tentative syllabus ENGL301 Writing & The Teaching of Writing
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WEEK ONE
9 SEPTEMBER 2019
Introduction to the course. IN-CLASS: What does a great class experience look like?,
NOTE: Wednesday the 11th is the last day to drop or add a class.
WEEK TWO
16 SEPTEMBER 2019
READ: “Why Johnny Can’t Write” available here.
9 SEPTEMBER 2019
Introduction to the course. IN-CLASS: What does a great class experience look like?,
NOTE: Wednesday the 11th is the last day to drop or add a class.
WEEK TWO
16 SEPTEMBER 2019
READ: “Why Johnny Can’t Write” available here.
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Also, locate, read, and bring to class any version of “Why Johnny Can’t” (Why Jane Can’t, Why the American College student Can’t). LISTEN: To this Podcast on a Chicago area High School "Harper High School Part I" on the radio program This American Life. Please come to class with whatever notes you need to be able to write a Reading Journal in class. Also, locate, print out, and bring to class any article written in the past year that deals with any aspect of teaching in the US classroom--doesn't have to be about ELA or writing, but certainly can be. IN-CLASS: practice/discussion of Reading Journal assignment. Overview of Book Club assignment.
WEEK THREE
23 SEPTEMBER 2019
M READ: Chapters 1-3 in Constance Weaver’s Grammar to Enrich & Enhance Writing. Available here:
WEEK THREE
23 SEPTEMBER 2019
M READ: Chapters 1-3 in Constance Weaver’s Grammar to Enrich & Enhance Writing. Available here:
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DUE: Reading Journal on Weaver readings (one journal for all three readings). IN-CLASS: work on grammar lust & loathing.
Overview of Book Club assignment. IN-CLASS: Discussion of Interview with a Teacher assignment. Alumni Teacher match ups.
WEEK FOUR
30 SEPTEMBER 2019
NOTE: Class will not meet in person this week because I am out of town. READ: Chapters 1-5 of Lives on the Boundary. READ: Read the Prologue and the chapter "Spic in English" from Victor Villanueva's Bootstraps. Available the entire book is available as a .pdf here, you will need to scroll and print to get only the prologue and "Spic in English". DUE: modified Reading Journal posted to our class discussion board. Complete instructions for how and what to post to the blog is available on the discussion board.
Also, have made initial contact with your alumni teacher via email. SECOND POST TO CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: What questions should we be asking our alum teachers? Complete instructions for this second post will be available by Monday 30 September 2019 (if not sooner) on the discussion board.
WEEK FIVE
7 OCTOBER 2019
READ: Chapters 6-8 of Lives on the Boundary. Selections from Victor Villanueva's Bootstraps. Available on this syllabus once it's been scanned. DUE: Reading Journal. Due, also, some data collected from your alumni/ae. IN-CLASS: Preliminary discussion about what you are hearing from your alumni teachers.
WEEK SIX
14 OCTOBER 2019
Classes don’t meet due to Columbus Day Holiday. Enjoy!
READ BEFORE 21 OCTOBER 2019 (Honestly, it will be like I'm giving you a present to read this): Ray Bradbury's essay "Take Me Home" available here. POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD BEFORE 21 OCTOBER 2109: Your 200 word version of a "Take Me Home" kind of story.
WEEK SEVEN
21 OCTOBER 2019
WATCH: This TED talk, this TED talk, and this TED talk. DUE: Reading Journal. LISTEN: To this Podcast on a Chicago area High School "Harper High School Part I" on the radio program This American Life. You don't need to do a separate journal for each part of this week’s content, just one journal that touches on all of it. DUE: Draft of Interview with a Teacher for workshopping. IN-CLASS: Work on alumni information thematic tree. Also, discussion of Mentor-Text Flash Memoir.
WEEK EIGHT
28 OCTOBER 2019
DUE: Draft of Mentor-Text Flash Memoir. for workshopping. Draft of Interview with a Teacher to turn in to me . IN-CLASS: Gertrude Stein exercise and Mentor-Text Flash Memoir workshop. More detailed discussion of Book Club project (if necessary).
WEEK NINE
4 NOVEMBER 2019
READ: Frank Smith and Louise Rosenblatt handouts available here:
Overview of Book Club assignment. IN-CLASS: Discussion of Interview with a Teacher assignment. Alumni Teacher match ups.
WEEK FOUR
30 SEPTEMBER 2019
NOTE: Class will not meet in person this week because I am out of town. READ: Chapters 1-5 of Lives on the Boundary. READ: Read the Prologue and the chapter "Spic in English" from Victor Villanueva's Bootstraps. Available the entire book is available as a .pdf here, you will need to scroll and print to get only the prologue and "Spic in English". DUE: modified Reading Journal posted to our class discussion board. Complete instructions for how and what to post to the blog is available on the discussion board.
Also, have made initial contact with your alumni teacher via email. SECOND POST TO CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: What questions should we be asking our alum teachers? Complete instructions for this second post will be available by Monday 30 September 2019 (if not sooner) on the discussion board.
WEEK FIVE
7 OCTOBER 2019
READ: Chapters 6-8 of Lives on the Boundary. Selections from Victor Villanueva's Bootstraps. Available on this syllabus once it's been scanned. DUE: Reading Journal. Due, also, some data collected from your alumni/ae. IN-CLASS: Preliminary discussion about what you are hearing from your alumni teachers.
WEEK SIX
14 OCTOBER 2019
Classes don’t meet due to Columbus Day Holiday. Enjoy!
READ BEFORE 21 OCTOBER 2019 (Honestly, it will be like I'm giving you a present to read this): Ray Bradbury's essay "Take Me Home" available here. POST TO OUR CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD BEFORE 21 OCTOBER 2109: Your 200 word version of a "Take Me Home" kind of story.
WEEK SEVEN
21 OCTOBER 2019
WATCH: This TED talk, this TED talk, and this TED talk. DUE: Reading Journal. LISTEN: To this Podcast on a Chicago area High School "Harper High School Part I" on the radio program This American Life. You don't need to do a separate journal for each part of this week’s content, just one journal that touches on all of it. DUE: Draft of Interview with a Teacher for workshopping. IN-CLASS: Work on alumni information thematic tree. Also, discussion of Mentor-Text Flash Memoir.
WEEK EIGHT
28 OCTOBER 2019
DUE: Draft of Mentor-Text Flash Memoir. for workshopping. Draft of Interview with a Teacher to turn in to me . IN-CLASS: Gertrude Stein exercise and Mentor-Text Flash Memoir workshop. More detailed discussion of Book Club project (if necessary).
WEEK NINE
4 NOVEMBER 2019
READ: Frank Smith and Louise Rosenblatt handouts available here:
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DUE: Reading Journal. IN-CLASS: First book club meeting. Also, Draft of Mentor-Text Flash Memoir. to turn in to me, include your workshop drafts with your revision.
WEEK TEN
13 NOVEMBER 2019
NOTE: WEDNESDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 is a MONDAY schedule of classes. In the past, I have not had success in holding a Monday evening class face-to-face, so I am moving the class online this week. Please note that unlike other online meetings when we had a holiday, this is NOT a holiday from work. Only that we are not meeting face-to-face. All work must be completed by 7:25 PM on Wednesday, 13 November 2019 (the day and time we would meet during class).
READ: Wolfgang Iser and Paulo Freire handouts available here:
WEEK TEN
13 NOVEMBER 2019
NOTE: WEDNESDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2019 is a MONDAY schedule of classes. In the past, I have not had success in holding a Monday evening class face-to-face, so I am moving the class online this week. Please note that unlike other online meetings when we had a holiday, this is NOT a holiday from work. Only that we are not meeting face-to-face. All work must be completed by 7:25 PM on Wednesday, 13 November 2019 (the day and time we would meet during class).
READ: Wolfgang Iser and Paulo Freire handouts available here:
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DUE: modified Reading Journal NOTE: You don't need to do separate reading journals for each reading, just one journal that covers both readings. But you must cover both readings to get full credit. Post your modified Reading Journal on our Class Discussion Board. Complete details on what to post appears there. ONLINE: book club meeting. This book club will occur ACROSS BOOK CLUBS and ACROSS SECTIONS OF 301. There will be a book club prompt that you can all answer posted to our Class Discussion Board.
NOTE: FRIDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2019, IS THE LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITHOUT PENALTY FROM A CLASS FOR THE SEMESTER.
WEEK ELEVEN
18 NOVEMBER 2019
READ: Introduction to Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies available here. DUE: Reading Journal. IN-CLASS: Division of labor among the groups to read and report out on the rest of Antiracist Writing . . . .Also, overview of Research in Teaching Diverse Populations. ALSO IN-CLASS: Library Research Day. NOTE: this is the only day in class you'll have to work in the library in your groups on research.
ALSO, IN-CLASS: Last book club.
WEEK TWELVE
25 NOVEMBER 2019
DUE: Book Club Final Reflection. DUE, ALSO: Midterm Check-in Reflection due to me. READ: Your assigned chapter and Chapter 5 of Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies available here. READ: Part 1 and 6 in Kittle's Write Beside Them and the introduction to Delpit's Other People's Children available here.
NOTE: FRIDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2019, IS THE LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITHOUT PENALTY FROM A CLASS FOR THE SEMESTER.
WEEK ELEVEN
18 NOVEMBER 2019
READ: Introduction to Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies available here. DUE: Reading Journal. IN-CLASS: Division of labor among the groups to read and report out on the rest of Antiracist Writing . . . .Also, overview of Research in Teaching Diverse Populations. ALSO IN-CLASS: Library Research Day. NOTE: this is the only day in class you'll have to work in the library in your groups on research.
ALSO, IN-CLASS: Last book club.
WEEK TWELVE
25 NOVEMBER 2019
DUE: Book Club Final Reflection. DUE, ALSO: Midterm Check-in Reflection due to me. READ: Your assigned chapter and Chapter 5 of Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies available here. READ: Part 1 and 6 in Kittle's Write Beside Them and the introduction to Delpit's Other People's Children available here.
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DUE: Reading Journal due for the Kittle and Delpit only--one journal that covers both readings. IN-CLASS: Overview of Assignment Design. Also, time to discuss and present on your assigned chapter from Antiracist Writing. . . in preparation for whole-class discussion.
NOTE: Classes officially end for the Thanksgiving break at 4:00 on Wednesday.
WEEK THIRTEEN
2 DECEMBER 2019
READ: Part 2, 3, & 5 in Kittle's Write Beside Them and Charity-Hudley & Malinson's We Do Language available here.
NOTE: Classes officially end for the Thanksgiving break at 4:00 on Wednesday.
WEEK THIRTEEN
2 DECEMBER 2019
READ: Part 2, 3, & 5 in Kittle's Write Beside Them and Charity-Hudley & Malinson's We Do Language available here.
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DUE: Last Reading Journal. Draft of Assignment Design for whole class workshop. IN-CLASS: Discussion of Final Portfolio. Also, whole-class workshop of assignment designs.
WEEK FOURTEEN (last week of classes)
9 DECEMBER 2019
IN-CLASS: Workshop for annotated bibliography. Bring a draft of your annotations to class for workshopping. Time in class to plan your Research in Diverse Teaching Presentation. Also, time for questions about the Final Portfolio and Annotated bibliographies & Reflection, Research in Diverse Teaching Presentation
WEEK FIFTEEN (Final Exam)
16 DECEMBER 2019
DUE IN-CLASS: Final Portfolios are due. Time in class to write your final portfolio cover letter. Also, in-class, Research in Teaching Diverse Populations Presentations.
WEEK FOURTEEN (last week of classes)
9 DECEMBER 2019
IN-CLASS: Workshop for annotated bibliography. Bring a draft of your annotations to class for workshopping. Time in class to plan your Research in Diverse Teaching Presentation. Also, time for questions about the Final Portfolio and Annotated bibliographies & Reflection, Research in Diverse Teaching Presentation
WEEK FIFTEEN (Final Exam)
16 DECEMBER 2019
DUE IN-CLASS: Final Portfolios are due. Time in class to write your final portfolio cover letter. Also, in-class, Research in Teaching Diverse Populations Presentations.