Methods Course SEC 524 winter 2010 Wheeling Campus
Syllabus Fall 2010
Week 1
Posted article #1 Standards Communication
Week 2
Article #2 Standards Cultures
Posted article for homework: Contextual Factors
Week 3
PowerPoint for Standards (comparisons, communities, connections)
Posted article #3 Integrated Content and Language
Week 4 Feb 2
FITO Chapter 4;
Guided Observation #1: Describe how effective teachers draw their students into instruction and maintain interest and involvement from bell to bell.
Posted Article: Is this a trick question?
Week 5 Feb 9
FITO Chapter 5;
Week 6 posted article Principles of Instructed Language
Guided Observation #2 Discuss how effective teachers use questions to guide and direct productive language learning within their classrooms
Benefits of Being Multilingual or How do we learn a language PowerPoint
Week 6 No class Feb 16
Week 7 Feb 23
Tutorial L2 Acquisition for HS students
Week 7 Advocacy article (copies made)
Guided Observations #3: Identify a minimum of three specific strategies that effective teachers use to establish and maintain a task-oriented environment for learning?
Week 8 March 2nd
Teaching Demo: Students Mindy, Jennifer
FITO epilogue and work on unit of instruction: posting to live text due Mar 16th
Week 9 March 9th
Teaching Demo: Students Julie, Hong, Dan
Text discussion: FITO – wrap up and applications
Week 10 March 16
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