syllabus last.updated 10.28.07
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Purpose After you get your teaching job you can anticipate sitting on a plane with a stranger who asks what you do for a living. After you explain that you are an English teacher, the person will ineviatably respond, "I guess I better watch my grammar." This situation demonstrates the public perception that the teaching of English is conflated with the teaching of grammar; nevermind that you teach students how compose effective documents for their audiences and how to critically engage with literary texts. This is understandable when grammar is the single issue that creates the most concern among language arts teachers. And the regulations created by NCLB and the SOLs makes addressing these issues more imminent. Yet, scholars disagree to what degree grammar should be addressed in the language arts class. Instructors and scholars have also developed many ways to address students' grammatical errors and challenge them to improve their style. For the next two class sessiosn you will work on establishing your position on the "grammar issue" and then articulating how you would put this philosophy into practice.
DiscussionHartwell & Soven
PresentationsGroup 1
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