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Literacy course
Hi all!
I'm thinking of teaching a college course. If you were interested in taking a course on literacy, what would you want it to cover? This is not definite yet, but something I'm toying with...thanks!
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Posted 2/2/08 8:23 PM  |
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donegal419
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Re: Literacy course
writing definitely... i feel i know enough about reading.... it's writing that's much harder to teach.
i would look for ways to tie creative writing activities to correspond with what the kids are reading.
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| Posted 2/2/08 9:19 PM |
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~Melissa~
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Re: Literacy course
Posted by donegal419
writing definitely... i feel i know enough about reading.... it's writing that's much harder to teach.
i would look for ways to tie creative writing activities to correspond with what the kids are reading.
I totally agree. Writing is hard to teach. I would love to learn some new ideas/techniques/methods.
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| Posted 2/2/08 10:25 PM |
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nel
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Re: Literacy course
Posted by donegal419
writing definitely... i feel i know enough about reading.... it's writing that's much harder to teach.
i would look for ways to tie creative writing activities to correspond with what the kids are reading.
It's funny that you say this because even though we obviously teach different grade levels, I think I'm ok with teaching writing, but I am TERRIBLE with reading strategies. (I think part of the reason is because I feel like at this point, I shouldn't HAVE to teach reading, but for some of them, I really do.) We should FM/talk sometime. We do know the same kind of kids. 
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| Posted 2/2/08 11:01 PM |
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Re: Literacy course
Thanks all..if you could let me know the levels you teach, so I can think a bit more, it would be great!
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| Posted 2/3/08 7:15 AM |
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nel
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Re: Literacy course
Well, I teach high school English -- hence the apparent need NOT to teach reading when the reality is pretty different. They just don't have the skills (or they claim to hate it -- which breaks my heart).
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| Posted 2/3/08 11:02 AM |
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daisy
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Re: Literacy course
Ive taught in-service and grad courses and have done some of these topics:
Writing Minilessons/Craft Lessons
Reading Workshop
Writing Workshop
Poetry Workshop
Reading and Writing Related to ELA 3-8
HTH! 
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| Posted 2/3/08 2:13 PM |
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beautyq115
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Re: Literacy course
I am in a literacy program at Hofstra...and it's great! I took a Reading and writing workshop over the summer break and it was really useful!
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| Posted 2/3/08 6:44 PM |
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