ENG 5520 - Teaching Literature in Secondary Schools

• Students will be able to cite research in connection with developmentally appropriate lesson plans aligned with standards for teaching literary and informational text in grades 7-12.
• Students will be able to articulate what means of assessment are best aligned with learning objectives to evaluate student learning in relation to literary and informational texts.
• Students will be able to evaluate models that utilize multiple intelligences to gauge reading competencies in grades 7-12.
• Students will be able to cite research that informs a range of strategies for teaching vocabulary in connection with reading.
• Students will be able to compose lesson plans that apply and demonstrate knowledge about a variety of literary and informational texts that represent a range of world literatures, historical traditions, cultures, and lived experiences.