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, 3/22, at 5pm .

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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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Anna T he Things Th e y Carried by Tim O'Brian The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare Kayla Sweep: Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan The Summer I Turned Pretty  by Jenny Han Neil Ready Player One by Ernest Cline The Once and Future King  by TH White Carolina The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas  The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Bailey It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini The Glass Castle  by Jeannette Walls Heather Caraval by Stephanie Garber   Have No Shame by Melissa Foster Sunny Looking for Alaska by John Green Sam Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig A Monster Calls  by Patrick Ness Haley Sold by Patricia McCormick Are you there God? It's me, Margaret by Judy Blume Candice Flawed by Cecelia Ahern A Taste for Monsters by Matthew Kirby Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon Anthony High Heat Slam Austin Ender's Game  by Orson Scott Car...

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 (3/6) Week 10 3/11-- Book Talks (Sunny, Neil) Reading   and Blog Post #13 Wiesel's  Night Reading and Blog Post #14 Edgar Allan Poe texts 3/13--Work Day Week 11 3/18--Course Wrap up Discussion of Unit Plans, Course Evals, Discussion of World Relief Refugee Simulation, etc... *All remaining materials (Learning Letters and anything else) due by Friday, 3/22, at 5pm

English 493: Teaching Literature to Adolescents Winter 2019--M/W 3:00pm-5:20pm        Sean W. Agriss, PhD                                               Office Hours:  M/W 1-3pm or by appointment Office: Patterson 211t                                                                 Phone: 509-359-6863                                              Email:  sagriss@ewu.edu Course Description: The course involves the study and analysis of ...