Tentative Schedule

Tentative Schedule for Fall 2014 (last updated 9/29/14):

Week 1

9/24—Introductions, Syllabi, Assignments, Expectations, etc…

Week 2

9/29—Reading and Blog Post: “Discussion as a Way of Teaching” (Handout)

10/1—Reading and Blog Post: English Language Arts Common Core State Standards available at www.corestandards.org (Please focus on the Reading Standards for Literature and the Reading Standards for Informational Text) and Beach, Thein, and Webb’s “The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Instruction in Grades 6-12: Origins, Goals, and Challenges” (Handout)

Week 3

10/6—Reading and Blog Post: Langer’s “A Response-Based Approach to Reading Literature” available at http://www.albany.edu/cela/reports/langer/langerresponsebased.pdf

            *Please note that class will end at 4pm on 10/6

10/8—Reading and Blog Post: Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Chapter 2 available at http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/philosophy/education/freire/freire-2.html

Week 4

10/13—Reading and Blog Post: Peter McLaren’s “Critical Pedagogy: A Look at the Major Concepts” available at http://cidocstudents2012.wikispaces.com/file/view/Critical+Pedagogy+Major+Concepts.pdf

10/15—Reading and Blog Post: Duncan-Andrade and Morrell’s “Critical Pedagogy and Popular Culture in an Urban Secondary English Classroom” (Handout)

Week 5

10/20—What is Social Justice? Why is it important for our classrooms?

            Reading and Blog Post: Individual Exploration

10/22— Reading and Blog Post: Tovani’s “I Read it, but I don’t get it”

Week 6

10/27—Creating Lesson Plans

Reading and Blog Post: TPA guidelines (Handout)

10/29—Reading and Blog Post: Gallagher’s “Readicide”

Week 7

11/3—Guest and Blog Post, 2014 Washington State Teacher of the Year, Katie Brown, ELL Specialist at Shuksan Middle School in Bellingham

Blog post prompts:
     Complete some investigation about Katie, her school, her work as Teacher of the Year, etc..
     Consider how ELL strategies are important in your work as a teacher of ELA
     Develop a few questions that you want to ask Katie while she's here.

11/5—Reading and Blog Post: Beach, Appleman, Hynds, and Wilhelm’s “Assessing and Evaluating Students’ Learning: How Do You Know What They Have Learned?” (Handout)

Week 8

11/10—Book Talks (Paul, Katie, Christine, Jade, Janna, Marisa)

11/12—Book Talks (Colleen, Michael, Megan, Amanda, Ross, Carlos, Alyssa)

Week 9

11/17—Mini-lessons (Alexie 1, Alexie 2, Alexie 3, Alexie 4)

11/19—Mini-lessons (Poe 1, Poe 2, Poe 3, Poe 4)
     *Please read The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher

Week 10

11/24—Mini-lessons (Weisel 1, Weisel 2, Weisel 3)

11/26 —Thanksgiving Break; No Class

Week 11

12/1—Mini-lessons (Yang 1, Yang 2)

           

*Please note that class will end at 4pm on 12/1

12/3—Unit Plans Due, Discussion of Unit Plans, Course Evaluations

*Learning Letters Due to your blog by Friday, 12/5, at noon.