Teaching Language Arts in the Elementary School
5 credits
Prereq: Eng 202 or 203 and 370
RESTRICTED TO ENGLISH ED MAJORS ONLY DURING PHASE I
Fall 2009 CRN:40840 - MWF 08:30-09:50; BH 110
View syllabus for Fall Term 2009 (in PDF format)
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
- To become acquainted with and examine beliefs, theories, processes, and approaches related to literacy learning and teaching;
- To focus on components of English language arts learning/teaching through theory-to-practice implementation;
- To develop ways of integrating the language processes of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and image-making;
- To adapt English language arts processes as tools for learning in all subject/content areas;
- To apply reading and writing skills and strategies through participation in literature circles;
- To consider the presence of literature as a partner in teaching and creating readers & writers;
- To explore the lifelong nature of literacy learning and the relationship of assessment and evaluation to teaching/learning decisions.
COURSE TEXTS:
[Required]
--In the Company of Children (Joanne Hindley)
--Getting Started with Literature Circles, (Schlick Noe and Johnson)
--Shabanu (Suzanne Fisher Staples),
-- Articles/Handouts--distributed in class (copying fee)
Additional Resources [optional]
--Literature Circles Resource Guide (B. Campbell Hill, K.L. Schlick Noe, N.J. Johnson)
--Literature Circles in the Middle School: One Teachers Story
(B. Campbell Hill, K.L. Schlick Noe, J.K. King)
--Haveli (S. Staples)
--The Wonder of It All: When Literature and Literacy Intersect
(N.J. Johnson & C. Giorgis)
--Booklinks (professional journal--see me for subscription info)
--Student Membership in either/both professional organizations:
National Council of Teachers of English (journal: Language Arts)
International Reading Association (journal: Reading Teacher)