Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the marketplace, target audiences, and age ranges for specific works
- the qualities of a successful work for children or young people
- the process of writing a novel or script for children or young people
- a range of contemporary works for children and young people and the stylistic and structural devices employed by their authors
- the role of agents and editors in the publishing industry and the routes towards publication
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- written a synopsis of your work in progress and a covering letter to a potential agent, producer or publisher
- written a complete short story, script or opening of a novel or script for children
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- analyse and understand a range of texts for children and young people
- plan, structure, edit and improve your work
- write fiction/drama for particular age-groups of children and young people
- give and receive constructive criticism
- confidently present your work to small groups of your peers
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- evaluate and offer constructive criticism on the work of your fellow students
- look critically at your own work in order to edit it and rewrite it as necessary to achieve a professional standard
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 20 |
Independent Study | 130 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Meg Rosoff (2004). How I Live Now. Puffin.
Anthony Horowitz (2000). Stormbreaker. Walker Books.
Eva Ibbotson, (2007). The Secret Countess. Picador.
Beverley Naidoo (2000). The Other Side of Truth. Puffin.
Frank Cottrell Boyce (2004). Millions. Macmillan.
Louis Sachar (2000). Holes. Bloomsbury.
Louise Jordan (2007). How To Write for Children: And Get Published. Piatkus Books.
Melvin Burgess (1997). Junk. Puffin.
Malorie Blackman (2001). Noughts and Crosses. Doubleday.
Francis Spufford (2002). The Child That Books Built. Faber and Faber.
Barry Turner (2004). The Writer’s Handbook Guide To Writing for Children. Macmillan.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Critical commentary | 25% |
Written assignment | 75% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Resubmit assessments | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Assessed written tasks | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal