Teaching Composition

Catalog description

Students will conduct, review, analyze, and discuss the teaching of composition, applying the best research-based strategies for elementary- and secondary-level learners from diverse perspectives. Pre-service teachers of literacy will explore writing as a process and develop instructional practices that will increase their students’ writing abilities across the curriculum. Students will also reflect on their learning as they study and practice instructional methods in microteaching opportunities. The course will emphasize the writing process, purposes of writing, grammar and conventions, response groups, multigenre writing, research writing, technology resources, struggling writer strategies, instructional practice and design strategies, and assessment and evaluation techniques. Prerequisites: EN 200 or EN 300 .