Deadlines- Engl 5922

Unit and Other Major Deadlines
___ Unit Planning Guide due- October 9
___ Rough Draft of Unit with Web Quest-Nov. 4
___Final Draft of Unit with Web Quest (possibly as assessment)- December 4
 
___ Group Presentations on the Extra Roles English Teachers Take-Dec. 9
___ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO COMPLETED-Dec. 11
___FINAL EXAMINATION- December 9, a few weeks prior to final exam week

 

 

 

 

Week One -

Tuesday

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Introduction to the course/syllabus

Backward lesson design

concept- set induction/anticipatory set

Web Site treasure hunt

Thursday

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Read and respond to Morgan (handout)

Response to Christenbury, Chapt 1

Introduction to Microteachings

Week Two- Sept. Conference with LMC re. student teaching placement and unit ideas; In-class: sample set-induction: Introduction to NCTE and Doublespeak

Beach, Appleman et al.  Chapt. 3

Microteaching #1 in class

Week Three- Sept. Christenbury Ch 3 and 4- written response- MT #1 and Class Observatin Notes

Lab- Gere-Social Construct - ereserve

Comparison of Beach/Christenbury Ch. 3's; read assigned literature for MT#2 to select

Week Four- Sept. 23/25 Self-Evaluation for MT #1 - Microteaching #2 Microteaching #2
Week Five- 9/30, 10/2

Lab: bring CD, video tape, laptops

Self-evaluations of MT #2 if finished; come

Finish MT #2 ; bring in resumes

Week Six - October 7/9

Self-Evals of MT #2; Christenbury 5 and 6, write response for peers on how you will use C's ideas in selecting literature and language concepts to teach in your unit. Read Chapter 7 and write brief response about how you will integrate writing into your unit.  Complete Unit Planning Guide due(see website on Unit Planning)
Week Seven- October 14/16

Ideas for MT #3 and #4- Unit- Prefatory Statement and Web Quest idea due for peer review

Christenbury, Chapter 9- General response

Apprenticeship Observation Notes;  Beach, Chapter 12; Christenbury p.229-230.  Bring in assessment possibilities for your unit that play out of what Beach and Christenbury say (you needn't use all ideas).
Week Eight- October 21/23 Chap. 7 -Christenbury-alternative response; Prepare to present on the Extra Curricular Roles of English Teachers
Week Nine- Oct. 28/30    Review of Two Links for Your Unit- critical analysis (see handout)
Week Ten- November 4/6

Chapter 9 Christenbury and Chapter 11 Beach;

Rough Draft of Web Quest- to show in lab

Draft of Unit and Web Quest due  

 

Apprenticeship

11/10-12 /5

Turn in materials for all remaining Microteachings:  CD with video, self-evaluation, teacher evaluation, lesson plan.

Email to me an attachment of your prompt for your book on-line, then post twice for each discussion (once in intial response to your colleague's prompts, a second time to a peer's response to the initial posted discussion

Be working on your eportfolio and the final draft of your unit.  We will have downtown or on-campus class meetings (Thursday 4:00?) to discuss your apprenticeship insights and problems
Week Eleven- November 11/13    
Week Twelve- November 18/20    
Week Thirteen- Nov. 25    
Week Fourteen- December 2/4    Final Draft of UNIT due
Week Fifteen- December 9/11  Final Exam Rehearsal Read Christenbury, Chapter 10--Electronic Portfolio Due-send me an invitation
     

Ignore what is below for 2008 :
Microteaching Deadlines
___#1 Draft of Lesson Plan- Set Induction and Class Observation Notes- Sept. 21
___#1 Final Lesson Plan, Self-Evaluation, Video Tape, and Apprenticeship Tchr. Evaluation-Sept.30
 
#2- related to reading of Christenbury Ch 5-6-Discussion
___#2 Draft of Lesson Plan- Short Discussion- October 5
___#2 Final Lesson Plan, Self-Evaluation, Video Tape, and Apprenticeship Tchr. Evaluation - October 14
 
#3-related to reading of Christenbury Ch 8
___#3 Draft of Lesson Plan- Teaching Compostion-Oct. 12
___#3 Final Lesson Plan, Self-Evaluation, Video Tape, and Apprenticeship Tchr. Evaluation Self-Oct. 28
 
#4- related to reading of Christenbury- Ch.7
___#4 Lesson Plan-Teaching a Language Concept-Nov 2
___#4 Final Lesson Plan, Self-Evaluation, Video Tape, and Apprenticeship Tchr. Evaluation-Nov.11
 
#5- related to reading of Christenbury -Ch 9-
___#5 Draft of Lesson Plan- Long Discussion-Nov.16
___#5 Final Lesson Plan, Self-Evaluation, Video Tape, and Apprenticeship Tchr. Evaluation- Nov. 23
 
#6- related to reading of Christenbury- Ch 10:
___#6 Draft of Lesson Plan- Using Media or Technology-Nov 30
___#6 Final Lesson Plan, Self-Evaluation (see final evaluation), Video Tape, and Apprenticeship Tchr. Evaluation : Dec.14
___Final Self-Evaluation of all Microteachings (may be done on audio-tape), -Dec. 14
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