Advanced Content Methods: Secondary English/Language Arts - Fall

1.5 units

In this course, students will continue to refine their vision for high quality English/language arts instruction in a secondary classroom. This course will build upon students' understanding of effective novel studies and writing units by focusing on the fundamentals of close reading, word study, embedded non-fiction, and writing for reading strategies. Sophisticated discussions are also one of the hallmarks of advanced practice in ELA classrooms. Middle and high school students must be able to fluently use academic language and internalize habits of discussion. This course will also focus on the role of discussion in an ELA classrooms, and students will implement multiple discussion formats, including Socratic Seminars and Literature Circles. Students in this course will also revisit the concept of rigor in a secondary ELA classroom by discussing the importance of text selection, studying text attributes and leveling systems, and analyzing the text selections embedded in their school's curriculum. Students must have instructor approval to register.