The Teaching of Writing and Other Language Arts
Examines written and oral language development in children from infancy to early adolescence, exploring cognitive, social, cultural, and political aspects of literacy education.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.38 GPA, 80.8% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Articulate with the major concepts and approaches to teaching writing.
Practice various types of writing and develop instructional plans and assessments based on these types of writing.
Explain oral language development in children and ways that oral language supports literacy learning.
Explore disciplinary-specific literacy practices across the PK-9 range.
Discuss the role of texts and children’s literature in the literacy classroom.
Incorporate principles of social justice and equity into the Language Arts curriculum to create lessons with high expectations for all students, honor students’ cultures and personal literacies, and also support and encourage their achievement.
Critically examine research, theories, and practices in literacy education and explore the social, cultural, and political implications of literacy education.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Elementary Education BSE or Elementary Education and Special Education BSE
- Declared in Elementary Education BSE or Elementary Education and Special Education BSE
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- Declared in Elementary Education BSE or Elementary Education and Special Education BSE
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.38 GPA, 80.8% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).
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Topics
- Written and oral language development
- Implications of literacy education
- Disciplinary-specific literacy practices PK-9
- Texts and children's literature in literacy classrooms
Skills
- Teaching writing concepts and approaches
- Developing instructional plans and assessments for writing
- Explaining oral language development and its role in literacy
- Integrating social justice and equity into Language Arts lessons
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