Literature school training courses in Columbus, OH (public, in-house or online)

This course will examine the use of children’s literature in the elementary school classroom. Various genres will be studied as well as the application of children’s literature to instruction and assessment in reading. Methods for incorporating the use of children’s literature in all content areas will also be examined.
Topics and Objectives
Importance of Reading
Evaluate reasons for reading
Identify the benefits of reading
Analyze engaged and unengaged reading <...

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Examination of books that form a part of the imaginative experience of children, as well as a part of a larger literary heritage, viewed in the light of their social, psychological, political and moral implications.

Literary responses to an America propelled forward by accelerating and complex forces. Works by Twain, James, and others such as Whitman, Dickinson, Adams, Wharton, Howells, Crane, Dreiser, DuBois and Chopin.

Introduction to the development of the religious ideas and institutions of ancient Israel, with selected readings from the Old Testament and New Testament. Emphasis on reading the Bible with literary and historical understanding.

Techniques and practice in reading and enjoying literature. Examines some of the best works in English and American literature, and such features of literary meaning as imagery, characterization, narration and patterning in sound and sense. Emphasis on literature as a source of pleasure and knowledge about human experience.