Assignment+Calendar


 * __Schedule of Assignments:__**

W 1/5 Introduction Focused freewriting: The Agony and Ecstasy of School Writing Peer response: 3 questions

M 1/10 **Teaching Writing as a Process** Read Newkirk and Kent, Chapter 3 **Draft of paper #1** **Request access to** **http://neographopedia.wikispaces.com/** Read __Student Writing__– “Defending a Grade” (Wiki – Assignments – “student writing”) (1) **Wiki Response:** “Defending a Grade” **Go to Wikipost page and respond on the “Discussion” tab.**

W 1/12 **Teaching Writing as a Process** Read Newkirk and Kent – Chaps 1 & 2 **Submit Paper #1: “** Agony/ Ecstasy” assignment



M 1/17 No class – Martin Luther King Day **Getting Started** Read “Joining the Debate” (Wiki – Assignments) (2) **Wiki Response:** How do you write when you write well?” In-class writing prompt: “Drawing Connections”

W 1/19 **Responding to Writers and Writing** Read Elbow, “Feedback” (Wiki – Assignments)

**Draft of paper #2** Response Groups and Paper #2

M 1/24 **Responding to Writers and Writing** **Bring Letter and Writing Sample for Ypsilanti H.S.** **Writing Exchange**

**Submit** : **Paper #2** Read: Writing in the 21st Century (Wiki – Assignments) **Wiki Response;** “The Right Question” **(** Wiki – Assignments – student writing)

Letter from YHS Writing Partners

W 1/26 **Revision: What Makes a Process** Read Newkirk and Kent, Chapters 5 **“** Skeletons Out of the Closet: The Case of the Missing 162 Per Cent” (Wiki – Assignments)



**(4)** **Wiki Response** : Wiki – Assignments – student writing)

Either “Poem,” “Black Quarterbacks” or “Social Groups” Bring letter, writing sample for YHS writing partners

M 1/31 Read Andrew & Fleischer “The Unfamiliar Genre Project” (Wiki – Assignments) __Post to your personal wiki page__: **Proposal for** **“Unfamiliar Genre”** Receive first writing sample from YHS Partners

W 2/2 **Genre** Read Newkirk and Kent, Chapter 8, 10 **Bring Return Letter and Writing Sample for YHS Partners** **(5)** **Wiki Response** : Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of your student writing partner.

M 2/ 7 **Genre** __Post to your personal wiki page__:

Annotated Bibliography and “User’s Guide to [Your Genre]“
W 2/9 **Genre** Read Ehrenworth and Vinton, Chapter 3 Dornan, “Grammar, Correctness, and Writing” (Wiki – Assignments) (6) **Wiki Response** : Analyzes the causes of marked errors in  “Black Quarterbacks,” according to the Dornan classifications.

M 2/14 **Genre** **Bring a draft of Unfamiliar Genre** Response Groups on Paper #3: UGP Newkirk and Kent, Chapter 11

W 2/16 **Genre** Bring Return Letter and Writing Sample for YHS Partners Read Ehrenworth and Vinton, Chapter 1 (7) **Wiki Response** : Explain how grammar and voice are related, according to Chapter 1 (Ehrenworth & Vinton)

M 2/21 **Assessment: Formative** **Submit Portfolio on Unfamiliar Genre Project** Read Newkirk and Kent, Chapter 7

W 2/23 **Assessment: Summative** Read Newkirk and Kent, Chapter 6 Read Ehrenworth and Vinton, Chapter 2 **(8)Wiki Response** : Explain how end punctuation affects voice, according to Ehrenworth and Vinton (Chap 2)

M 2/28 – Friday 3/6 Winter Break

M 3/7 **Assessment: High Stakes - MEAP and ACT** Read “Alignment with Michigan H.S Content Expectations” "ACT Writing" (Wiki – Assignments) Receive Third Writing Sample from YHS Partners Read Newkirk and Kent, Chapter 9 – “Ways of Multigenre”

W 3/9 **Bring Return Letter and Writing Sample for YHS** **Partners** **Read "Tools for Inquiry"** Form 4-5 Case Presentation Groups Modeling of Collaborative Assessment Conference

M 3/14 Meeting with Writing Partners at Ypsilanti High School or EMU 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.

W 3/16 **Submit Paper #4–** Student Writer Profile **Topics in Teaching Writing:** Choose a topic for oral Presentation Plan Case Presentations

M 3/21 **Reflective Writing** : Bring Writing Artifacts for Portfolio

W 3/23 **Case Presentations, 2 groups**

M 3/ 28 **Submit Portfolio** **Case Presentations, 2 groups**

W 3/30 **Case Presentations, 2 groups** **On the class wiki:** Assign reading for your “Topic in the Teaching of Writing” and post a question

M 4/4 **Topics in Teaching Writing** : **Annotated bibliography** **Topics in Teaching Writing (1,2,3) post to wiki (10)** **Read Topics assignments (1, 2, 3)**

W 4/6 **Topics in Teaching Writing (4, 5, 6) post to wiki (11)** **Read Topics assignments (4, 5, 6)** Response Groups: Bring one genre draft for MG Project

M 4/11 **Topics in Teaching Writing (4, 5, 6) post to wiki (12)** **Read Topics assignments (4, 5, 6)** Response Groups: **Bring one genre draft for MG Project**

M 4/18 **Exam Date: Meet at 3:00 p.m.** **Topics in Teaching Writing (7,8, 9) post to wiki** **(extra credit)** **Read Topics assignments (7, 8, 9)**