English 301 Fall 2012 Schedule

Week 1 TR Sept 6 Introductions and course discussion, writing Week 2 T Sept 11 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 journals, Essay 1: Student Experience Memoir

R Sept 13 Due: reading journal Read: 1-133 in Lives on the Boundary and Chapter 13 in Grammar to
Enrich Discuss: Reading, essay #1 writing, book club

Week 3 T Sept 18 Due: Draft of essay #1. Discuss: peer workshop effectiveness and assessment, workshop essay #1 TR Sept 20 Due: Reading Journal, Essay #1 Read: to the end of Lives on the Boundary. Discuss: Reading, Essay #1 part II, First Book Club Meeting Week 4 T Sept 25 Due: Essay #1 Part II (bring notes and oral report) Read: Grammar to Enrich chapters 1 & 2 Discuss: oral reports and reading TR Sept 27 Due: Reading Journal Read: Frank Smith handout (in readings on website) Discuss: reading, Second Book Club Meeting Week 5 T Oct 2 Due: Reading Journal Read: Iser and Rosenblatt handout (in readings on website) Discuss: Reading TR Oct 4 Due: Reading Journal Read: Friere handout (in readings on website) Discuss: inclass exercise, Third Book Club Meeting, midterm portfolio Week 6

T Oct 9 Due: finish in class activity from last week and be ready to read out loud. FInal Book Club Meeting (work on presentations) Discuss: Book Club Cover Letter (bring all your book club journals to class) TR Oct 11 Due: Book Club Presentations Week 7 T Oct 16 Due: Midterm Portfolio, reading journal Read: Because Writing Matters 71-87 and Write Beside Them 208-237 Discuss: reading, essay #2 TR Oct 18 Due: Reading Journal Read: Skim Massachusetts State Frameworks for language arts (link in readings section of website) Discuss: Assessing student writing, reading, essay #2 Week 8 T Oct 23 Library Research Day- meet at circulation desk TR Oct 25 Due: Essay #2 for workshop Week 9 T Oct 30 Due: Essay #2 Discuss: Group work for essay #2 TR Nov 1 Due: Reading Journal Read: Write Beside Them chapters 1 and 2, Because Writing Matters chapters 1 and 2 Discuss: Reading Week 9 T Nov 6 Group Work on essay #2 TR Nov 8 Due: Reading Journal Read: Write Beside Them part 4, Because Writing Matters part 3 Discuss: reading, essay #3 Week 10 T Nov 13 Group Presentations TR Nov 15 Due: Reading Journal Read: Write Beside Them chapter 11, Assigned Section in Grammar to Enrich Discuss: Reading, essay #4 Week 11 T Nov 20 Due: Final Reading journal Read: Why School Discuss: reading TR Nov 22- No class Thanksgiving Break

Week 12 T Nov 27 Read: Write Beside Them chapters 6,7,8 Due: Assignment Design PresentationsWhole class workshop TR Nov 28 Read: Write Beside Them chapters 9 and 10 Due: Assignment Design 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. Reading this material can only help you plan your assignments. Some aspect of the reading will be involved in each day's workshop.

Week 13 T Dec 4 Class Cancelled for conferences TR Dec 6 Class Cancelled for conferences

Week 14 T Dec 11 Due: Final Portfolio workshop and work time Final Exam: Thursday December 20th 8:00-10:00 Final Portfolios Due