EDSE 665 OQ Assignments

Week 5 - Assignment (10/25/2009)
Read Textbook Chapters 5.

Weekly Papers - 2 Questions

Reflection Questions:

1. What are the elements that lead to successful independent reading?

2. What are the components of a balanced literacy program? Briefly explain each component.
Week 5 - Assignment (10/25/2009)
Read Textbook Chapters 5.

Weekly Papers - 2 Questions

Reflection Questions:

1. What are the elements that lead to successful independent reading?

2. What are the components of a balanced literacy program? Briefly explain each component.


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Week 5 - Reaction Paper 10/25/2009)
Please read the article on the following website and write a reaction paper no longer than 2 pages (double spaced).

Website :http://edwize.org/decoding-grammar
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Week 6 - Assignment (11/01/2009)
Read Textbook Chapters 6 & 7 .

Weekly Papers - 4 Questions

Reflection Questions:

1 How do students acquire vocabulary?

2. What are the elements of effective vocabulary development? .

3. How would students respond to literature? Describe the categories.

4. Describe the procedures that promote responding to literature.

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Week 7: Assignment (11/08/2009)
Read Textbook Chapters 8 & 9.

Weekly Papers - 4 Questions

Reflection Questions:

1 Explain, giving at least 5 reasons, why reading and writing have to be taught together ?

2. What is the difference between remediation and intervention? How does this difference change the way instruction is planned and carried out?

3. Distinguish between the strategies and skills the classroom teacher needs to teach to struggling readers and those required to be taught to all students, including struggling readers. How would one change the way a required skill or strategy is taught to a group of struggling readers?

4. Review the 2 levels of text needed for struggling readers; grade level and developmentally appropriate. How can a classroom teacher provide instruction for struggling readers in each of these types of text?


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Week 8: Assignment (11/15/2009)
Read Textbook Chapters 10.

Weekly Papers - 3 Questions

Reflection Questions:

1 What are the guidelines for organizing and managing a balanced literacy classroom?

2. Why do teachers need to use leveled/developmentally appropriate books for the students in their class?

3. Why is it important for teachers to keep records of every student in the class?




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Week 9: Assignment (11/29/2009)
Read Textbook Chapters 11.

Weekly Papers - 2 Questions

Reflection Questions:

1 What is assessment? How does it relate to evaluation? Describe.

2. Describe a formal and informal assessment.
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Final Paper - Literacy Lesson (12/06/2009)
Prepare a literacy lesson, complete with mini lessons as per text book. You should report the development, application, and analysis of one or several lessons/activities to teach a literacy lesson. Describe why those activities/lessons can help students to develop literacy skills and construct meaning. To support your rationale, use references from what you have learned in the course and from other sources in the APA format. Discuss each activity, if you have more than one, in detail.

Your lesson must include the description of:

a. The target population the characteristics of the learners for whom the activity is planned.

b. The prerequisites (if necessary), the specific objective(s) of the activity, and the content and language standards to which they relate. If you are not a classroom teacher, specify the output expected from this activity.

c. The role of the teacher and the students.

d. The resources, materials, and other elements that will be used to create a learning environment that addresses the needs of the population.

e. List the principles of learning or the standards and all the references used to develop the lesson.
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Week 5 - Reaction Paper 10/25/2009)
Please read the article on the following website and write a reaction paper no longer than 2 pages (double spaced).

Website :http://edwize.org/decoding-grammar
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Week 6 - Assignment (11/01/2009)
Read Textbook Chapters 6 & 7 .

Weekly Papers - 4 Questions

Reflection Questions:

1 How do students acquire vocabulary?

2. What are the elements of effective vocabulary development? .

3. How would students respond to literature? Describe the categories.

4. Describe the procedures that promote responding to literature.

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Week 7: Assignment (11/08/2009)
Read Textbook Chapters 8 & 9.

Weekly Papers - 4 Questions

Reflection Questions:

1 Explain, giving at least 5 reasons, why reading and writing have to be taught together ?

2. What is the difference between remediation and intervention? How does this difference change the way instruction is planned and carried out?

3. Distinguish between the strategies and skills the classroom teacher needs to teach to struggling readers and those required to be taught to all students, including struggling readers. How would one change the way a required skill or strategy is taught to a group of struggling readers?

4. Review the 2 levels of text needed for struggling readers; grade level and developmentally appropriate. How can a classroom teacher provide instruction for struggling readers in each of these types of text?


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>> View/Complete Assignment: Week 7: Assignment (11/08/2009)

Week 8: Assignment (11/15/2009)
Read Textbook Chapters 10.

Weekly Papers - 3 Questions

Reflection Questions:

1 What are the guidelines for organizing and managing a balanced literacy classroom?

2. Why do teachers need to use leveled/developmentally appropriate books for the students in their class?

3. Why is it important for teachers to keep records of every student in the class?




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>> View/Complete Assignment: Week 8: Assignment (11/15/2009)

Week 9: Assignment (11/29/2009)
Read Textbook Chapters 11.

Weekly Papers - 2 Questions

Reflection Questions:

1 What is assessment? How does it relate to evaluation? Describe.

2. Describe a formal and informal assessment.
>> View/Complete Assignment: Week 9: Assignment (11/29/2009)

Final Paper - Literacy Lesson (12/06/2009)
Prepare a literacy lesson, complete with mini lessons as per text book. You should report the development, application, and analysis of one or several lessons/activities to teach a literacy lesson. Describe why those activities/lessons can help students to develop literacy skills and construct meaning. To support your rationale, use references from what you have learned in the course and from other sources in the APA format. Discuss each activity, if you have more than one, in detail.

Your lesson must include the description of:

a. The target population the characteristics of the learners for whom the activity is planned.

b. The prerequisites (if necessary), the specific objective(s) of the activity, and the content and language standards to which they relate. If you are not a classroom teacher, specify the output expected from this activity.

c. The role of the teacher and the students.

d. The resources, materials, and other elements that will be used to create a learning environment that addresses the needs of the population.

e. List the principles of learning or the standards and all the references used to develop the lesson.
>> View/Complete Assignment: Final Paper - Literacy Lesson (12/06/2009)