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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION 4724
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DESIGNS FOR LEARNING: ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS ?
(D5.00)
Intersession, 1992 ?
Instructor: Richard Elson
(May 4—June 12)
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Phone:
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291-5798 (office)
Wednesdays & Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
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931-4048 (home)
Location: Prince George
PREREQUISiTE:
EDUC 4011402
COURSE DESCRIP1'ION
Recent "patterns" of English and Language Arts curriculum design have attempted to
mend the "broken English" approach of previous decades in which language acquisition
and literary study were segmented into a number of seemingly discreet skills and topics,
each of which was dealt with separately. This course will examine the threads that need to
be re-woven into the fabric of a "whole language" curriculum and consider both the theory
that mandates and the practice that accomplishes such a goal.
TOPICS WILL INCLUDE
Language acquisition and emergent literacy
The writing process: from pondering to publication
The roles of literature: ethics and aesthetics
Language across the curriculum: reading, writing and speaking to learn
Integration within and across "subject" areas
Making talk "matter": the role of oracy in the classroom
Vocabulary development
Designing curriculum
Assessment and evaluation
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Attendance and participation in all aspects of the course
Completion of assigned readings
Completion of a learning log
Completion of a novel response journal or composition of a children's story
Compilation of a book of resources
Design of an integrated language arts unit
Additional written and oral presentations
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READING LIST FOR EDUCATION 472: INTERSESSION PRINCE GEORGE
REQUIRED TEXTS
1 (All students) Student Centered Lanivae Arts. (K-12) 4th Ed.James
Moffett, Betty
Jane Wagner. Heinemann,
Boynton/Cook.
ISBN: 0-86709-292-0
2.
(K-5 teachers)
Living Between the Lines
Lucy M. Calkins,
Irwin: Toronto. 1991
ISBN 0-7725-1816-5
3. (6-12 teachers) Comin
g
To Know Writin
g
to Learn in the Intermediate Grades
Nancie Atwell, Ed. Irwin: Toronto. 1990 ISBN: 0-7725-1775-4
4. (K-7 teachers)
Other Worlds: The Endless Possibilities of Literature
Trevor Cairney,
Heinemann, 1991 ISBN: 0-435-08531-X
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(8-12 treachers) Transactions with Literature A Fift
y Year Perspective Farrell, E.,
Squire, J. Editors
Urbana, Ill: NCTE, 1990 ISBN:
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(all teachers) Lanuae Arts Eniflish Primar y-
Graduation Curriculum Guide
Ministry of Education, Curriculum Development Branch
SUGGESTED READINGS
1.
Understanding Whole Lanuae: From Princi
p
les to Practice
Constance Weaver.
Heinemann, 1990 ISBN: 0-7725-1815-7
2. Language and Thinkin
g in Schools: A Whole Lan
guag
e Curriculum
Goodman, K; Smith,
E.;
Meredith R.; Goodman Y. New York: Richard C. Owen
PubI., 1987 ISBN: 0-913461-81-4
3.
When Students Have Time to Talk CreatinL
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Contexts for Learnin
g Lanuae,
Dudley-maing, Curt; Searle, Dennis. Heinemann, 1991 ISBN: 0-435-08588-3
(Elementary teachers)
4.
Persoectives on Talk and Learning
Hynds, Susan; Rubins, Donald, Editors. Urbana,
Ill: NCTE, 1990 ISBN: ?
(Secondary Teachers)
5.
In the Middle:WHtin Readin
g
. and Learnin
g with Adolescents, Nancie Atwell
Heinemann,
Boynton/Cook.
ISBN: 0-86709-163-0
