[LIT] Course names help

[Jaime Mendelis]

It's English/Language Arts (ELA) at our school.  I find calling a class "Reading" or "Writing" frustrating.  Aren't all teachers supposed to be teaching reading and writing?  I find the overall assumption at my school is that the English teacher is responsible for all reading and writing instruction!  It drives me nuts!

Jaime

>>> "Lucinda Marcello" <rpmgrace at cox.net> 3/5/2008 8:39 PM >>>
Language arts--- at our school.

I prefer calling it reading and writing.
Or maybe strategic reading and effective writing. Why not add a few 
adjectives?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Dovey" <mgdovey at comcast.net>
To: <middle-lit at interversity.org>; "A list for improving literacy with focus 
on middle grades." <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:55 PM
Subject: [LIT] Course names help


> Hello, sorry for the cross posting, but I'm not sure who gets what these
> days and I wanted to reach everyone.
>
> Our middle school principal would like to rename the two core subjects of
> reading and writing that we currently teach under the umbrella term,
> Communication Arts. This is due only to the fact that our students will 
> now
> get a separate grade for each, not any dissatisfaction with Com Arts as 
> the
> term. I've suggested the obvious: reading (since I want to continue
> stressing to teachers that we are teaching reading, not just literature 
> and
> literary analysis, etc.) and writing. Nothing fancy, nothing tough to 
> figure
> out, very plain: reading and writing.
>
> What do your schools call these core subjects? As the literacy coach, I 
> need
> to bring back info to him and thought I'd start with you kind folks. (I
> think he thinks "reading" is too elementary, and I suspect I'll be able to
> show him it's not.) Thanks.
> Mary
>
>
>
>
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