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Example units

 

Before Class WEEK 1 During Class
 

Day 1 Monday Aug24

  • Teaching philosophy
  • Purchase books (three titles)
  • Send Barbara an email message at bjmonroe@wsu.edu--so she can get your correct address
  • Read Wilhelm, Strategic Reading, pp. 8-30 to figure out how Wilhelm--and I--would rank the teaching scenarios

Day 2 Wednesday Aug26

  • Quick-write on reading (daily grade taken)
  • Teaching scenarios & Learning principles
  • Analyzing "Teddy"
Before Class WEEK 2 During Class
  • Check out Language of Literature (LOL) or Elements of Literature (EOL) for the grade level of your choice at Media Reserves, basement, Holland-Terrell Library. They are listed under Course Reserves in Griffith: Engl 323 or Prof. Barbara Monroe: link to book numbers. You will need to request the book by its book number.
  • Bring either LOL or EOL to class.
  • Read Wilhelm, "Activity: Theories of Reading" pp. 31-37 AND "Activity: Reading Pictures Parts 1 & 2" pp. 69-73
  • Please mark your book as you read, and bring your book to class.

Day 3 Monday Aug31

  • Quick-write on reading (daily grade taken)
  • Literary lenses: finding examples in LOL/EOL
 

Day 4 Wednesday Sept2
  • reading Victorian tapestry/using LOL/EOL
Before Class WEEK 3 During Class
  • LABOR DAY

Day 5 Monday Sept7

  • NO CLASS TODAY
 

Day 6 Wednesday Sept9
  • using LOL/EOL: King Arthur ReTooled
Before Class WEEK 4 During Class
 

Day 7 Monday Sept14

  • Unit Overview: examples

  • Read "unit overview" assignment (in the left-hand column on this webpage)
  • Read Wilhelm, "Student Attitudes and Beliefs" pp. 85-90
  • Read Wilhelm, "Teaching Ways of Reading" pp. 40-46

Day 8 Wednesday Sept16
  • Unit Overview assignment: getting started (writing Goals, putting together a Text Set, developing a line of inquiry)
Before Class WEEK 5 During Class
  • work on Unit Overview

Day 9Monday Sept21

  • working on Unit Overview, cont'd
  • Create your wikispace and send URL to Barbara to list on course page.
  • Draft of Unit Overview due in wikispace by midnight, FRIDAY (daily grade taken)

Day 10 Wednesday Sept23
  • working on Unit Overview, cont'd
Before Class WEEK 6 During Class
  • Workhop on Unit Overview due in wikispace by midnight, SUNDAY (daily grade taken)

Day 11 Monday Sept28

  • feedback on our Unit Overviews so far
  • examples of culminating projects... and working backwards
  • Unit Overview due in wikispace by midnight, FRIDAY

Day 12 Wednesday Sept30
  • aligning objectives, assignments, and assessment
Before Class WEEK 7 During Class
  • Read Wilhelm, "Instructional Sequencing" pp. 187-206.
  • As you read Wilhelm, list all the "teaching episodes"--activities and assignments--for each "step." Bring that list to class.

Day 13 Monday Oct5

  • incorporating technology
 

Day 14 Wednesday Oct7
  • in-class workshop /conferences/report-outs on sequences
Before Class WEEK 8 During Class
  • Read Wilhelm, "Loving the Questions" pp. 122-139. Pay closest attention to "dense questioning." Be ready to write dense questions in class.

Day 15 Monday Oct12

  • Questioning
  • Microteaching assignment
  • Read Wilhelm, "Teaching the Skills of Discussion" pp. 139-151.

Day 16 Wednesday Oct14
  • Discussing
Before Class WEEK 9 During Class
  • Draft of Assignment Sequence due in wikispace by midnight, Sunday

Day 17 Monday Oct19

  • BARBARA WILL BE ON RELIGIOUS RETREAT
  • Work online. No face-to-face class today.
  • workshop on Assignment Sequence due in wikispace by midnight, Wednesday

Day 18 Wednesday Oct21
  • BARBARA WILL BE ON RELIGIOUS RETREAT
  • Work online. No face-to-face class today.
Before Class WEEK 10 During Class
  • Assignment Sequence due by midnight, Sunday.
  • Read Wilhelm, "Getting Horsey" pp. 73-85

Day 19 Monday Oct26

  • Lesson Sequence assignment
  • Read Beers, Ch. 1 & 2, pp. 1-22, When Kids Can't Read

Day 20 Wednesday Oct28
  • teaching comprehension
Before Class WEEK 11 During Class
  • Read Beers, Ch. 5, pp. 23-60, When Kids Can't Read

Day 21 Monday Nov2

  • Microteaching: teaching inference
  • cartoons pp. 62-65 - Stephanie & Shannyn
  • bumper stickers p. 71 - Kat & Chris
  • Read Beers, Ch. 3, pp. 23-39, When Kids Can't Read

Day 22 Wednesday Nov4
  • Microteaching: Pre-reading strategies
  • anticipation guides pp. 74-80 & scales pp. 139-144 - Chase & Kimberly
  • tea party (aka "party talk") pp. 94-101 - Shannon & Austen
Before Class WEEK 12 During Class
  • Read Beers, Ch. 4, pp. 40-60, When Kids Can't Read

Day 23Monday Nov9

  • Microteaching: During-reading strategies
  • say something pp. 105-111 - Jennifer Snyder & Kayleigh
  • think aloud pp. 119-127 & silently pp. 127-128 - Grant & Janessa
  • post-it notes pp. 133-134 - Seth
VETERANS DAY - NO CLASS

Day 24 Wednesday Nov11
VETERANS DAY - NO CLASS
  WEEK 13 During Class
 

Day 25 Monday Nov16

  • Microteaching: After-reading strategies
  • text reformulation (aka "story recycling") pp. 159-165- Erika & Kasie
  • sketch to stretch pp. 171-172 - Kara & Spenser
  • Lesson Sequence DUE; post to your wikispace under a New Page named "Lessons"

Day 26 Wednesday Nov18
  • word splash p. 94 & most important word pp. 173-175 Nick & Jennifer Mc
  • Shannyn & Steph - cartoons [make-up]
Before Class WEEK 14 During Class
  • Read Beers, Ch. 9, pp. 176-203, When Kids Can't Read
  • Day 27 Monday Nov30

    • teaching vocabulary
  • Day 28 Wednesday Dec2
    • Literature circles & SSR
    Before Class WEEK 15 During Class
  • Day 29 Monday Dec7

    • Strategies for handling the paper load
  • Day 30 Wednesday Dec9
    • COURSE EVALUATIONS

     

     

     

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