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"Teaching Literature and Writing in Middle Schools" (English 295, Section 1) Fall 2003

Instructor: Bob Broad, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English 

Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

 

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End-term

 

Meeting #, Day,  and Date

Preparation

Class Activities

#1

M 8/18

  
  • Introductions
  • Read and discuss Rachel's "cat letter"
  • Write about and discuss your goals and methods as a teacher of writing
  • Read and discuss Course Overview and Syllabus

#2

W 8/20

 Read the Course Overview and Syllabus

Read Ideas Plus, Book Nineteen.

Write Journal Entry #1 (JE1):

  • Respond to the Course Overview and Syllabus with your comments, questions, etc.
  • Respond to Ideas Plus: Which teaching idea(s) did you find most appealing? Why? (In answering "Why?" try to explore your values and theories of literacy learning.)
 Log onto the course WebBoard.

Share and discuss JE1.

#3

F 8/22

 TBA

 

 No class meeting.

Optional: sign up for an introductory conference with Prof. Broad.

#4

M 8/25

 Read two chapters from either of the two student-authored, online sourcebooks for teachers of writing. (You'll find the links at the bottom of my teaching web page.)

Write JE2 responding to and evaluating the sourcebook chapters you read.  What was best about them?  What changes would have made them more helpful and/or more valuable?

Share and discuss JE2 and the online sourcebooks for teachers of writing.

Based on your assessment of the online chapters you read, we will collaboratively develop a rubric for evaluating your contributions to our sourcebook.

#5

W 8/27

 Read Atwell, Ch. 1 ("Learning How to Teach Writing")

Write JE3 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard.

Teaching Report #1:   __________________

Share and discuss JE3.

#6

F 8/29

 Read Atwell, Ch. 2 ("Learning How to Teach Reading")

Write JE4 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard.

Teaching Report #2:   __________________

Share and discuss JE4.

[Fri., 8/29: Last day to withdraw from a course without a withdrawal grade.]

[Mon., 9/1: Labor Day.
Reflect on the significance of organized labor to the teaching profession.]

#7

W 9/3

 

 Write JE5, a plan sketching your portfolio projects (teaching materials, textual research, plan for classroom research, or something else).

Post your JE5 to our course WebBoard.

 Teaching Workshop

Read and respond to others' portfolio plans.

Hear from others about your portfolio plans.

#8

F 9/5

 

 Read Atwell, Ch. 3 ("Making the Best...")

Write JE6 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard.

Teaching Report #3:   __________________

Share and discuss JE6.

Talk about adolescence and its implications for literacy learning.

#9

M 9/8

 

 Submit Journal Entries 1-5 to Prof. Broad.

Read Atwell, Ch. 4 ("Getting Ready")

Write JE7 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard.

Teaching Report #4:   __________________

Share and discuss JE7.

#10

W 9/10

 Read Atwell, Ch. 5 ("Getting Started")

Write JE8 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard.

Teaching Report #5:   __________________

Share and discuss JE8.

#11

F 9/12

 Read Atwell, Ch. 6 ("Minilessons")

Write JE9 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard.

Teaching Report #6:   __________________

Share and discuss JE9.

#12

M 9/15

 TBA Teaching Report #7:   __________________

Teaching Report #8:   __________________

Teaching Report #9:   __________________

Teaching Report #10:   __________________

Teaching Report #11:   __________________

#13

W 9/17

 Read Atwell, Ch. 7 ("Responding to Writers and Writing")

Write JE10 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard.

Teaching Report #12:   __________________

Share and discuss JE10.

 

#14

F 9/19

 Compose a rough draft of one of your portfolio projects (teaching materials, textual research, plan for classroom research, or something else).

Bring 3 hard copies to class and/or post your draft to the "Share Drafts" conference of our course WebBoard.

 Teaching Workshop

Read and respond to others' drafts.

Hear from others about your drafts.

#15

M 9/22

 Read Atwell, Ch. 8 ("Responding to Readers and Reading")

Write JE11 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard.

Teaching Report #13:   __________________

Share and discuss JE11.

#16

W 9/24

 Read Atwell, Ch. 9 ("Valuing and Evaluating")

Write JE12 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard.

Teaching Report #14:   __________________

Share and discuss JE12.

Discuss grammar (again).

#17

F 9/26

 Read Holt: "How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading"

Write JE13 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard. 

Teaching Report #15:   __________________

Share and discuss JE13.

How will you help your students to love reading and writing?

#18

M 9/29

 

 Read Karolides: “The Transactional Theory of Literature.”

Write JE14 in response to your reading and post it to the course WebBoard.

Teaching Report #16:   __________________

Share and discuss JE14.

How will you assess your students' writing?

How will you teach writing well while also preparing your students for a troubling writing test?

#19

W 10/1

 In preparation for your mid-term evaluation conference with Prof. Broad, submit your journal so far and your written projects so far.

Write (informally) your observations regarding the strengths and successes of the course so far and your requests and suggestions for the rest of the course and/or for future versions of the course. (Note: To protect your anonymity during the mid-term chat, do NOT submit this writing. Write to think and learn.)

 Mid-term chat.

#20

F 10/3

 Write JE15 as a self-evaluation of your work in the course so far. Write about: drafts of written projects, your response journal, and your class participation. Bring JE15 to your mid-term evaluation conference with Prof. Broad.

Please note: To protect your privacy, do not post this journal entry to the course WebBoard. Do, however, include it in your Response Journal as part of your course portfolio.

No class meeting.

Attend your scheduled mid-term evaluation conference with Prof. Broad
Sunday, Oct. 5 , 2003, students in this class are invited to the home of Prof. Broad and his family for an optional and informal pot-luck supper from 5 p.m. to about 8 p.m. As this date approaches, we will discuss details (like who will bring what and where Prof. Broad lives). In the meantime, please mark it on your calendar and plan to attend. It'll be fun. 

#21

M 10/6

 TBA Teaching Report #17:   __________________

Teaching Report #18:   __________________

Teaching Report #19:   __________________

As we approach mid-term, review what we've learned so far about teaching writing.

Prepare for Practice Teaching.

#22

W 10/8

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

1. _______________________

Teaching Workshop

#23

F 10/10

 

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

2. _______________________

Teaching Workshop

[Fri. 10/10: Mid-way point of the semester. 
Last day to withdraw with a WX.]

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#24

M 10/13

 

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

3. _______________________

Teaching Workshop

#25

W 10/15

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

4. _______________________

Teaching Workshop

#26

F 10/17

 

 TBA No class meeting.

Attend the IATE fall conference in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Attend the IATE Fall Conference, October 17-18 at the Oak Brook Marriott Hotel
[See web site: www.iateonline.org ]

#27

M 10/20

 

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

5. _______________________

Teaching Workshop

#28

W 10/22

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

6. _______________________

Teaching Workshop

#29

F 10/24

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

7. _______________________

Teaching Workshop

#30

M 10/27

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

8. _______________________

Teaching Workshop

#31

W 10/29

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

9. _______________________

Teaching Workshop
#32

F 10/31

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

10. _______________________

Teaching Workshop
[Happy Halloween]
#33

M 11/3

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

11. _______________________

Teaching Workshop
#34

W 11/5

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

12. _______________________

Teaching Workshop
#35

F 11/7

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

13. _______________________

Teaching Workshop

[Fri. 11/7: Last day to withdraw from the University]
#36

M 11/10

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

14. _______________________

Teaching Workshop
#37

W 11/12

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

15. _______________________

Teaching Workshop
#38

F 11/14

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

16. _______________________

Teaching Workshop
#39

M 11/17

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

17. _______________________

Teaching Workshop
#40

W 11/19

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Revise, develop, and finalize your projects for your portfolio.

Practice Teaching:

18. _______________________

Teaching Workshop
Try to attend part or all of the 2003 NCTE Annual Convention: "Partners in Learning," Nov. 20-25, San Francisco, California
#41

F 11/21

 

 Do the homework assigned by practice teachers.

Submit your course portfolio to Prof. Broad.

 Practice Teaching:

19. _______________________

Teaching Workshop

[Sat. 11/22: Thanksgiving Vacation begins at 12:30 p.m.
Classes resume 12/1]
#42

M 12/1

 Take a break Practice Teaching:

20. _______________________

21. _______________________
#43

W 12/3

 TBA Practice Teaching:

22. _______________________

23. _______________________
#44

F 12/5

 

 TBA Evaluate the course and the professor.

Course wrap up.

Reflect on what you've learned about teaching literature and writing, and look to the future.

[Sat. 12/6: Last day of classes.]

#44

W 12/10		 Choose a passage from your Course Portfolio to read aloud to the class. Bring your portfolio to class.  Prepare any final comments you wish to offer the group regarding your learning in this course and your future as a teacher of writing. 

7:50 - 9:30 a.m.:

"Final Exam" (Publishing Party)

Prof. Broad returns portfolios

Say goodbye.
 

[Tuesday 12/16: Grades due.]

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