EL 7500 - Literature in the Classroom

Credits: 3

Description Candidates select a major work or works of U.S., English, or World Literature drawn from the MAT content area curriculum. Examples include a major novel or culturally significant autobiography, a group of important essays by one author, or a related series of important poems by one author. Candidates will conduct research in the cultural-historical background of the work(s) and in significant interpretations of the work(s), including recent interpretations from several different standpoints and will prepare a 15-page paper discussing important interpretive and methodological issues to be discussed in teaching the work(s) in the classroom. Students will prepare a unit plan for covering the work(s) in a 3-week class sequence at any 7 - 12th grade level, incorporating some of the research sources and encouraging students to find and support their own interpretations. Students will make a final presentation based on the research, the paper, and the unit plan.

Prerequisites: Completion of four content core courses.