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Course Catalog

Reading and Language Arts Across Content Areas

This course is part of secondary sophomore block. It is the first course in a two-course sequence focusing on literacy and language arts across content areas in early adolescent and adolescent education. This course addresses six key areas: adolescent identities and literacies, effective reading and learning practices, expanding comprehension, teacher and student assessment of literacy development, learning strategies, and vocabulary knowledge. This course is based on a constructivist philosophy and includes active participation by all learners. Prerequisite: meet all Gate 1 requirements; concurrent enrollment in pre-professional block courses

Grade Basis: Letter Grade
Credits: 4.0