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w-8.29.07

 

 

 

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w-9.5.07

Writing & the Teaching of Writing

  • Buy textbooks
  • Respond to Introductory Email
  • Read Soven, Chapter 1 (1-9) & Chapter 2 (11-23)
  • Read Alsup & Bush, Chapter 2 (39-79)
3

w-9.12.07

Composition Theory–Holistically

  • Read Soven, Chapter 8 (197-240)
  • Read Berlin, "Rhetoric and Ideology in the Writing Classroom" [College English, 50.5]
  • Submit PAB entry #1 to the Blackboard Discussion Board by the beginning of class
     
4

w-9.19.07

Composition Theory–In Movements

  • Read Bartholomae, "Inventing the University" [BB]
  • Read Flower and Hayes, "A Cognitive Process Theory of Writing" [College Composition and Communication, 32.4]
  • Read Elbow, "Reflections on Academic Discourse: How it Relates to Freshman and College" [College English, 53.2]
  • Submit PAB entry #2 to the Blackboard Discussion Board by the beginning of class
  • Submit a request for the Pedagogical Presentation dates in the body of an email through Blackboard by the beginning of class. Choose two dates and justify why these dates are most appropriate for your presentation.
   
5

w-9.26.07

Course Content I: Why do we teach Literacy?

  • Read Dornan et al, "Psycholinguistics and Social Foundation" (11-30) [BB]
  • Read Weinstein-Shr, "From Mountain-Tops to City Streets" (49-83) [BB]
  • Submit Teaching Philosophy to the instructor as a hard copy at the beginning of class.
6

w-10.3.07

Course Content II: Literature & Literacy

  • Read Soven, Chapter 7 (157-195)
  • Read Alsup & Bush, Chapter 1 (1-38)
  • Submit PAB entry #3 to the Blackboard Discussion Board by the beginning of class
   
7

w-10.10.07

Writing as a Process (?)

  • Read Soven, Chapter 3 (25-64)
  • Read Kent, "Paralogic Rhetoric" [BB]
  • Submit PAB entry #4 to the Blackboard Discussion Board by the beginning of class
  • English 555: Submit Proposal to instructor as a hard copy at the beginning of class.
 

8

w-10.17.06

Designing Writing Assignments

 

  • Read Soven, Chapter 6 (135-156)
  • Read Dornan et al, "The Essay and Other Write-to-Learn Assignments" (119-148) [BB]
  • Read WPA discussion on the Five Paragraph Essay [BB]
  • Submit Sample Assignment with rationale to the instructor as a hard copy at the beginning of class.

 
9

w-10.24.06

Teaching with Technology

Meet in BAL 2019

  • Read Moran and Selfe, "Teaching English across the Technology/Wealth Gap" [English Journal, 88.6]
  • Read Selber, "Reimaging the Functional Side of Computer Literacy" [BB]
  • Read Alsup & Bush (148-155)
  • English 555: Submit three entries apiece to the instructor as a hard copy at the beginning of class.
  • Presentation Group 1 (Amy, Janet, Linda, Lisa)
  • Note  Last Day to Drop Classes is October 23, 2007
 
 

 
10

w-10.31.07

Grammar
   
11

w-11.7.07

Grammar: L2 & 2nd Dialect Issues

12

w-11.14.07

Diversity in the Language Arts Classroom

  • Read Hinton "'Sturdy Black Bridges'" [BB]
  • Read Hagemann "A Bridge from Home to School" [English Journal, 90.4]
  • Read Lyman & Figgins "Democracy, Dialect, and the Power of Every Voice" [BB]
  • Read Kubota & Ward "Exploring Linguistic Diversity through World Englishes" [English Journal, 89.6]
  • Submit Unit Plan with Rationale to the instructor as a hard copy at the beginning of class.
13

w-11.21.07

Thanksgiving Break–No Class

 

 
   
14

w-11.28.07

Evaluating Texts & Assessing Students

   
15

w-12.5.07

English 555 Workshop & Teaching as a Profession

     
Finals

w-12.12.06

  • Finals: No Exam; contact the instructor (kdepew@odu.edu or 757.863.4019) if you have any questions or concerns
  • Submit Teaching Portfolio on Monday, December 10, 2005 to the instructor as a hard copy in his office (BAL 316) by 6:30 pm