GRED 549 - Adolescent Literature and the Teaching of Reading/ Literacy

3 Credit(s)

This course includes: 1) intensive and extensive reading of contemporary young adult literature; 2) study and development of strategies for teaching reading, writing, speaking, and listening through the use of adolescent literature; and 3) restructuring curricula and teaching strategies to provide for the literacy needs, interests, and abilities of all learners. Students will also work in the computer lab using and locating resources on teaching adolescent literature, constructing reading data bases, and examining instructional uses of power point and electronic communication. Online course. Summer, Fall and Spring.