ENGL 493, Teaching Literature to Adolescents

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 assessment.  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 construct a well-researched and applic...

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, unit plans, etc.) 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, 11/30, 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.  ...

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Kaitlin-- Sold  by Patricia McCormick            -- A Long Way Gone  by Ishmael Beah Kimberlie-- The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom                 -- Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed Reggie-- The A bsolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie            -- The Sword of Summer  by Rick Riordan Lexi-- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton         -- Half Magic  by Edward Eager Mel-- The Give r by Lois Lowery        -- The Island by Gary Paulsen Zack-- T he Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick           -- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Ebb-- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare Malisa-- Refugee by Alan Gratz             -- The Sea Wolf by Jack London Christian-- Do Androids Dream of Sheep by Philip K. Dick ...

Book Talks of a Young Adult Texts Each student is required to choose two young adult texts and prepare a short talk to introduce each text to the class. As a teacher of adolescents, you will want to familiarize yourself with as much literature as possible that speaks to a younger reading audience. These book talks will assist you in becoming familiar with the texts that you choose, as well as the variety of texts that your classmates choose. Each student will be asked to provide a handout detailing each of the texts for his/her classmates. Each book talk of a young adult text is worth 10% of the final grade for the course. What to include in your presentations  and  handouts: 1.        Please include a detailed description of the text. Take into consideration that your colleagues might not be familiar with the text that you have chosen. A detailed description will include everything necessary for your classmates to gain an underst...

(Last Updated 10/24) Week 1 9/19--Introductions, Syllabi, Assignments, Expectations, etc…   Week 2 9/24 -- 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       9/26-- Blog Post #2 Graphic novels in the classroom *Meet for class in JFK Library Rm L23 on 9/26. Week 3 10/1-- Reading and Blog Post #3 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) 10/3-- Reading and Blog Post #4 California State Universities Expository Reading a...