ELM 312 Reading & Writing Across the Curriculum
This course is designed for preservice teachers to gain the knowledge and skills needed to direct intermediate students to use reading and writing effectively across the curriculum. It includes the theories and rationale for reading and writing instruction at the intermediate grade levels, methods to determine the students' ability to learn from a variety of printed genres, and specific instructional strategies to be used by teachers to connect students with text. In addition, foundations for critical, creative, and evaluative reading related to a Christian worldview are be explored and incorporated in the development of reading and writing lessons. Prerequisite: EDU 202. 3 credits.