Fall 2008
TEACHING SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH
English 424
Dr. Susanne George Bloomfield English 424 will engage students in exploring techniques in becoming an English teacher/learner in the junior high/middle school and secondary classrooms. Students will build a knowledge base for individual experimentation in methods for teaching by assembling a repertoire of ideas and strategies for diverse learners and by developing multicultural competencies as they learn to think about themselves in interconnected local, regional, and global societies.
Requirements
Course description, objectives, expectations, and requirements for the Fall 2008.
Assignments
A Syllabus of daily reading and writing assignments for Fall 2008.
Teacher Examination
The test given to Teachers in Nebraska in 1892. Could you pass?
A Select Teaching Methods Bibliography
A select bibliography of books of and about Teaching Junior High/Middle School and Secondary School English.
Education Backgrounds
Some notes on Educational Psychology and Philosophy.
Companion Website
The Companion Website for the text Bridging English.
NETCHE Website
NETCHE is a consortium of Nebraska colleges and universities. Their site provides a digital media library and well as a library of instructional videos.
Internet Links PROFESSIONAL LINKS Click here for National Council for Teachers of English. Click here for the Nebraska Department of Education. Click here for the National Board for Professional Teacher Standards. Click here for the National Education Association. Click here for the Nebraska State Education Association. Click here for the Mission Statement for UNK. Click here for the UNK Center for Teaching Excellence Resources.
LESSON PLANNING Click here for sample lesson plans incorporating reading/writing/speaking/visual arts. Click here for ideas for the Language Arts. Click here for instructional guides to appropriate teaching models based on goals and objectives. Click here for definitions for the models described in above link. Click here for details on components of Hunter’s Seven-Step Model. Click here for Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction, providing definitions, descriptions, and examples. Click here for a template for the Five E’s of Constructivism. Click here for Bloom’s Taxonomy and links for teaching the levels. Click here for including multiple intelligences in your classroom. Click here for generally accepted lesson planning templates. Click here for Gagné's Events of Instruction, Hunter’s Seven Step, & 5 E’s of Constructivism with templates. for each. Click here for a myriad links to lesson planning tips, strategies, resources, and examples. Click here for discussion of strategies on designing, organizing, and evaluating group/collaborative work. Click here for a treasure trove of links to resources and lesson plans for teaching grammar. Click here for the UNK common lesson plan template. Click here for reading and writing in all subjects in every grade level. Click here and here and here and here and here and here and here for lesson plans on Huckleberry Finn. Click here for "Thinkfinity" and lesson plans on assorted topics.
CONTENT RESOURCES Click here for recommended American Indian books for Young Adults. Click here for "Poetry Out Loud" from National Endowment for Arts. Click here for "Poetry Alive" performance resources. Click here for the Academy of American Poets for all sort of amazing information. Click here for Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac on public radio and a poem a day. Click here for UNK Internet connections for Multicultural Sites. Click here for TeacherTube.
STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENT Click here for Nebraska Reading and Writing Standards K-12. Click here for Kearney Public Schools Language Arts benchmarks for 8th grade. Click here for Nebraska Reading and Writing Standards K-12. Click here for the 12 standards for English endorsed by the NCTE. Click here for Nebraska STARS statewide assessment reporting system. Click here for Nebraska Department of Education Writing Assessments (Proficient & Exemplary Examples of assessments can be located at this website.) Click here for Statewide Writing Assessment: Summary of Procedures Proficiency Levels. Click here for Proficiency levels. Click here for the fourth grade rubric. Click here for the eighth grade rubric. Click here for the eleventh grade rubric. Click here for Nebraska STARS information. Click here for No Child Left Behind Four Pillars. Click here for No Child Left Behind Fact Sheet. Click here for Accountability for Schools. Click here for Local Control & Flexibility.
READING AND WRITING PROGRAMS Click here for the Renaissance Learning/Accelerated Learner program. Click here for Reading Onlilne and the National Reading Association.
CAREER MANAGEMENT Click here for a nation-wide recruitment service endorced by the NEA. Click here for job openings in Nebraska and online applications. Click here for job openings in Nebraska and online applications. Click here for job openings in the Kearney Hub. Click here for job openings in Omaha. Click here for job openings in Nebraska. Click here for Education America Career opportunities. Click here for a nation-wide recruitment service. Click here for another nation-wide recruitment site. Click here for educational positions. Click here for joba for teachers. Click here for ABC Teaching Jobs. Click here for jobs in education. Click here for a list of interview questions.
STUDENT LESSON PLAN UNITS Click here for a 7th grade unit Hoot. Click here for a 7th-8th grade unit on developing Voice in writing. Click here for an 8th grade unit on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Click here for a 9th grade unit on Grammar. Click here for an 11th grade unit on Beowulf. Click here for an 11th and 12th grade unit on Descriptive Writing. Click here for an 11th grade unit on Persuasive Writing. Click here for a 12th grade unit on The Ancient Mariner. Click here for a 12th grade unit on Dangerous Angels. Click here for a 12th grade unit on the parts of speech. Return to Dr. Susanne Bloomfield's Home Page
Dr. Susanne George Bloomfield
Professor of English
109D Thomas Hall
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE 68849-1320
(308) 865-8867
bloomfields@unk.edu