English Education Course(s)
Graduate
ENG 589: Boys and Literacy
Data from tests show that boys under perform girls in literacy. Using data from recent research and reports from teachers and students, this course will focus on creating literacy curriculum that is boy-friendly and will help boys improve their literacy skills. Understanding how boys think, perform, and what motivates them will be an integral part of this course. Literacy strategies, writing techniques, and books that motivate boys will be reviewed. View syllabus, PDF. Also available as ED 589.
Print-based (open enrollment), 3 semester hours, tuition $435, fee $15
ENG/ED 589: Good Books, Good Authors
Read and study good books and good authors for your grade level. Explore what makes a "good" book and a "good" author. You will be introduced to a wide variety of reading, resources and web sites that are appropriate for choosing good books and good authors. You will read good books, be introduced to authors of children's and young adult books, keep a reading log, study authors, and explore the connection between reading good books and your curriculum. You will create an author study presentation and a curriculum application that is suitable to your professional purposes. View syllabus, PDF.
Print-based (open enrollment), 3 semester hours, tuition $435, fee $15
ENG 589: Improving Writing Skills Through Autobiographical Application
Improve writing skills and the writing process through autobiographical writing activities, using photographs and writing prompts. Connect with history from a personal history. View syllabus, PDF. Also available as ED 589.
Print-based (open enrollment), 3 semester hours, tuition $435, fee $15
ENG 589: Improving Writing Skills through Writing Family Histories
This course will focus on writing family histories. Research, gathering family histories, making family trees, using photographs, using anecdotal records will be combined with writing and revising skills to create interesting and memorable family histories. View syllabus, PDF. Also available as ED 589.
Print-based (open enrollment), 3 semester hours, tuition $435, fee $15
ENG 589: On Writing: Writing for the Writer and Non-Writer
Writing strategies and practice for the writer and non-writer to improve skills for writing in any content area in or outside the classroom. Students who learn to write and perform well on state assessments have teachers/coaches/models that practice and share their writing process. This course will give you the opportunity to write, while learning about the writing process. The workbook is set up in four parts. Part 1 discusses setting the stage for writing. Part 2 discusses the writing process. Part 3 discusses how to create a writing curriculum using mentor texts, and Part 4 addresses writing to text and test prompts. You will spend time writing through journaling, collecting ideas in a writer's notebook, writing drafts, and revising a chosen piece for "publication." You will read like a writer, collecting mentor texts to study how authors create their craft. You will try new writing strategies and practicing elements of good writing. You will create a writing application for your personal and/or professional application. Through this, you will learn the magic and power of writing! View syllabus, PDF.
Print-based (open enrollment), 3 semester hours, tuition $435
ENG 589: Using Nonfiction to Motivate Reading and Writing K-12
Explore the world of nonfiction and how you can use nonfiction in your classroom to motivate student's reading and writing. Discover resources for finding well-crafted nonfiction. Choose nonfiction books, magazines, and Internet sites to read. Document forty-five hours of reading through writing a practical and useful reading log. Create lists of nonfiction titles for read-alouds, text sets, paired texts, mentor texts, and classroom application. View syllabus, PDF.
Print-based (open enrollment), 3 semester hours, tuition $435
ENG 589: Using Picture Books, K-12
This course will focus on the power and sophistication of picture books and how to use them across the curriculum, K-12 to introduce units, create a resource of short texts, build literacy standards, and improve reading and writing skills. Using picture books enhances comprehension strategies such as making connections, developing visualization and inferencing through words and art, and building vocabulary. You will be introduced to a wide variety of picture books as well as given time to read and collect picture books to fit your curriculum and teaching level. View syllabus, PDF. Also available as ED 589.
Print-based (open enrollment), 3 semester hours, tuition $435, fee $15
ENG 589: Writing Strategies for Boys
Writing strategies tailored for boy's interests and learning style preferences based on findings from research that are good for girls, too. Develop authentic purposeful writing tasks that help boys pursue an interest, gather information to be competent and honor their love for action, power, and humor. Strategies to help boys on state writing assessments will be addressed. This course will give you a compendium of practical writing activities and strategies that you can use in your K-12 classroom. View syllabus, PDF.
Print-based (open enrollment), 3 semester hours, tuition $435
