EH 220 - Language Arts and Writing Methods

1. Define the Language Arts;
2. Define writing process and writing product;
3. Identify “Best Practices” for teaching the language arts and writing;
4. Describe theories of language acquisition and evaluate the impact of those theories on instruction;
5. Describe theories of writing instruction and to evaluate the impact of those theories on instruction;
6. State the objectives of oral language instruction;
7. Develop competence with planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating instruction in the language arts and written communication;
8. To use formal and informal assessment procedures for improving instruction in the language arts and writing process;
9. Practice varying instructional strategies used to teach spelling, grammar, oral language, listening, vocabulary development, and handwriting in an elementary or upper elementary classroom;
10. Practice varying instructional strategies used to teach prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing, writing workshop, strategies and skills, and writing genre;
11. Describe and use multiple strategies for teaching language arts and the writing process to students with special needs and students whose first language is not English;
12. Write and improve personal skills in the writing process;
13. Describe and implement management systems which best facilitate learning through the language arts;
14. Write lesson plans accurately using the “Education Department Lesson Plan” required format;
15. Describe and understand and use the Common Core State Standards.