SPRING 2004

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY
 

Jan 12

Introduction

Assign Newsletter Teams
 

Jan 14

Artifact Portfolios

Jan 16

Artifact Portfolios

Jan 19

NO CLASS
Martin Luther King Day

Jan 21

Lecture/Video/Activity
Writing Different Kinds of Essays

Jan 23

Lecture/Video/Activity
Reading & Writing Critically

Jan 26

Lecture/Video/Activity
Audience/Purpose/Voice
 

Jan 28

Lecture/Video/Activity
Finding Topics
Newsletter 1 Due 

Jan 30

Lecture/Video/Activity
Thesis Statements

Feb 2

Unit 1

Being a Member of a Community

Problem-Solution Essay Assigned

Feb 4

Writing Prompt/Activity:  Individual rights.  Do you think all humans have rights? Give examples of rights that EVERYONE is entitled to.  If you believe people have rights, why do they have rights? Do you think some people abuse rights? Do you think that Americans have too great a sense of entitlement

Feb 6

Bring in an article from local newspaper with your written letter to the editor

Class Discussion

Feb 9

Guest Speaker

Reaction Paper

Feb 11

Writing Prompt/Activity

If you could eliminate one type of person (people, group, personality type, etc.) from the world (not by killing them, but by changing them), who would you eliminate and why?  

Newsletter 2 Due

 Feb 13

 Problem Solution Essay Due

 Peer Response

Feb 16

NO CLASS

President’s Day

Feb 18

Unit 2 Memoir

Assign Non-Written Memoir

Assign Written Memoir

Memoir Discussion 

Feb 20

Make a list of topics about which you feel passionate. What do you argue about? Think about? Want to change? Which stories haunt you that you do not want to tell?

Feb 23

Bring in memoir you have read & discuss

Feb 25

Newsletter 3 Due
Continued memoir discussion
In-class writing if time

Feb 27

Written Memoir Due
Peer Response

Mar 1

Present Non-Written Memoir

Mar 3

Present Non-Written Memoir

Mar 4

Present Non-Written Memoir

Mar 8

Conferences

Mar 10

Conferences

Mar 12

Conferences

Mar 15

NO CLASS

SPRING BREAK

Mar 17

NO CLASS

SPRING BREAK

Mar 17

NO CLASS

SPRING BREAK

Mar 22

Unit 3 Food

Discuss food writing

Assign Interview w/Chef

Assign Restaurant Review

Mar 24

Newsletter 4 Due

Bring in recipe(s) for in-class cookbook

Discuss food writing in literature w/sample writings

Mar 26

Recipe writing

Mar 29

Restaurant Review Due

Class Discussion

Mar 31

Guest Speaker

Reaction Paper

Apr 2

Chef Interview Due

Peer Response

Assign Annotated Bib & Proposal

Apr 5

Unit 3 Research

MLA Style

Apr 7

MLA Style

Works Cited

Proposal Due for Annotated Bib

Apr 9

Annotated Bib Due

Peer Response

Apr 12

Unit 4

Creative Potpourri

Assign Creative Piece

Apr 14

Newsletter 5 Due

Writing Prompt/Activity: When is a picture more than a picture?

Apr 16

Writing Prompt/Activity: Groups of 3—share 5 favorite words each, then write 2 paragraphs using all of the words

Apr 19  

Writing Prompt/Activity: Revolving Chairs/Evolving Stories

Apr 21

Truth or Lie Game

Apr 23

Creative Piece

Peer Response

Apr 26

Student Team Teaching

Apr 28

 Student Team Teaching

Apr 30

Student Team Teaching

May 3

Conferences

Portfolios Due

May 5

Conferences

Portfolios Due  

May 7

Conferences

Portfolios Due