RLL529 Teaching through Informational Books K-12

Participants will explore a wide variety of informational texts that can be used in educational settings including high-quality, diverse, and developmentally appropriate books, Web sites, and magazines for children and adolescents (K-12). Defining characteristics and criteria for evaluating these texts for accuracy, authenticity, organization, format, design, and writing style will be shared and discussed as well as teaching with these texts to meet the Illinois Learning Standards. Elements of a thematic unit will be presented and participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate understanding of how to plan a unit that includes teaching students how to think critically about these texts. Prerequisite(s): Basic children's literature course such as RLL520, or consent of instructor. 1-2 semester hours