Tentative Course Schedule

Tentative Schedule for Winter 2016 (updated 1/23):

Week 1

1/9--Introductions, Syllabi, Assignments, Expectations, etc…

1/11--Introductions, Syllabi, Assignments, Expectations, etc…

Week 2

1/16--No Class, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1/18--No Class, Snow Day       

Week 3

1/23--Reading and Blog Post #1: 

Brookfield's “Discussion as a Way of Teaching” available at http://webshare.northseattle.edu/Sustainability_in_Healthcare/Discussion_as_a_Way_of_Teaching%20INC-Learning%20Circles.pdf 

1/25--Reading and Blog Post #2: 

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) 

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 4

1/30--Reading and Blog Post #3:

EWU's TPA guidelines (available on blog) 

California State Universities Expository Reading and Writing Course Assignment Template available at https://www.calstate.edu/EAP/englishcourse/piloting_packet/Assignment_Template.pdf

2/1--Reading and Blog Post #4: 

Beach, Appleman, Hynds, and Wilhelm’s “Assessing and Evaluating Students’ Learning: How Do You Know What They Have Learned?” (Handout) 

"Secondary Standards-Based Grading and Reporting Handbook" available at https://pathubert.wikispaces.com/file/view/Secondary+Standards+Based+Grading+and+Reporting+Handbook.pdf

1st Literature Unit Plan section draft due

Week 5

2/6----Reading and Blog Post #5: 
Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Chapter 2 available at http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/philosophy/education/freire/freire-2.html

2/8--Reading and Blog Post #6: 

Duncan-Andrade and Morrell’s “Critical Pedagogy and Popular Culture in an Urban Secondary English Classroom” (Handout)

Individual Exploration: What is Social Justice? Why is it important for our classrooms?

2nd Literature Unit Plan section draft due

Week 6--

2/13—Individual Meetings (email me to schedule a meeting)

2/15--Reading and Blog Post #8: 

Tovani’s “I Read it, but I don’t get it”

3rd Literature Unit Plan section draft due

Week 7

2/20--No Class, Presidents Day

2/22--Reading and Blog Post #9: 

Gallagher’s “Readicide”

4th Literature Unit Plan section draft due

Week 8

2/27--Book Talks (Mackinzi, Kelsey, Joel, Brock, Nathalie, Justin, Stacy, Kayla, Bryan, Ethan, Hannah, Connor, Morgan)

3/1--Book Talks (Shenice, Christen, Shawna, Arik, Zach)

Poe Mini-Lessons (Justin, Joel)

Blog Post #10--Poe's The Haunted Palace, The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontillado, Fall of the House of Usher, Evening Star, A Dream and A Tell Tale Heart.

Week 9

3/6--Poe Mini-Lessons (Connor, Nathalie, Kayla, Christen)

5th Literature Unit Plan section draft due

3/8--Graphic Canon Mini-Lessons (Ethan, Brock, Morgan, Kelsey)

  

Blog Post #11--Graphic Canon versions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Pride and Prejudice, A Modest Proposal, The Great Gatsby, and Faulkner's The Hill)

Week 10

3/13--Graphic Canon Mini-Lesson (Hannah)

Night Mini-Lessons (Shawna, Shenice, Bryan)

Blog Post #12--Elie Wiesel's Night

3/15--Night Mini-Lessons (Mackinzi)

Alexie Mini-Lessons (Arik, Stacy, Zach)

Blog Post #13--Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Week 11

3/20--Unit Plans Due, Discussion of Unit Plans, Course Wrap up, and Evaluations

*All remaining materials (Learning Letters, Mini-Lesson reflections, etc) due by Friday, 3/24, at noon