Advanced Practices for Teaching Literature and Writing at the Secondary Level (Specialization…

Catalog description

This course will explore adolescent literature and the variety of formats in which it exists. Attention will be given to writing across the curriculum and teaching students to write for various subject areas. How students comprehend content material and socio-cultural influences on reading, reading/writing relationships, and assessment of content reading will be addressed. Ways to teach students to critically read and create media will be discussed. Research on writing and its implications for methods of teaching writing and responding to and evaluating student writing will be explored.