|Instructor:||Dr. Gayle Allen|
|Office:||N103 Lagomarcino Hall|
Office Hours: M & W 9:30-11:00 and T & Th 9:30-10:30.
Other times can be arranged as necessary.
|Content Area Reading, 4th ed., R.T. & J.A. Vacca|
Exploration of the use of reading and writing in the secondary
school curriculum as tools for learning. Examination of reading
comprehension, motivation, reading attitudes, and interests to
support literacy efforts and teaching strategies for instruction.
General topics to be covered:
Course Requirements and Evaluation for Course
One of the goals of this course is to create a learning community where diverse ideas, thoughts, and debate on the issues in literacy and teaching reading can be freely expressed. You will be expected to demonstrate your understanding of the subject matter by your class participation, thoughtful completion of assignments, reading assigned material and professional attitude.
Attendance is strongly encouraged and a portion of your grade
is based on being actively involved in class.
Evaluation and Assessment
Please record and keep track of your own grade. If you are in doubt about an assignment or the resulting grade, see me immediately, it is your responsibility to let me know if you have questions. These are the planned requirements for the semester. If circumstances arise, the number of points possible may need to be adjusted.
|2. Instructional Unit||____/100|
|3. Journal Article Presentation||____/100|
|4. Teaching Minilesson||____/200|
|5. Internet/ICN Exchange||____/100|
|"A"||(95-100%)||760 to 800 points|
|"A-"||(90-94%)||720 to 759|
|"B+"||(87-89%)||688 to 719|
|"B"||(83-86%)||664 to 687|
|"B-"||(80-82%)||640 to 663|
|"C+"||(77-79%)||616 to 639|
|C and below||(73-76%)||584 to 615|
If at any time you are concerned about your grade or your standing
in the class, please contact me and arrange a time to discuss
|Introduction to the course
Literacy, Language and Learning.
|Reading to learn-Ch. 2
Reading and Learning strategies
|ICN Link-up with middle school students
Motivating the reluctant reader
|Activating Prior Knowledge and Interest- Ch. 5|
|Designing curriculum- Ch. 3 and Ch. 10|
|Report/Discussion of Articles
Motivation through curriculum
|Using questions as tools for learning - Ch. 6
Frameworks for Reader-Text interactions - Ch. 6
|Ch. 6 Con't.
Teaching vocabulary - Ch. 4
|Studying Texts Ch. 9
Study strategies and time management
|Assessment of students and texts
Teaching a mini-lesson
|Writing to learn Ch. 8
Technology and teaching reading
|ICN - Link with middle school students
Working with other subject area teachers
|Student and Teacher Research
Discussion and closure
|Week 17||Final TBA - Reflective Paper Due|