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Schedule
Week 1Wed Sept 7 Introductions and course discussion, writing
Week 2Mon Sept 12 Due: Please read and bring any short article that you can easily locate written in the past
year that deals with any aspect of education, the classroom, teaching, teachers, or student populations.
Discuss: reading
Wed Sept 14 Read: 1-133 in Lives on the Boundary and Chapter 13 in Grammar to Enrich (emailed)
Discuss: I, Writer
Week 3Mon Sept 19 Due: Draft of I, Writer. Discuss: peer workshop effectiveness and assessment,
workshop, I, Writer part II, reading journals, book club
Wed Sept 21 Due: Reading Journal (on Lives on the Boundary) and I, Writer essay Read: to
the end of Lives on the Boundary and Grammar to Enrich chapters 1 & 2 (emailed) Discuss:
Reading
Week 4Mon Sept 26 Due: I Writer Part II (bring notes to share oral report) Discuss: Lives on the
Boundary and Grammar to Enrich
Wed Sept 28 Due: Reading Journal (on Iser and Friere), Read: Iser and Friere handouts
(emailed) Discuss: reading, First Book Club Meeting
Week 5Mon Oct 3 Due: Reading Journal (On Rosenblatt and Smith) Read: Rosenblatt and Smith
handouts (emailed) Discuss: Reading , Second Book Club Meeting
Wed Oct 5 : Third Book Club Meeting Discuss: in-class exercise
Week 6Mon Oct 10 Columbus Day- No Class
Wed Oct 12 Due: Book Club Presentation Work Day and share in class exercise Discuss:
midterm portfolio and book club journal cover letter
Wed Nov 30 Read: Write Beside Them chapters 9 and 10 Due: I, Writing Teacher
Presentations-Whole class workshop
NOTE: There are no reading journals due for this reading. This is all material from Kittle that gives
specific ideas on how to create assignments to teach students to write in different genres as well as teach
grammar (something I know many of you are worried about). Reading this material can only help you
plan your assignments. Some aspect of the reading will be involved in each day's workshop.
Week 15Mon Dec 5 Class Cancelled for Conferences- Draft of Teaching Philosophy Due
Wed Dec 7 Class Cancelled for Conferences- Draft of Teaching Philosophy Due
Week 16
Mon Dec 12
Final Exam:
Mon Dec 19 11:00-1:00 Due: Final Portfolio and cover letter to be written in class