Teaching Language Arts in Middle Schools by Sharon Kingen - 9781138423398

Taylor & Francis

Topics in this volume include: foundations and principles; teaching the proccesses of language arts; teaching the content of language arts; and connecting teaching and learning. > This text is designed specifically to meet the needs of preservice teachers who have had little experience working in middle-grade classrooms. Three ideas are central:\nteaching language arts at the middle level is a complex activity that demands expertise in the use of a variety of strategies,\nreading and writing are key processes of language arts study, but so are speaking, listening, and viewing/visually representing, and\nteaching the processes of effective communication is crucial, but middle school students must also begin to learn the content of the field--literature, language, and media.\nTeaching Language Arts in Middle Schools gives balanced attention to various teaching strategies, processes, and content, demonstrating how all of these connect to improve students' abilities to communicate. Iy