ERL 557 Content Area Literacy Instruction
This course examines strategies for integrating literacy into the content areas. Topics include meta-cognitive strategies for informational and expository text, text features, the use of technology in adolescent literacy instruction, and vocabulary instructional strategies. Upon completion of this course, candidates can effectively teach literacy skills in each of the content areas to adolescent learners using informational, expository, functional, and task-specific texts.Course Prerequisites: Admission to the Master in Teaching Program dual endorsement program, completion of ETC 537, ETC 547, ETC 549, accessibility to P-12 students and/or classrooms; or admission to the Master of Education program and valid Washington State initial, residency, continuing, professional teaching certificate or valid National Board Teaching certification; accessibility to P-12 students and/or classrooms