This course has an assignment that is due by 11:55 pm Central Standard Time on Wednesday night of the first week of class.  Failure to complete this assignment will result in your removal from the course for non-participation. 

Students in this course will meet for 2 hours a week for 8 weeks with their instructor and other members of the course using the Big Blue Button eClassroom software. These will be “live” course meetings that students are required to attend, and they will include chat, voice, and video presentations.  Students will need access to a computer with reliable high-speed internet capability for these meetings, along with a microphone and either speakers or headphones.  These live meetings are a vital component of the course.

The remaining credit hours for the course will be fulfilled through online assignments that will be completed in myCMU.  These online assignments are essential to the course; you will not do well in the course unless you attend the live meetings and also complete the online assignments.

3 hours. The reading process and the application of reading and writing strategies in various content areas in the middle school. May be taken concurrently with ED318/319. Prerequisite:  Successful passing of MoGEA.

This course is designed to:

1. Provide theoretical information about language development and assessment (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). (SSC 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5, 3-1, 3-3, 3-9, 4-5) (PRAXIS II-2, II-3, III-1) (MOSTEP 01.1, 02.2, 02.4, 04.1) 1C3, 2C3
2. Provide pedagogical information about teaching and assessing language processes (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) to middle school students. (SSC 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 3-1, 3-3, 3-4, 3-9, 4-2, 4-5, 4-8) (PRAXIS II-2, II-3, III-1) (MOSTEP 01.1, 01.2, 03.3, 04.1, 04.2, 04.3, 05.1, 07.1, 07.3 08.1, 08.2, 08.3, 08.4) 7C1, 7C2, 7C3, 7C1, 7C2
3. Provide information about ways middle school teachers can improve the literacy skills of students in their content areas. (SSC 4-2, 4-3, 4.8) MOSTEP (01.3, 01.4, 01.5, 02.2, 03.2, 03.3, 04.1, 04.2, 04.3, 05.1, 05.2, 06.1, 06.3, 07.3, 08.3, 09.1) 2C2, 1C5, 1C1, 1C4
4. Provide information about the ways societal, cultural, cognitive, psychological, and physical factors affect learning to read and write for middle school student and how teachers can help mitigate the effect of these factors (SSC 2-3. 2-4, 2-5, 2-6) (MOSTEP 01.2, 01.2, 03.1, 03.2, 03.3, 03.4, 04.3, 05.1, 07.2, 10.4) 2C1, 2C5, 1C3, 4C1, 2C4, 3C2, 3C3, 7C1, 7C2
5. Engage in and develop critical thinking strategies and learn ways of teaching critical thinking skills. (SSC 3-7, 3-8, 4-4, 4-6, 4-8) (MOSTEP 01.4, 05.2, 09.1) 1C3, 1C2, 4C1, 9C3
6. Teach students to utilize instructional media as learning and teaching tools. (SSC 4-7) (MOSTEP 11.2, 11.3, 11.5) 6C4, 8C3
7. Employ research skills while applying knowledge of the writing process to the writing of papers about literacy instruction for middle school students. (SSC 4-2, 4-3, 4-4) (MOSTEP) 10.1, 09.1, 09.2, 09.3) 1C3, 6C1, 6C3,
8. Read, discuss and apply theory and research from professional literature to teaching practice. (MOSTEP 10.1, 09.1, 09.2, 09.3) 1C3, 2C3