EDU 3347 - CONTENT AREA LITERACY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL

credits: 3.0
Prospective teachers examine curriculum and instructional theories of and practices in acquiring and developing literacy in the grades five through eight. The major focus is on assisting all students to use listening, speaking, reading, and writing for acquiring information, developing understandings, constructing literary responses, creating literary expressions, conducting critical analyses, performing evaluations, and developing social interactions. Objectives: A) Use theoretical views of literacy acquisition and development on planning and implementing literacy instruction for students in the grades five through eight; B) Plan lessons that are developmentally and academically supportive of the concepts, skills, and strategies essential for learners in grade five through eight to acquire and enhance reading, writing, listening, and speaking; C) Assess students’ literacy behaviors and use the results in planning, implementing, and assessing literacy instruction; D) Design literature projects that examine literature categories, genres, and story elements, and devise teaching schemes that cultivate multi- and trans-cultural perspectives in students in the grades five through eight; E) Prepare literacy lessons that incorporate informational texts, reference materials, and electronic resources; F) Plan a literacy curriculum that integrates New York State, National, and Common Core curriculum standards and guidelines, and curriculum that: 1) Enables students in the grades five through eight to use literacy for information and understanding, 2) Enables students in the grades five through eight to connect text material to their own lives, broaden their views of diversity, social, historical, and cultural dimensions of texts, and use productive language for self-expression and artistic creation, 3) Enables students in the grade five through eight to use literacy for critical analysis and evaluation, and 4) Enables students in the grades five through eight to use literacy for social interactions; G) Design and implement a literacy curriculum that supports and enhances literacy learning for all learners in the classroom; H) Prepare teaching strategies that integrate reading, writing, listening, and speaking with the grade five through eight literacy curriculum and devise techniques that connect literacy learning to the content areas-math, science, social studies, art, and music. Method of Instruction: Lecture, discussion, demonstrations, mini-lessons, student presentations, and small group collaborations. Method of Evaluation: Class participation, lessons and activities, literature study, projects, and exams.

Prerequisite(s): JUNIOR STANDING and EDU 2020 - TCHNG STDNTS W/DISBLTIES INCLSVE CLASSROOM
Co-Requisite(s): With EDU 3647.