ENGL 493--Teaching Literature to Adolescents

Each student is required to complete a course reflection in the form of a learning letter blog posting. This final blog posting should fulfill three major requirements: 1. Reflect on the work you’ve completed in the course (book talks, mini-lessons, unit plans) 2. Reflect on the theories and concepts we explored in readings and discussions 3. Reflect on how you think your participation in this course has influenced your thinking about yourself as a teacher The process of continual reflection is essential to your growth as a teacher. The learning letter is worth 5% of the final grade for the course, and it is  due to your blog by Friday, 3/23, at noon .

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Long Form Fillable Template Available at-- https://access.ewu.edu/education/officeoffieldexperience/candidates 1.         Teacher Candidate: 2.        Subject: 3.        Lesson Title/ Central Focus: 4.        Grade Level(s): 5.        Length of Lesson: ·           Time Required 6.        Academic and Content Standards (Common Core/National): 7.        Learning  Objective(s): ·           WHAT do you want students to know and be able to  do  (must be measurable ) ? Be specific and use concrete terms. ·           Learning Objective(s) must align with the Content Standards listed in #6. 8.  ...

(Last Updated 2/5) Week 1 1/8--Introductions, Syllabi, Assignments, Expectations, etc… 1/10-- Reading   and Blog Post #1-- Brookfield's “Discussion as a Way of Teaching” available at  http://webshare.northseattle.edu/Sustainability_in_Healthcare/Discussion_as_a_Way_of_Teaching%20INC-Learning%20Circles.pdf        Week 2 1/15 --No Class, Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/17-- Reading   and Blog Post #2-- English Language Arts Common Core State Standards available at  www.corestandards.org  (Please focus on the Reading Standards for Literature and the Reading Standards for Informational Text) Beach, Thein, and Webb’s “The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Instruction in Grades 6-12: Origins, Goals, and Challenges” (Handout) Week 3 1/22-- Book Talks (Amber, Rachel) Reading and Blog Post #3-- California State Universities Expository Reading and Writing Course Assignment Template available a...

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Three-Week Literature Unit Plan Each student will prepare a three-week literature unit plan. Preparing this unit will help you in a variety of ways. You will get feedback on the feasibility of your lessons working in the classroom and on your methods of evaluation.  You may be developing materials for a text/texts already used in the curriculum that you may/will encounter again in your own teaching.  You may be developing materials for a text/texts that you can make the case for why it should be included in the curriculum.  Or you may be developing materials that include English Language Arts instruction in a different content area. Whichever option you choose, you will gain experience in planning an meaningful unit for your future students. This will be a very detailed project. The literature unit plan is worth 45% of the final grade for the course. It is the culminating project for all of the work we will do this quarter. Project Objective:  To...