, Dependability, Determination, Devotion, Diligence, Discernment, Diversity, Endurance, Enthusiasm, Faith, Faithfulness, Generosity, Giving, Gratitude, Honesty, Hope, Inspiration, Joyfulness, Kindness, Knowledge, Leadership, Love, Obedience, Originality, Patience, Resolve, Resourcefulness, Respect, Responsibility, Reverence, Sacrifice, Selflessness, sharing, Spunk, Thrift, Trust, Trustworthiness, Wisdom, Wonder, Work ethic

Review: Heart And Soul: The Story Of America And African Americans, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Boldness, Citizenship, Coping, Courage, Dedication, Determination, Diversity, Ethnic pride, Fairness, Fearlessness, Inspiration, Leadership, Persistence, Resilience, Resolve, Respect, Strength, Survival (Emotional), Work ethic

Review: Insignificant Events In The Life Of A Cactus, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Confidence, Coping, Courage, Diversity, Empathy, Encouragement, Endurance, Family love, Fear, Friendship, Independence, Initiative, Leadership, Optimism Perseverance, Resilience, Resolve, Respect, Self-respect, Sharing, Steadfastness, Survival (Emotional), Trust, Trustworthiness

Review: Hand In Hand: An American History Through Poetry, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Ambition, Boldness, Citizenship, Coping, Courage, Dedication, Determination, Diversity, Endurance, Faith, Fearlessness, Hope, Independence, Initiative, Knowledge, Leadership, Patriotism, Persistence, Pride, Resolve, Sacrifice, Strength, Survival, Wonder, Work ethic

Review: A Long Walk To Water, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

Character Themes: Compassion, Coping, Courage, Endurance, Leadership, Perseverance, Resilience, Survival

Review: Counting By 7s, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES:

Appreciation of nature, Caring ,Community, Compassion, Cooperation, Coping, Dependability, Determination, Diversity, Duty, Encouragement, Generosity, Hope, Humor, Individuality, Initiative, Kindness, Leadership, Patience, Resilience, Responsibility, Sacrifice, Sharing, Spunk, Thrift, Unselfishness, Work ethic

Review: Crenshaw, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Coping, Fairness, Family love, Honesty, Hope, Perseverance, Resourcefulness, Sacrifice, Survival (emotional), Thrift, Trustworthiness, Understanding

Review: Irena Sendler And The Children Of The Warsaw Ghetto, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Boldness, Courage, Dedication, Determination, Devotion, Fearlessness, Ingenuity, Inspiration, Love, Passion, Resolve, Resourcefulness, Sacrifice, Selflessness, Strength, Trustworthiness, Unselfishness

Review: Hate That Cat (Revised), Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 7-9

CHARACTER THEMES: Creativity, Honesty, Humor, Imagination, Inspiration, Kindness

Best Books Of The Past 20 Years For Children Ages 10-12, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

With the thousands of books published for children each year, it is impossible to include every worthy title. In this list we have tried to meet the interests of both genders and a variety of racial groups, putting first compelling plots in which young people demonstrate strong character. In addition, stories must be well-written, attention grabbing, and age appropriate.

Titles are taken from See Me Shine: Developing Character Through Books: Ages 10-12

Review: A Week In The Woods (Revised), Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Cooperation, Courage, Fairness, Persistence

Review: Soar, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Ambition, Cheating, Competitiveness, Confidence, Coping, Courage, Determination, Devotion, Family love, Friendship, Hope, Initiative, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Resilience, Sacrifice, Self-respect, Steadfastness, Teamwork, Trustworthiness, Work Ethic

Review: Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES:

Acceptance, Caring, Community, Coping, Fairness, Family love, Fear, Humor, Pride, Selflessness, Sharing, Survival

Review: Echo, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Caring, Citizenship, Cooperation, Courage, Craftsmanship, Creativity, Determination, Devotion, Diversity, Duty, Family love, Family loyalty, Forgiveness, Friendliness, Friendship, Hope, Initiative, Inspiration Kindness, Knowledge, Love, Neighborliness, Obedience, Pride, Respect, Responsibility, Sacrifice, Tolerance, Work ethic

Review: The Secret School, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Cooperation, Coping, Courage, Determination, Duty, Friendship, Hope, Independence, Ingenuity, Initiative, Leadership, Maturity, Passion, Resolve, Resourcefulness, Responsibility, Spunk, Strength, Trustworthiness, Work ethic

Review: Genevieve’S War, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

Ages 10-12

CHARACTER THEMES: Cooperation, Cleverness, Coping, Courage, Devotion, Endurance, Family loyalty, Patriotism, Resilience, Responsibility, Self-reliance, Spunk, Survival (Physical), Trustworthiness

Global Englishes: Variations Of A Single Language In All English Classrooms, Amanda Leigh Faulkenberry

Masters Theses

This study was conducted in order to develop a procedure for creating a globally recognized curriculum for teaching students and teachers about global variations of English. The study first sought to discover attitudes towards global variations of English of speakers in each of Kachru’s three-circles model of World Englishes. Once there was an understanding of the negative attitudes that exist towards variations that fall within all three circles, the next goal was to determine what was being done to change this negative attitude. This meant analyzing curriculum and studies to determine how students and teachers are being educated on the …

Mermaids Vs. Humans: Reality In Fantasy, Avery M. Powers

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis analyses how fantasy literature relates to and transforms concrete perceptions of reality, tracing its origins from mythic creation epics and the qualities that it shares with scripture. Overall, I propose a more imaginative approach to realistic literature that draws from the truths found in fantasy literature and by discussing fantasy literature and genre.

The creative element of this project includes an excerpt from an original children's fantasy novel. In it, I compare mythical characters with human characters and an imaginary world to the real world as it is experienced by characters from both worlds. The fantastical reality attempts …

A Dialectic Of Victorian Ideals In Shaw’S Mrs. Warren’S Profession And Candida, Catherine Meijer

Senior Honors Theses

During the Victorian Era, English society experienced societal changes as they adjusted to an industrialized economy, considered the role of women in the home, and tried to reconcile faith with new scientific discoveries that led to conflicting ideals. George Bernard Shaw, who began writing towards the end of the Victorian period satirized ideals that Victorian society held dear, like the glorification of female virtue and the domestic sphere. Shaw, with his iconic wit and iconoclastic themes, subverts Victorian ideals of femininity in his dramatic works. In Mrs. Warren’s Profession and Candida, characters and ideals react against each other in a …

The Quest Of Love: A Liturgical Reading Of The Pilgrim's Progress, Matthew Charles Fox

Masters Theses

John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress has been enjoyed for its imaginative story by a wide variety of readers since its publication in 1678, but criticism has long treated Bunyan’s imaginative story-telling as separate from and at odds with his Puritanism. If this were the case and expositing theological doctrine was Bunyan’s main purpose, then why would he write a fiction? Using James K. A. Smith idea of “liturgical pedagogy” from his Cultural Liturgies series, this thesis argues that Bunyan’s story does more than vividly convey theological doctrine to the reader’s mind; rather, it captures the imagination of the reader’s heart, …

Wherein To Catch The Conscience Of The Queen: Dystopian Politics In Elizabethan Drama, Helen Fielding

Senior Honors Theses

Though established English history portrays Elizabeth I (1533-1603) as uniting England under the new Protestant religion, recent historical evidence reveals that extensive counter-currents still existed. This thesis examines how the politico-religious beliefs of Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights manifest themselves in their drama, particularly through imagery and allusions. It draws especially from Frances Yates to assert that imagery of white magic, Christian Cabala, and alchemy in these dramatists’ works refers to the pure imperial reform movement of Elizabeth’s reign, and also from Clare Asquith to illuminate a reading of Shakespeare as a playwright who encoded in his plays a Catholic message …

Originality, Decorum, And Fantastic Sight In Dostoevsky's The Idiot, Richard A. Decker

Masters Theses

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “fantastic realism” penetrates reality’s surface to reveal what he refers to as the “moral center” of reality and, in the process, transfigures readers. In Dostoevsky’s The Idiot, the novel’s main protagonist, Prince Lev Nikolaevich Myshkin, embodies this fantastic realism. This process provides Myshkin with a “fantastic sight” that allows him to see past the immorality of the manners—or “feigned decorum”—of Russian society as represented in the novel. In so doing, Myshkin serves his peers as a “Nouwenian minister,” classifying him as a “wounded healer” archetype as presented in Henri J. M. Nouwen’s The Wounded Healer. This …

The Storying Of Colombian Writing Centers, Jennifer Erin Pretzer

Masters Theses

Using the results from a study conducted on Colombian writing centers, this thesis applies principles from narrative theory to posit a grand narrative for Colombian writing center professionals. The study was modeled on one Jackie Grutsch McKinney used to examine US writing center professionals’ descriptions of their work, and the thesis includes a comparison with her results. Respondents were asked to answer seven questions, two of which were multiple choice and five of which were short answer. The questions asked respondents to describe their tutoring staff composition, their center’s operations, writing centers in general, and ways their center resembles and …

The Lived Experiences Of High School Students Who Self-Identify As Readers: A Phenomenological Study, Michael J. Romick

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore and better understand the lived experiences of what it means to be a reader as a high school student. The literature revealed a plethora of studies and articles on various aspects of reading and many pieces from teachers, researchers, and academics’ perspectives, but there are virtually no studies that have explored what being a reader means from the high school reader’s perspective; no studies that have explored the lived experiences of what being a reader means to high school students. The central question guiding this study asked, “What is the lived …

English As A Lingua Franca: Improving Technical Writing And Communication Methods For International Audiences, Lauren Alyssa Serrani

Masters Theses

This thesis centers on the role of English as a lingua franca in global communication, particularly as it pertains to technical written communication. Over the 20th century, English emerged as the primary language used in global communication. As a result, efforts have been made to standardize the language and teach this standardized English in schools and writing programs around the world. Standard American and British English are dominant in academic and professional fields, which inhibits both native and nonnative language learners from reaching their full potential. This project focuses on the most prominent language acquisition methodologies - Standard English, translingualism, …

The Need For Christian Authors In Mainstream Fiction, Ashley Renea Starnes

Masters Theses

Fiction is an effective and underutilized tool in Christian circles to implicitly illustrate Christian ideas and values to readers of other worldviews. By adopting the writing approach of authors like J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, Christian writers can enter into the broad discussion of philosophy, morality, and theology going on in popular fiction.

“Is [He] A Man? If So, Is He Mad? And If Not, Is He A Devil?”: The Influence Of Culture Versus Experience On The Brontë Sisters’ Perception Of Mental Illness, Catrina May Mehltretter

Masters Theses

Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë each presented a different perspective on mental illness within their novels. The primary reason for this difference in perspective can be found in their different responses to their brother Branwell’s poor mental state. As Branwell’s health deteriorated mentally and physically, his sisters ended up becoming his primary caregivers, giving them a unique insight into mental illness that would have been unusual for the time period, given the tendency to send any mentally ill family members away to asylums. Still, this shared experience impacted each of the sisters differently, likely due to the different relationship each …