Assignments

At our next class we will be taking a look at the second Reading, Writing, Speaking process: Writing-Composing Text. Please read that chapter in your text:The Plainer Truths.
 * Assignment # 5 (due Tuesday, March13)**
 * Part 1**: Describe how you implement writing in your classroom and post on the Wiki.
 * Part 2**:Also design a writing lesson using the B-D-A model and please bring a hard copy to class. (This could be used as part of your final project if you would like). Post your lesson on the Wiki, as well.

Please continue with trying out another strategy learned in any of the sessions. Briefly describe what you did and reflect the ways you incorporated the Human Lens into this activity. Share your ideas and respond to one other person.
 * Assignment # 4 (due Wednesday, Feb. 29)**
 * Strategies We Learned: Mix-Mingle-Swap, Carousel/Gallery Walk, Word Splash**

Assignment for next class: Try-out a strategy from last week or one we learned from today's discussion. Describe and reflect on your try-out lesson Post your response on the Wiki. Also, respond/comment/ask a question to one other posting.
 * Assignment # 3 (due by Thursday, Feb. 25)**
 * (Strategies We Learned: Collins Writing, Possible Sentences, Famous Pairs, Anticipation Guide, Text Rendering, Spend Your Dots, Nonlinguistic Representation, Whip Around, Jigsaw)**

Preview the CD and choose an article from Session 1 that looks interesting to you. Please read and reflect on what you read and post a short summary and comments you have about the reading. Try out one of the strategies we learned either from our first or second class and reflect on how this strategy worked with your students. Please post what you did and add your reflections of using the strategy. Respond to one other posting with comments or questions.
 * Assignment # 2 (due by Wednesday Feb.15)**

Reflect on the ways in which you use the processes of reading/writing/talking in your classroom. How do you use these processes in your classroom and what do you feel are some of your strengths in teaching reading and writing? Also, what are some of the challenges you face when you think about these processes with your students and with your own teaching experiences? Please post your own reflection and respond with comments or questions to two other postings.
 * Assignment #1 (due by Feb. 9)**