2012-2014 Combined Cohort 2

Course

Literacy Foundations (TEd 620)
3 credits

Semester: Fall 2012

Instructor: Tim Morrison

September 4 – December 4, 4:30 – 7:30 pm

November 20: Thanksgiving Holiday

Posting fees for this class will be $96. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class.

Required Texts:
Instead of using textbooks, course readings will be available through the Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL) Course Reserve. To access the readings, go the HBLL homepage, then click on “Course Reserve,” then go to “BYU ERes: Electronic Reserve & Course Material Call Numbers,” then go to “Electronic Reserves & Reserves Pages,” then you can search using my name, “Morrison.” Then click on “TEACHERED620” and use “mor620” as the course password. This will take you to the listing of courses. You then need to select the readings you wish to read. Assignments of articles to read and a schedule of readings will be made early in the course. These readings should be available until the end of summer term. They will be made available just days before the start of fall semester (library policy).

Writing as a Process (TEd 624)
3 credits

Semester: Winter 2013

Instructor: Deborah Dean

January 8 – March 26, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Includes one Thursday: January 24

Posting fees for this class will be $96. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

Required Texts:  
Anderson, Jeff. 10 Things Every Writer Needs to Know . Stenhouse, 2011

Reading Comprehension Instruction (TEd 623)
3 credits

Semester: Spring 2013

Instructor: Brad Wilcox

March 9 – June 25, 4:30 – 7:30 pm

Includes one Thursday: April 11

Posting fees for this class will be $99. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

Required Texts:
Morrison, T. G., & Wilcox, B.(2013). Developing literacy: Reading and writing to, with, and by children . Boston, MA: Pearson.

Content Area Literacy (TEd 603)
3 credits

Semester: Fall 2013

Instructor: Roni Jo Draper

September 3 – December 3, 4:30 – 7:30 pm

November 19: Thanksgiving Holiday

Posting fees for this class will be $99. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

Required Texts:
The following texts are required reading for this class and are excellent resources for teachers who have a desire to infuse literacy instruction into their regular teaching of content.

• Buehl, D. (2001). Classroom strategies for interactive learning (2nd ed.). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
• Draper, R. J., Broomhead, P., Jensen, A. P., Nokes, J. D., & Siebert, D. (2010). (Re)imagining content-area literacy instruction. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
• Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2001). Responsive curriculum design in secondary schools: meeting the diverse needs of students. Scarecrow Education.
• The adolescent literacy position statement is available online at www.reading.org .

Children & YA Literature (Ted 621)
3 credits

Semester: Winter 2014

Instructor: Chris Crowe

January 7 – March 25, 4:30 – 7:30 pm

Includes one Thursday: January 23

Posting fees for this class will be $102. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

Required Texts:
 Books

Science Verse , Jon Scieszka

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the

Endurance , Jennifer Armstrong

The Outsiders , S.E. Hinton

Out of the Dust , Karen Hesse

They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group , Susan Campbell

Bartoletti

5 multi-cultural picture books

5 nonfiction picture books

Mississippi Bridge , Mildred D. Taylor

The Friendship , Mildred D. Taylor

Nightjohn , Gary Paulsen

The Forbidden Schoolhouse , Suzanne Jurmain

Left for Dead , Pete Nelson

5 poetry picture books

American Born Chinese , Gene Luen Yang

An award-winning book [as assigned; see list]

Articles
I’ll email the assigned articles to you as .pdf files.

Literacy Development and Instruction (Ted 622)
3 credits

Semester: Spring 2014

Instructor: Kendra Hall-Kenyon

April 1 – June 24, 4:30 – 7:30 pm

Posting fees for this class will be $102. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

Required Texts:
McGee, L.M., & Richgels, D. J. (2011). Literacy beginnings: Supporting young readers and writers (6th ed). Boston, MA: Pearson Learning.

Reeves, A. R. (2004). Adolescents talk about reading: Exploring resistance to and engagement with text. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. (Note: this book can be shared)

Course packet

Literacy Assessment and Interventions (TEd 625)
3 credits

Semester: Fall 2014

Instructor: Janet Young

September 2 – December 2, 4:30 – 7:30 pm

Thursday November 18: Thanksgiving Break

Posting fees for this class will be $102. Please bring a check made out to BYU for that amount on the first day of class. 

Required Texts:
Afflerbach, Peter. (2011). Understanding and using reading assessment, K-12 (2nd ed.). Newark, DE: International Reading Association. (ISBN 978-0-87207-831-4)

McKenna, Michael C., & Stahl, Katherine A. Dougherty. (2009). Assessment for reading instruction (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press. (ISBN 978-1-60623-035-0)

International Reading Association, & National Council of Teachers of English. (2010). Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing. Newark, DE: author. Available at: http://www.reading.org/general/CurrentResearch/Standards/AssessmentStandards.aspx

Additional readings as assigned