Teaching Adolescent Readers in ELA Classrooms

Catalog description

This course focuses on the practical aspects of teaching reading and literature in ELA classrooms. Students will consider how literacy is defined in ELA contexts and how ELA classroom instruction can support literacy growth in other content areas as well. Students will learn and implement a variety of reading strategies that support adolescent readers in reading literature (poems, short stories, novels), non-fiction texts, and digital texts. Students will plan and implement whole class, small group, and individualized reading instruction in an ELA classroom setting. It is recommended that students take this course the same semester as ENG 405. Prerequisite: admitted to Teacher Education.