Supplemental Course Materials
Reading Assignments
Alsup and Bush, “Scenarios for
Teaching Secondary English Language Arts” from But
Will It Work with Real Students? (7.6 MB)
Ensrud, “Getting at What They Want
to Know: Using Students’ Questions to Direct Class Discussion” from Inquiry and the Literary Text: Constructing Discussions in the English
Classroom (1.8 MB)
Gellis, “Master Questions and the
Teaching of English” from Inquiry and the Literary Text: Constructing
Discussions in the English Classroom (4.9 MB)
Hillocks, “Preface” to Reflective
Teaching, Reflective Learning and Johannessen and Kahn, “Engaging
Students in Authentic Discussions of Literature” from Reflective
Teaching, Reflective Learning (0.3 MB)
Schmit, “Practicing Critical
Thinking through Inquiry into Literature” from Inquiry
and the Literary Text: Constructing Discussions in the English Classroom
(2 MB)
Writing and Rhetoric
Everything You Should Have Learned in
English 101
Ethos, Logos, Pathos: Three Ways to
Persuade
Walvoord and McCarthy on Good/Better/Best
Organizing an Essay: Using Representative
Cases
Organizing an Essay: Cause and Effect
What to Avoid and What to Do (Developing an
Essay)
Use of Text (MLA Citation)
MLA Citation Examples
Writing Effective Sentences
Writing Effective Paragraphs
Notes to Style
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 7
