Title: THE TEACHING OF WRITING

PRQ: PRQ: ENGL 300C or consent of department.CRQ: ILAS 301.

This class will give you some practical tools to use as you begin teaching, but more than that, it is intended to help you begin building an attitude toward English teaching that will help you to grow throughout your career.  You will be asked to think not only about the kinds of writing instruction you want to provide but about how this instruction will benefit individual learners and fit within wider curricular goals.  As you evaluate, synthesize, and create teaching ideas, you will be expected to demonstrate a willingness to move out of your personal comfort zone in order to take the kinds of risks needed for personal and professional development.

Regular attendance and active participation in discussions and small group activities are mandatory.  Students will respond to assigned readings, create and present lessons to the class, collaborate with other students, prepare materials, practice leadership, and make satisfactory progress with their English Certification Portfolio.  Students who have not recently taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator will be asked to do so. 

Anderson, Jeff. Mechanically Inclined. Stenhouse, 2005.; Smagorinsky, Johannessen, Kahn, and McCann. The Dynamics of Writing Instruction ,Heinemann, 2010.; Sizoo, Bob. Teaching Powerful Writing, Scholastic, 2001; Who Am I?   Membership in NCTE and journal subscription; Collection of articles on electronic reserve; Course pack of additional materials.