Tentative Course Calendar

(Last Updated 10/24)

Week 1

9/19--Introductions, Syllabi, Assignments, Expectations, etc… 

Week 2

9/24--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    

9/26--Blog Post #2

Graphic novels in the classroom

*Meet for class in JFK Library Rm L23 on 9/26.

Week 3

10/1--Reading and Blog Post #3

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)

10/3--Reading and Blog Post #4

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

Week 4

10/8--Book Talks (Ebb, Kaitlin)

Reading and Blog Post #5

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 http://swcontent.spokaneschools.org/cms/lib/WA01000970/Centricity/domain/3172/pdf/Secondary%20SBGR%20Parent%20Handbook.pdf

1st Literature Unit Plan section draft due

10/10--Book Talks (Malisa, Malisa)

Reading and Blog Post #6

Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Chapter 2 available at http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/philosophy/education/freire/freire-2.html

Week 5

10/15--Book Talks (Sade, Ryan)

Reading and Blog Post #7

Morrell and Duncan-Andrade's  “Popular Culture and Critical Media Pedagogy in Secondary Literacy Classrooms available at http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.474.8340&rep=rep1&type=pdf

2nd Literature Unit Plan section draft due

10/17--Book Talks (Jeremy, Reggie, Christian)

Reading and Blog Post #8

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

Week 6

10/22--Book Talks (Anne, Mel)

Reading and Blog Post #9

EWU's TPA guidelines and edTPA Making Good Choices (both available on blog) 

3rd Literature Unit Plan section draft due

10/24--Book Talks (Lexi, Kaitlin)

Reading and Blog Post #10

Tovani’s I Read It, But I Don't Get It

Week 7

10/29--Book Talks (Kim, Christian)

Reading and Blog Post #11

Erdrich's The Round House

4th Literature Unit Plan section draft due

10/31--Book Talks (Sade, Ryan, Zack, Mel)

Reading and Blog Post #12

Edgar Allan Poe texts

 

Week 8

11/5--Book Talks (Ebb, Jeremy, Anne)

Reading and Blog Post #13

Krakauer's Into the Wild

5th Literature Unit Plan section draft due

11/7--Book Talks (Reggie, Zack, Kim, Lexi)

Reading and Blog Post #14

WIesel's Night

Week 9

11/12--No Class, Veterans Day

11/14--No Class, Individual Meetings (email me to schedule a meeting)

Week 10

11/19--No Class, Individual Meetings (email me to schedule a meeting)

11/21--No Class, Thanksgiving Break

Week 11

11/26--In class Unit Plan work day

11/28--Unit Plans Due, Discussion of Unit Plans, Course Wrap up, and Evaluations

*All remaining materials (Learning Letters and anything else) due by Friday, 11/30, at noon