Course
Description

Provides preparation for teaching of developmental reading in the middle school by way of a literature-centered approach to the teaching of reading and development of proficiency through a stage model. Text and supplementary readings, lecture, demonstration, discussion, multimedia resources, observations and participation in schools, and projects for practical competence are part of the class procedures.

Methods of Course Instruction

Blackboard Course Content, discussion boards, email submission, blog partnerships.

This course offers an opportunity for students to assess dependent readers’ needs, to increase understanding of pre-reading, during-reading, and after-reading strategies, and to demonstrate the ability to provide explicit instruction in reading comprehension.

EDTE 325 will be a very useful, relevant class in which you’ll read, respond, and react—regularly.   You'll read each of the fifteen chapters in our primary text as well as three young adult novels and respond by posting to the discussion board regularly or writing informally about pertinent information in the chapters for 20% of the course grade.   Then, I’ve included a current article from a journal, newspaper, webpage or some other timely source that corresponds to the primary ideas in our chapter--you'll react to that reading (in some unique, creative ways) for 25% of your grade.  These responses can be written in a comfortable voice as though we were talking to each other.

Perhaps most importantly, you'll apply a principle or concept from each chapter for 40% of your grade.   These applications are the most essential part of the course to my mind--there's no point in learning anything if you can't put it into action in the classroom.  These will be creative, challenging at times, but always relevant.  You’ll often find examples of  student responses from previous quarters in Blackboard so that you can have a good idea of what kind of work I am looking for.

Finally, for the “observation” part of the course, you’ll be partnering with a 7th grade student  in an innovative online correspondence which will account for 15% of your grade. 

Materials

Required

Text(s)

When Kids Can’t Read:  What Teachers Can Do by Kylene Beers:  ISBN: 0-86709-519-9
How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen:  ISBN:  0-385-72949-9
Bud, not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis  ISBN:  0-385-32306-9 The Truth About Forever, Sarah Dessen  ISBN: 0-670-03639-0


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Exams
Requirements

No exams