Tentative
Schedule for Winter 2014:
Week
1
1/6—Introductions, Syllabi, Assignments,
Expectations, etc…
1/8— Discussion of Introduction Letters
and “Discussion as a Way of Teaching” (Handout)
Week
2
1/13— Reading: English Language Arts
Common Core State Standards available at www.corestandards.org
(Please focus on the Reading Standards for Literature and the Reading Standards
for Informational Text
1/15— Reading: Paulo Freire’s “Pedagogy
of the Oppressed” Chapter 2
Week
3
1/20—No Class, Martin Luther King, Jr’s
Birthday (Observed)
1/22—Reading:
Peter McLaren’s “Critical Pedagogy: A Look at the Major Concepts” available at http://cidocstudents2012.wikispaces.com/file/view/Critical+Pedagogy+Major+Concepts.pdf
Week
4
1/27—Reading:
Duncan-Andrade and Morrell’s “Critical Pedagogy and Popular Culture in an Urban
Secondary English Classroom” (Handout)
1/29—What is
Social Justice? Why is it important for our classrooms?
Reading: Individual Exploration
Week
5
2/3—Reading:
Langer’s “A Response-Based Approach to Reading Literature” available at http://www.albany.edu/cela/reports/langer/langerresponsebased.pdf
2/5—Reading: Tovani’s
“I Read it, but I don’t get it”
Week
6
2/10—Creating
Lesson Plans, Reading: TPA guidelines (Handout) AND Differentiated Instruction
in E/LA, Reading: Individual Exploration
2/12—Reading:
Gallagher’s “Readicide”
Week
7
2/17—No Class,
Presidents’ Day
2/19—Individual Meetings
to Discuss Unit Plan Progress
Week 8
2/24—Book Talks (8 students)
2/26—Book Talks (4 students) *Please note that class will begin at 3:30pm this day
Week 9
3/3—Mini-lessons (Alexie 1 and 2, Poe 1)
3/5—Mini-lessons (Poe 2, Shakespeare 1 and 2)
Week 10
3/10—Mini-lessons (Shankespeare 3, Yang 1 and 2)
3/12 —Mini-lessons (Yang 3, Wiesel 1 and 2)
Week 11
3/17—Unit Plans Due, Discussion of Unit Plans, Course Evaluations
Week 8
2/24—Book Talks (8 students)
2/26—Book Talks (4 students) *Please note that class will begin at 3:30pm this day
Week 9
3/3—Mini-lessons (Alexie 1 and 2, Poe 1)
3/5—Mini-lessons (Poe 2, Shakespeare 1 and 2)
Week 10
3/10—Mini-lessons (Shankespeare 3, Yang 1 and 2)
3/12 —Mini-lessons (Yang 3, Wiesel 1 and 2)
Week 11
3/17—Unit Plans Due, Discussion of Unit Plans, Course Evaluations
*Learning Letters Due to your blog by Friday, 3/21, at noon.
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