THE TEACHING OF WRITING AND OTHER LANGUAGE ARTS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Elementary Education BSE or Elementary Education and Special Education BSE Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Comm QR - Communication B Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate with the major concepts and approaches to teaching writing. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Practice various types of writing and develop instructional plans and assessments based on these types of writing. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain oral language development in children and ways that oral language supports literacy learning. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explore disciplinary-specific literacy practices across the PK-9 range. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Discuss the role of texts and children’s literature in the literacy classroom. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Incorporate principles of social justice and equity into the Language Arts curriculum to create lessons with high expectations for all students, honor students’ cultures and personal literacies, and also support and encourage their achievement. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Critically examine research, theories, and practices in literacy education and explore the social, cultural, and political implications of literacy education. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate with the major concepts and approaches to teaching writing. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Practice various types of writing and develop instructional plans and assessments based on these types of writing. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain oral language development in children and ways that oral language supports literacy learning. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explore disciplinary-specific literacy practices across the PK-9 range. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Discuss the role of texts and children’s literature in the literacy classroom. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Incorporate principles of social justice and equity into the Language Arts curriculum to create lessons with high expectations for all students, honor students’ cultures and personal literacies, and also support and encourage their achievement. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Critically examine research, theories, and practices in literacy education and explore the social, cultural, and political implications of literacy education. Audience: Undergraduate