[Solved] SEC_534_60629478 SEC/534: Reading In The Content Area

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

**Write** a 175- to 350-word analysis on the ELA teacher interview.

**Refer** to the following questions to help guide you during your interview:

– What is the teacher’s name, grade level, and ELA class taught?
– What reading and writing skills or strategies does the ELA teacher think students most need in content-area instruction?
– What kind of language support does the ELA teacher provide for students?
– How does the teacher integrate cultural, social, and global perspectives into their ELA lessons?

**Part 2: Content Area Teacher Interview**

**Interview** a secondary level (6th to 12th grade) teacher of a different content area (social studies, science, math, or other).

_Note_: Interviewing a content area teacher will give you the opportunity to learn how a content area teacher emphasizes reading and writing in the classroom. Both interviews should provide valuable, yet different, views on content area literacy at the secondary level.

**Write** a 175- to 350-word analysis on the content area teacher interview.

**Refer** to the following questions to help guide you during your interviews:

– What is the teacher’s name, grade level, and content area?
– How does the content area teacher integrate reading and writing into content lessons?
– What specific reading and writing skills do the content area teacher focus on with his or her students? Why?
– How does the content-area teacher support his or her students’ language development, such as the use of language functions, academic vocabulary, discourse, and syntax?
– How does the content area teacher integrate cultural, social, and global perspectives into their lessons?

**Part 3: Classroom Observation**

**Conduct** a classroom observation of a content area lesson at the secondary level, focusing on the integration of reading and writing into content instruction.

**Refer** to the following questions to help guide you as to what kinds of things to observe and to help write your analysis:

– How did the teacher engage or motivate students with an introduction to the lesson?
– Were the objectives clearly stated at the beginning of the lesson? If so, how?
– Did the teacher introduce and teach content-specific vocabulary words during the lesson? What strategy or approach was used?
– Was any language support provided for the whole class or for specific groups of students? If so, describe them.
– How was reading integrated into the lesson?
– What types of texts were used during the lesson? Were they authentic texts? Was any support provided for ELL students or students reading below their reading level? If so, explain.
– Was writing integrated into the lesson? If so, how?
– Was any technology used during the lesson? If so, did it enhance or detract from the lesson?
– What learning tasks were used to engage students in learning the content?
– Did the teacher use an inquiry-based approach (student-led) or a teacher-led approach to the lesson? Do you think it was effective? Why or why not?
– Did the teacher use interdisciplinary connections to help students analyze ideas from diverse perspectives and promote their learning of the content standards? If so, explain.
– Did you see evidence of attention to local and global issues during the lesson? If so, describe how the teacher integrated this into the lesson.
– Considering the lesson in its entirety, what would you do differently?
– What was your greatest “takeaway” from the lesson?
– How will you apply what you learned from observation in future design activities so that they better meet the needs of learners?

**Write** a 175- to 350-word analysis of your classroom observation.

***YOUR WRITTEN ANALYSIS DOE NOT NEED TO COVER ALL THE QUESTIONS LISTED***