Appalachian
State University
Department
of Language, Reading, and Exceptionalities
RE
4620-350
Reading
Instruction: Middle, Junior, Senior High School
Fall
Semester 2004
Linda
Kucan
202F
Edwin Duncan Hall
262-7172
(office) 265-0908 (home)
“You see, I have the advantage of
having found out how hard it is to get to really know something, how careful
you have to be about checking the experiments, how easy it is to make mistakes
and fool yourself. I know what it means
to know something . . . .”
The
Pleasure of Finding Things Out, Richard Feynman (1999, p. 22)
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Course
Overview
What does it mean to know or
understand something? How do learners
build understanding through reading and writing, through speaking and
listening, through viewing and visually representing? What can teachers do to
help students learn how to know and inspire them to want to know?
This
course is designed to help you begin developing your answers to those
questions. It is also an opportunity
for you to participate in a social constructivist learning environment. In such an environment, students’ active
role in learning and the influence of the social environment in supporting that
learning are emphasized. In a
supportive classroom environment, talk and work are focused on building
understanding of ideas and concepts.
Therefore, in this course, we will focus on the kinds of talk and
work--discussion, assignments, and assessments--that support students’ active
learning.
Teaching Methods
This is a
web-based course with three required face-to-face meetings on the following
dates:
August 30 September 20 November 15
Course Goals:
q
To work as members of a community of learners who care
about and enjoy our collaboration
q
To begin building an understanding of literacy and aspects
of reader, texts, activities, and contexts that can support the development of
literacy
q
To learn about instructional strategies and approaches that
provide ways for students to build understandings of content area concepts
q
To become familiar with fiction and nonfiction books
created by accomplished authors and illustrators and multimedia resources that
can support and enrich developing understanding of content area concepts
q
To develop thoughtful and motivating lesson plans,
assignments, and rubrics
q To become
aware of professional resources and organizations that support and inspire
teachers
Required Text
Buehl,
D. Classroom strategies for
interactive learning. (2nd
ed.).Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Articles available on electronic
reserve from the ASU library webpage:
Allington, R. L. (2002). You can’t learn much from books you can’t read. Educational Leadership, 60(3), 16-19.
Carr, K.
S., Buchanan, D. L., Wentz, J. B., Weiss, M. L., & Brant, K. J.
(2001). Not just for the primary
grades: A bibliography of picture books for secondary content teachers. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy,
45(2), 146-153
Moulton,
M. R.C. (1999). The multigenre paper:
Increasing interest, motivation, and functionality in research. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy,
42(7), 528-539.
Vacca, R.
T. (2002). From efficient decoders to
strategic readers. Educational Leadership, 60(3), 7-11.
Course Requirements
This course is an opportunity for
you to become part of a community of learners who are committed to learning
through reading, writing, discussing, and collaborating. To be a part of that community, you need to
attend every class meeting and participate thoughtfully in all web-based
activities. Final grades will be
lowered because of absences and lack of participation and collaboration.
Academic honesty and integrity are
expected of all students. Any work that
you or your team submits must be your own work. Any ideas, information, approaches, or formats that you use based
on the work of others must be acknowledged by citing the appropriate sources.
All
assignments must be submitted on time in order to be awarded the maximum number
of points. All assignments should have
the following heading:
Your Name
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Grading
94-100% = A 90-93% = A- 87-89% = B+ 83-86% = B
80-82% = B- 74-79% = C 69-73% = D
|
Course assignments/activities |
Your points/Total possible points |
|
Biography |
/20 |
|
Interactive reading guides: Buehl Vacca Allington Carr et al. Moulton |
/100 |
|
Integrated lesson plan: Part 1: multiple resources Part 2: invitation and rubric Part 3: vocabulary lessons Reflection |
/100 |
|
Multitext/Multigenre Project |
/100 |
|
Weekly Discussion Forum
postings |
/65 |
|
Final Course
Evaluation/Reflection |
/30 |
|
TOTAL |
/415 |
Time/Topic
|
Activities/Assignments |
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1. Aug. 30 Getting to know you/Getting to know the course |
CLASS MEETING
Assignment 1: Biography DISCUSSION FORUM |
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2. Week of Sept. 6 Reading as a constructive process |
Assignment 2: Interactive Reading Guide: Buehl Assignment 3: Interactive
Reading Guide: Vacca
DISCUSSION FORUM |
|
3. Week of Sept. 13 Textbooks |
Assignment 4: Textbook investigation and Interactive
Reading Guide: Allington DISCUSSION FORUM |
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4. Sept. 20 Tradebooks/ Multimedia Resources |
CLASS MEETING ·
Textbooks and tradebooks ·
Demonstration:
Integrated lesson ·
Multitext/Multigenre Project DISCUSSION FORUM |
|
5. Week of Sept. 27 Multiple Resources |
Assignment 5:
Tradebook Investigation and Interactive
Reading Guide: Carr et al. Assignment 6: Interactive
Reading Guide: Moulton DISCUSSION FORUM |
Time/Topic
|
Activities/Assignments |
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6. Week of Oct. 4 Multitext/Multigenre Project |
Assignment 7: Multitext/Multigenre Project DISCUSSION FORUM |
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7. Week of Oct. 11 Integrated Lesson Plan: Multiple Resources |
Assignment 8: Integrated Lesson Plan Part 1 DISCUSSION FORUM |
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8. Week of Oct. 18 |
DISCUSSION FORUM |
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9. Week of Oct. 25 Integrated Lesson Plan: Invitation and rubric |
Assignment 9: Integrated Lesson Plan Part 2 DISCUSSION FORUM |
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10. Week of Nov. 1 Integrated Lesson Plan: Vocabulary |
Assignment 10: Integrated Lesson Plan Part 3 DISCUSSION FORUM |
Time/Topic
|
Activities/Assignments |
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11. Week of Nov. 8 Reflection |
Assignment 11: Reflection on Integrated Lesson Plan DISCUSSION FORUM |
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12. Nov. 15 Presentation |
CLASS MEETING ·
Presentation of Multitext/Multigenre Projects DISCUSSION FORUM |
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13. Week of Nov. 22 |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
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14. Week of Nov. 29 |
Assignment 12: Course
Evaluation and Final Reflection DISCUSSION FORUM |