EDTE 5261 - Secondary Reading Instruction

• Candidates will be able to develop engaging activities geared toward secondary student’s interests and reading levels to promote reading for aesthetic as well as informational purposes.
• Candidates will be able to develop several research-based strategies and activities geared toward diverse learners in secondary schools in rural Appalachia.
• Candidates will be able to display positive dispositions by making literacy materials accessible to secondary students, reading with students, and encouraging participation on a regular basis.
• Candidates will be able to encourage secondary students to actively participate, explore materials, research topics of interest, and read and write for authentic and personal purposes.
• Candidates will be able to select books, technology resources, graphics, photos, and artifacts to meet secondary students’ interests and cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Candidates will be able to select, and articulate reasons for selecting, a variety of appropriate content-area reading materials (books, magazines, newspapers, brochures, maps, etc.) that address multiple levels and diverse backgrounds of students.
• Candidates will be able to share their enthusiasm for reading and writing through shared reading and writing, shared inquiry, and shared exploration of literacy materials.