TEACHING READING, WRITING, AND LITERATURE IN THE MIDDLE LEVEL GRADES.

Catalog description

Theory and practice in the teaching of literacy for the middle level grades, including various instructional approaches to reading, writing, listening, and speaking; motivating student readers and writers; vocabulary; comprehension, strategies for various writing modes, purposes, and audiences; and the basic components of assessment. This course includes a field experience component, which requires students to work with middle grade students during normal school hours.