ENGLISH 319—TEACHING LANGUAGE IN THE GRADES



ENGLISH 319—TEACHING LANGUAGE IN THE GRADES

Fall 2002

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores current methods for teaching language arts, including reading, writing, thinking, speaking, and listening, with a focus on the writing teacher writing.

OBJECTIVES:

• Discover the nature of the language arts including developing an understanding of how the language arts are integrated

• Develop an understanding of how language development relates to classroom instruction

• Develop an understanding of the writing process through using it

• Become members of a writing community

• Develop an awareness as a writer and responder in our classroom which will facilitate writing instruction in your classroom

• Develop an appreciation of the influence of reading on writing fluency

• Experience and develop methods of observation, assessment and response to writing and learning

• Examine your own literacy development

• Become aware of a variety of practical teaching strategies

TEXTS: Communication in Action by Dorothy Grant Hennings

In the Company of Children by Joanne Hindley

Building the Foundation the Write Way by Susan Miller and Donna Vincent

INSTRUCTOR: Loretta Martin Murrey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English

E-MAIL ADDRESS: loretta.murrey@wku.edu

CAMPUS PHONE: 659-6938

OFFICE HOURS Tue. & Wed. 12-2:30 & by appointment

TEACHING SCHEDULE (All classes in Room 168)

Mon. 9-11:45 & 12-2:45 English 200 Intro to Lit

Tue. 9-11:45 English 319 Teaching Language in the Grades

Wed. 9-11:45 English 302 Language and Communication

DISABILITIES: Students with disabilities who require accommodations (academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids or services) for this course must contact the Office for Student Disability Services, Room 445, Potter Hall. The OFSDS telephone number is 745-5004 V/TDD. Please do not request accommodations directly from the professor without a letter of accommodation from the Office for Student Disability Services.

ATTENDANCE: Please sign the roll each week. Absences beyond two (or four half-class absences), if not verifiable excused absences, will result in a full letter grade reduction per absence. We will take a break, but you may briefly leave class individually as needed. Your children are welcome.

JOURNAL (20): We will begin class each week with 10 minutes of journal writing. By the end of the semester you will need a total of 20 full standard-size pages or the equivalent (25 pages for marble journals, and 30 for smaller).

DISCUSSION OF TEXT (20): When you read the chapters in the text, I suggest you underline and/or take notes, including page numbers (ie. something learned, used in classroom) so you'll be prepared to discuss in class.

TEACHING PORTFOLIO PIECE (20): Student groups will teach the portfolio pieces. An outline explaining each group member's responsibility is due the second week of class. The week of the presentation, each group member will turn in a one-page computer-generated thorough explanation of his or her part of the group work. These will be used to determine the points received.

PAPERS (100 per paper): You will write 3 computer-generated 400+ word papers: personal, literary, and transactive (ten points deducted for each week late). Quality writing is expected in all papers. Each paper will go through at least 3 drafts: 1) original draft which will be read by a classmate, friend, or a Resource Room tutor and signed in the top right corner; 2) the revision which will be read by me; and 3) the finished paper.

PORTFOLIO (100): The portfolio will include a Letter to the Reviewer, as well as all three drafts of each paper in reverse chronological order (that is, finished paper first).

FIELD EXPERIENCE: We will go as a group several times to South Green Elementary to conference with students about portfolio pieces.

IDEAS FILE (20): To be useful, your teaching materials need to be organized in some fashion. The ideas file will include at least 20 file folders from the list (with materials in each file) and be brought to class and presented on the designated day (five points deducted if a week late).

FINAL GRADE: A=450-500 points B=400-449 C=350-399 D=300-349 F=0-299

• Personal Expressive Piece-100

• Literary Piece-100

• Transactive Piece-100

• Portfolio, including Letter to the Reviewer-100

• Other(journal-20, ideas file-20, discussion of text-20, teaching portfolio piece-20)

(A+=100, A=95, A-=92, B+=88, B=85, B-=82, C=78, etc.)

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AUG 20 Intro to Course & Groups Meet

(AUG 26=Last day to drop a course without a grade and receive 100% refund)

27 Hennings, CH 9 (317-343)“Writing as Idea Making”

& CH 10 “Writing Processes in a Workshop Environment” &Groups Meet

SEPT 3 Personal Expressive Presentation (PERSONAL NARRATIVE)

Hindley, CH 2-7 “The Writing Workshop”

10 Personal Expressive Presentation (MEMOIR)

Hennings, CH 11 “Language Conventions and Grammar”

17 Personal Expressive Editing Workshop

Hennings, CH 12 “Spelling, Dictionary Use, and Handwriting"

24 Freedom One-Room School (9:30-11:15)

PERSONAL EXPRESSIVE PIECE due

Hennings CH4 “Literature for Life” Bring & read fav. children’s book(s).

OCT 1 Literary Group Presentation (SHORT STORY)

Hennings, CH 5 “Listening for Meaning”

8 Literary Group Presentation ( )

Hennings CH 6 “Oral Expression”

(OCT 14=Last day to drop a course with a “W” or change from credit to audit)

15 Literary Editing Workshop

Hennings, CH 7 “From Experiencing to Critical Thinking”

22 LITERARY PIECE due

Hennings, CH 9(344-356) "Making Ideas by Writing and Reading Poetry"

29 Transactive Group Presentation (HOW TO BROCHURE)

Hennings, CH 3 “Lang & Children’s Early Language Development”

NOV 5 Transactive Group Presentation (PERSUASIVE LETTER)

Hindley CH 8-11“ReadingWorkshop”

12 Transactive Editing Workshop

Hennings, CH 8 “Reading with Meaning”

19 TRANSACTIVE PIECE due

Hennings, CH 1 “Teaching for Communication”

& CH 2 “Diversity in the Multicultural Classroom”

26 Letter to Reviewer Presentation

Hindley, CH 1 "Supportive Settings and Caring Communities"

& CH 12 “Inviting Students and Parents in on Assessment”

DEC 3 Letter to Reviewer & Portfolio Workshop

IDEAS FILES presented & JOURNALS checked

10 PORTFOLIOS due

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