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Course meets M, W, F 2:00-2:50pm BCH 101

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=**Course Meetings**=

01/19 | 01/21 | 01/24 | 01/26 | 01/28 | 01/31 | 02/02 | 02/04 | 02/07 | 02/09 | 02/11 | 02/14 | 02/16 | 02/18 | 02/21 | 02/23 | 02/25 | 02/28 | 03/02 | 03/04 | Spring Break | 03/14 | 03/16 | 03/18 | 03/21 | 03/23 | 03/25 | 03/28 | 03/30 | 04/01 | 04/04 | 04/06 | 04/08 | 04/11 | 04/13 | 04/15 | 04/18 | 04/20 | 04/22 | 04/25 | 04/27 | 04/29 | 05/02 |

 Class policies/Routines Syllabus/Assignment || None ||  Former students share their experiences and projects || None || 
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 * W 01/19 || //Setting Expectations//
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 * F 01/21 || Voices from the past
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 * M 01/24 || //Introductions/Course tools//

|| Finish wiki personal page Take multiple intelligences survey Read explanation Make a new page, write a reaction, link to your personal page: what do you think of the results? || Groupwork: represent results of survey in different ways
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 * W 01/26 || //Learning styles//

[|Miss Tolliver video] || For next class, document your attempts to teach someone something (perhaps you'll teach a sibling to shoot baskets or teach your parents how to use Facebook). Use your experience with multiple intelligences to answer the following questions; make a new page, link to your personal page (hint: you can copy and paste these questions): --To what learning styles does the lesson you were trying to teach seem to appeal (for instance, shooting baskets might appeal most to Kinesthetic and Interpersonal intelligences)? --In terms of multiple intelligences, what were the strengths and struggles of the person you were trying to teach? How did this help or hinder your efforts? --What evidence did you have that the person had learned the lesson? In terms of multiple intelligences, what form(s) did that evidence take? || Groupwork: What counts as evidence of learning? [|Edutopia Video] || Problem: What is the healthiest meal for 2-3 people that can be made for under $5 With your group, you will need to research and solve this interdisciplinary problem; on Monday, your 5 minute presentations will be judged by an ex-restaurant manager. Here are some issues you may wish to consider: --What does "healthiest" mean? --How much is enough for 2-3 people? --What resources will be required to prepare the meal and how might these add to the cost? (for instance, do you need to travel to the store to get it? cook it on a stove? gas or electric?) ||  Groups present healthiest meal presentations || None ||  Audience Genre || Revisit your teaching attempt and your healthy meal research/presentation: How did genre, audience, and purpose figure in those processes? Post your answers to a new page linked to your personal page (hint: you can copy and paste this question into a wiki page) || 
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 * F 01/28 || //Interdisciplinarity://
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 * M 01/31 || //Interdisciplinary Presentations//
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 * W 02/02 || Purpose
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 * F 02/04 || //Intro to Multigenre//

[|One mode, multiple genres]

Multigenre Research Video || Reread multigenre assignment: What Topics, Genres, Audience(s), and Purpose(s) are you interested in pursuing? Answer "topic talk" questions for two possible topics and post your answers to a new page linked to your personal page. or (**Note**: You can download and fill out these worksheets, then copy and paste your answers into a wiki page) Please come prepared to discuss this work in class. || Group brainstorming Whole-class discussion || For next class, read sample multigenre project and fill out __W__riting __A__nalysis __S__trategy II & III questions ( Please remember to rename! ) Post your responses to a new page linked to your personal page.
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 * M 02/07 || //Brainstorm Topics//

Topic proposals due Friday 2/11: What topic have you settled on, and why? For what audience(s) and purpose(s) might you design this project? What sources might you draw on? What genres might you use to represent your work? Post your responses to a new page linked to your personal page. || Discuss sample project and WAS sheets || For next class, [|choose a sample multigenre project] and fill out __W__riting __A__nalysis __S__trategy II & III questions: ( Please remember to rename! ) Post your responses to a new page linked to your personal page.
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 * W 02/09 || //Sample Multigenre Project//

Topic proposals due Friday 2/11: What topic have you settled on, and why? For what audience(s) and purpose(s) might you design this project? What sources might you draw on? What genres might you use to represent your work? Post your responses to a new page linked to your personal page. || Groupwork: Using our class rubric, what grade would you assign to the sample project and why?
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 * F 02/11 || //Sample Multigenre Project//

Process journal Sample FQI sheets Research Resources || Begin your process journal on your personal page, above your topic talk and topic proposal Meet in library for research presentation 1 ||  Using available resources || Meet in library for research presentation 2 ||  Identifying reliable sources
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 * M 02/14 || Library research presentation 1:
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 * W 02/16 || //References//

Quoting, paraphrasing, and citing sources Making a Works Cited page Library research || Find 1 example of each of these 2 genres for next class: --Magazine article --Diary entry Make a new page, post your examples, link to your personal page, and bring your examples to class. || Group: deriving characteristics and criteria for genres || Meet in library for research/conferences Update process journal ||   At least 2 FQI sheets due by end of class || Find 1 example of each of these 2 genres for next class: --Essay --Poem Derive characteristics/criteria for each genre; Make a new page, post your examples and characteristics/criteria; link to your personal page; and bring examples and characteristics/criteria to class. || Group: deriving characteristics and criteria for genres || Meet in library for research/conferences
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 * F 02/18 || //Genre practice//
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 * M 02/21 || //Snow day// || Snow day ||
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 * W 02/23 || //Research/Conferences//
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 * F 02/25 || //Genre practice//

Choose 1 genre from your FQI sheets; find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; come prepared to discuss during 3/02 class. || At least 10 FQI sheets due by end of class || Update process journal
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 * M 02/28 || //Research/Conferences//

Choose 1 genre from your FQI sheets; find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; come prepared to discuss during 3/02 class ||  || Choose 1 genre from your FQI sheets; find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; post and link to personal page bring 3 copies to class. due 3/14
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 * W 03/02 || Peer review practice

Buy Literature Circles books for 3/16: [|Monster] [|Nothing but the Truth] [|Shooter] [|Up the Down Staircase] Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click [|here] || 
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 * F 03/04 || Discuss peer review process

Smart moves from Genre 1 || Choose 1 genre from your FQI sheets; find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; post and link to personal page bring 3 copies to class. due 3/14

Buy Literature Circles books for 3/16: [|Monster] [|Nothing but the Truth] [|Shooter] [|Up the Down Staircase] Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click [|here] ||  find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; post and link to personal page bring 3 copies to class. due 3/14
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 * Spring Break! || Spring Break! || Choose 1 genre from your FQI sheets;

Buy Literature Circles books for 3/16: [|Monster] [|Nothing but the Truth] [|Shooter] [|Up the Down Staircase] Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click [|here] || 
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 * M 03/14 || //Peer review//

|| Revise Genre 2 Update process journal

Bring Literature Circles books for 3/16: [|Monster] [|Nothing but the Truth] [|Shooter] [|Up the Down Staircase] Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click [|here] || 
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 * W 03/16 || Peer review: Discuss process

Smart moves from Genre 2

Intro to Literature Circles Literature Circles meet to set schedule || Bring Literature Circles books for 3/18: [|Monster] [|Nothing but the Truth] [|Shooter] [|Up the Down Staircase] Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click [|here]

Genre 3 due 3/21; find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; post and link to personal page bring 3 copies to class. || find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; post and link to personal page bring 3 copies to class. || || Revise Genre 3 Update process journal
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 * F 03/18 || //Literature Circles pt.1// || Genre 3 due 3/21;
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 * M 03/21 || //Peer review//

Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 2 on 3/25 ||  Discuss process
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 * W 03/23 || //Peer review//

Smart moves from Genre 3

//Tech Tools// Meet in computer lab

Try these visual tools: -[|Wordle] example --[|Picnik] example --[|Gimp] --[|Jaycut] example And to download youtube videos for editing: [|mediaconverter.org] --[|Comeeko] --Format Factory Program to convert video files to any format. --Download Helper Firefox add-on that lets you download all flash based video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc) --[|DaFont] Database of free fonts.

Or audio tools --[|Myna] [|example]

-- [] and [] --[|Audacity]

Or annotation tools: [|VoiceThread] [|Viddler] || Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 2 on 3/25

Genre 4 due 3/28; find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; post and link to personal page bring 3 copies to class. || find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; post and link to personal page bring 3 copies to class. || || Revise Genre 4 Update process journal
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 * F 03/25 || //Literature Circles pt. 2// || Genre 4 due 3/28;
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 * M 03/28 || //Peer review//

Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 3 on 4/01

Now that you've finished about half of your project, reflect on how you might synthesize your genres using a repetend or linking mechanism, and how you might "package" your project; post this brief reflection on a new page, link to your personal page, and come prepared to discuss on 3/30 ||
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 * W 03/30 || Smart moves from Genre 4

Discuss packaging and synthesis || Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 3 on 4/01

Genre 5 due 4/04; find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; post and link to personal page bring 3 copies to class. || find at least 3 examples; derive characteristics and criteria; compose draft of that genre for your project; post and link to personal page bring 3 copies to class. || || Revise Genre 5 Update process journal
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 * F 04/01 || //Literature Circles pt. 3// || Genre 5 due 4/04;
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 * M 04/04 || //Peer review//

Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 4 on 4/08

How will you present to our class? What will you be looking for as you watch presentations? As you read other projects? Post to new page, link to personal page, come prepared to discuss ||
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 * W 04/06 || Smart moves from Genre 5

Discuss presentations || Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 4 on 4/08 || 
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 * F 04/08 || //Literature Circles pt. 4// || Prepare for gallery walk 4/13

Prepare for presentations 4/15

Projects due 4/18 ||  Last questions? || repare for gallery walk 4/13 Prepare for presentations 4/15
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 * M 04/11 || Work day?

Projects due 4/18 ||   Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned: --about your topic? what surprised you? --about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you? --about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not? Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page. || Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned: --about your topic? what surprised you? --about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you? --about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not? Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page. || Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned: --about your topic? what surprised you? --about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you? --about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not? Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page. || Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned: --about your topic? what surprised you? --about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you? --about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not? Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page. || Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned: --about your topic? what surprised you? --about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you? --about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not? Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page. || Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned: --about your topic? what surprised you? --about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you? --about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not? Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page. || Use your process journal and the stages of your project saved on your personal page as you reflect on what you've learned: --about your topic? what surprised you? --about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you? --about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not? Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page. ||
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 * W 04/13 || Gallery walk || Prepare for presentations ||
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 * F 04/15 || //Presentations// || Prepare for presentations;
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 * M 04/18 || //Presentations// || Prepare for presentations;
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 * W 04/20 || //Presentations// || Prepare for presentations;
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 * F 04/22 || //Presentations// || Prepare for presentations;
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 * M 04/25 || //Presentations// || Prepare for presentations;
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 * W 04/27 || //Presentations// || Prepare for presentations;
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 * F 04/29 || //Presentations// || Prepare for presentations;

 Projects due || Have a great spring! Keep in touch! ||
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 * Finals week || //Saying goodbye//