CURR 609 - Method/Material-Adol:English

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0

This course focuses on current approaches and practices in teaching the English Language Arts in grades 7-12 with special emphasis on writing. It is also designed to assist pre-service teachers in becoming acquainted with literary selections and resources used to teach adolescents from grades 7-12. This course features 60 hours of field work at middle schools and high schools. This will allow for the teacher candidate to observe and/or apply practical approaches for classroom teaching as well as the observation of theoretical models in action. As a key portion of this course, students construct a thematic unit consistent with the New York State Learning Standards and the IRA/NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts. An assortment of literature and personal-literacy based activities and assignments provide authentic experience in teaching and also stimulate reflection on pedagogical theory. Collaborative pedagogy is modeled throughout the course. This course also emphasized the reading of this literature, in particular, the genre of young adult fiction, and will introduce methods for integrating the literature within the English classroom. The course also considers the selection of literature for students of a full range of abilities including students with special needs and English Language Learners. Offered every spring

Prerequisite(s): INTD 203, PSYC 216, EDUC 404, and EDUC 347.