Candidates will examine writing as a staged and recursive process recognizing the interdependence of reading and writing development. As teachers and writers, candidates will employ the processes of writing (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) through experimentation with varied genres, media forms, authentic purposes, and audiences. Connections will be made between high-quality children’s literature and methods of teaching writing processes, effective language use, multicultural perspectives, inquiry-based research, and visual interpretation. Candidates will appreciate and discern quality children’s literature and use it as a model in engaging students as a community of writers.
Admission to the TEP; Course is to be taken the semester prior to student teaching