tentative syllabus ENGL301 Writing & The Teaching of Writing
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Fall 2018 Office Hours:
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5 September 2018
W First Day of Classes. Introduction to the Course. What does your gut tell you about a good classroom?
10 September 2018
M Please locate one article that deals with education from the past year—it can be from any newspaper or magazine, popular or scholarly. Have it read and be ready to write about and discuss your article in class.
W READ: Chapters 1-3 in Constance Weaver’s Grammar to Enrich & Enhance Writing.You can locate the reading on the "readings" page for this class (the page is accessible off of this page and by clicking here). IN-CLASS: ln-class practice on Reading Journals on the Constance Weaver reading. In-class work on grammar lust & loathing. Come to class having read the information on the web site for this assignment.
17 September 2018
M READ: Chapters 1-3 of Lives on the Boundary.You can locate the reading on the "readings" page for this class (the page is accessible off of this page and by clicking here). IN-CLASS: In class discussion of Mentor Text Memoir. DUE: First Reading Journal on Chapters 1-3 of LOTB.
W IN-CLASS: Catch up with whatever we've got to catch up with, and in class discussion of Book Club. Come to class having read the information on the web site on this assignment.
24 September 2018
M READ: Chapters 4, 5, & 6 of Lives on the Boundary. You can locate the reading on the "readings" page for this class (the page is accessible off of this page in the drop down menu and by clicking here). DUE: Reading Journal. Draft of Mentor Text Memoir for workshopping. Please bring TWO COPIES of your draft for use in class. IN-CLASS: First workshop. Discussion of sample evaluation letters and “Reading with Love.” You can read sample letters here.
W Class will not meet. I'm away at a conference READ: Chapters 7, 8, & epilogue in Lives on the Boundary and handout “Why Johnny Can’t Write.” DUE: A modified version of your Reading Journal on the Class Discussion Board. Please address both LOTB & Why Johnny in your journal. POST TO CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD: A modified version of your regular reading journal: 300 word post in response to the prompt on the class discussion board and two responses to at least two colleagues. You can access the discussion board via the drop down menu on at the top of this page or by clicking here. You have until Friday at 5:00 to complete this work. Failure to post will count as an absence.
1 October 2018
M Class Canceled due to my sabbatical application.
W IN-CLASS: Gertrude Stein exercise. DUE: Also, draft of Mentor Text Memoir to turn in to me, include your workshop drafts with your revision. READ: Frank Smith handout. You can locate the reading on the "readings" page for this class (the page is accessible off of this page in the drop down menu and by clicking here). DUE: Reading Journal. IN-CLASS: First book club meeting. You won’t need to have read your book for the first meeting, BUT you should bring your book so that you can determine how many pages you need to read for each book club in order to have the text done by the time of the book club presentations. Explanation of online book club.
***NOTE: You can turn in your reading journal via email on Friday, 5 October 2018 by 6:00 if you want.
8 October 2018
M Columbus Day Holiday. All classes are canceled.
W READ: Louise Rosenblatt handout. You can locate the reading on the "readings" page for this class (the page is accessible off of this page and by clicking here). DUE: Reading Journal.
15 October 2018
M READ: Wolfgang Iser handout. You can locate the reading on the "readings" page for this class (the page is accessible off of this page and by clicking here). DUE: Reading Journal on Iser only (not on your book club book). IN-CLASS: Second Book Club meeting. Have read the agreed upon portion of your book club. Be ready to write about it in-class.
W READ: Freire Handout. You can locate the reading on the "readings" page for this class (the page is accessible off of this page and by clicking here). IN-CLASS: Reading Theory Dialogue Exercise. Also, overview of midterm portfolio. Overview on how the week of 29 October 2018 class will work. Please come to class having read the assignment information on the course website.
22 October 2018
M IN-CLASS: Final Book Club Meeting. You should have the book completed at this time. Be prepared to write a final reading journal. Book Club Presentation Working Time. This is the only class time you’ll have to ready your book club presentation.
W IN-CLASS: Mapping Exercise. Any remaining time will be devoted to your book club presentation project. DUE: Book club reflection letter with all book club journals.
29 October 2018
M Class will not meet. I'm away at a conference. DUE: Book Club Presentation Pecha Kucha's due by 5:00 on Wednesday, 31 October 2018 to our class drop box (if you don't have drop box, let me know so I can send you an invitation to join if you don't want to sign up on your own). Folks have until end of class on Monday 5 November 2018 to watch all of the Pecha Kucha's and POST TO CLASS DISCUSSION BOARD in response to the questions you find there. You must respond to all of the Pecha Kucha's except for your own group's.
W Class will not meet. I'm away at a conference. Mid-term portfolios cover letters and portfolio materials are due to me by 5:00 on Friday, 2 November 2018. Please submit your electronic midterm portfolio to my drop box at that time.
5 November 2018
Classes did not meet.
12 November 2018
M Class canceled for Veteran’s Day Holiday.
W Due in-class: your midterm portfolio. Also, please read this essay in preparation for in-class work on responding to student writing. I will give you a manila envelope in class for all of your materials. You will need to have all of your materials ready to turn in at that time. In-class work on reading and responding to student writing.
19 November 2018
READ: pages 208 to 237 in Write Beside Them. Read, also, Introduction: Writing Assessment Ecologies as Anti-Racist Projects, From Asaou Inoue's Anti-Racist Writing Assessment available as a free pdf on the "readings" page for this class (to the right of the syllabus link, scroll to the bottom of the page). DUE: Reading Journal. IN-CLASS: Discussion of Research in Teaching Diverse Students. Please come to class having read the assignment on this website. Please, please, please do this. We don’t have a lot of time to cover a lot of things. If you don’t come having read the material we won’t have time to be able to cover what you need to do.
W LISTEN: To this Podcast on a Chicago area High School "Harper High School Part I" on the radio program This American Life. DUE: Reading Journal. IN-CLASS: Library Research Day. Either we will go to the Library people or the library people will come to us. Time in class to find articles, work with your group.
NOTE: Thanksgiving Recess begins at the close of day classes. Evening classes do not meet.
26 November 2018
M READ: Parts 1 and 2 of Write Beside Them. DUE: Reading Journal on ALL of the reading assigned for today, ONE journal for all of the reading. In-class work on annotated bibliographies. Come to class having read (and perhaps even taken notes) on at least one of your articles. IN-CLASS: Also, please read the information for the Assignment Design assignment available on this website. Come prepared to talk about this in class. Also, responding to student writing practice.
W READ: Part 4 of Write Beside Them. DUE: Reading Journal on ALL of the reading assigned for today, ONE journal for all of the reading. Check out this interesting bit of teaching stuff: on the use of portfolios rather than parent teacher conferences. Sign up for Assignment Design Group Conferences here.
3 December 2018
M In-Class: Mapping exercise.
W READ: "We Do Language." You can locate the reading on the "readings" page for this class (the page is accessible off of this page and by clicking here). DUE: Last Reading Journal. Also, Annotations for Annotated Bib part of Research in Teaching Diverse Students for workshopping. In-Class work on cover letter. In-class work on Research in Teaching Diverse Students Presentations. Discussion of Philosophy of Teaching Assignment & Final Portfolio. Please come to class having read the information about the assignment on this website. You can read my Philosophy of Teaching on our class website on the class readings page for our class, available here.
10 December 2018
M DUE: Annotated Bib part of Research in Teaching Diverse Students, with cover letters. In-Class work on Assignment Design. Evaluations. Anytime remaining: work on Research in Teaching Diverse Students group presentations.
W Last Day of Class (as well as last day of fall semester classes). IN-CLASS: Workshop Philosophy of Teaching draft. Anytime remaining: work on Research in Teaching Diverse Students group presentations.
17 December 2018 11:00-1:00
Exam Period: Completed Final Portfolio to turn in (except for responding to student writing part, which we’ll do in class). IN-CLASS: Research in Teaching Diverse Students Presentations.