“Anthony Browne’s Voices in the Park enhances children’s understanding on personal and social levels.”

Learning Goal: I’m working on a literature discussion question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.

Question:

“Anthony Browne’s Voices in the Park enhances children’s understanding on personal and on social levels.â€� Discuss with reference to pictures and words and to critics’ views on the topic.

Student Notes:

For this TMA, you will need to follow these 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 on the first page of your essay.

3. Select a few scenes from the picturebookthat relate toyour argument. State what theytell us, and add your own comments and interpretation.You need to analyse the text, and the picturerather than simply describe it.

4. Make sure your essay refers to some quotations and/or pictures from the picturebook.

5. Your analytical comments should precede or follow every time you quote from the text under discussion or from the critical material you refer to.

6. Reference to critical material related to this topic is necessary (you should refer to at least 3 recent critical works from the e-library. Make sure they are updated sources.

7. All your references should follow the Harvard citation system uploaded on the LMS for your perusal.

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 have learned in EL122 Research Methodology course.

9. If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact your tutor during the lecture and/or seek help from the Writing Center.