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 * [[image:wordle1.jpg width="353" height="186"]] || Michael Sherry

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Course meets T, Th 2-3:15am BCH 308 || media type="custom" key="12137312" || == =**Course Meetings**=

01/24 | 01/26 | 01/31 | 02/02 | 02/07 | 02/09 | 02/14 | 02/16 | 02/21 | 02/23 | 02/28 | 03/01 | 03/06 | 03/08 | Spring Break | 03/20 | 03/22 | 03/27 | 03/29 | 04/03 | 04/05 | 04/10 | 04/12 | 04/17 | 04/19 | 04/24 | 04/26 | 05/01 | 05/03 | Finals week |

 Intros/Syllabus/Assignment || Join the wiki Meet in MCHS 3225 for workshop on course tools
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 01/24 || //Setting Expectations//

(if you prefer, bring your own laptop) || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 01/26 || //Course tools//

Wiki how-to || Read Kucer ch. 1 and complete beliefs profile for 1/31

Read //King of Shadows// 1-96 (end of ch. 10) for 2/2 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 01/31 || //Investigating Adolescent Literacy//

Literacy beliefs Intro to RIFF/INSIDER Assignment || Finish wiki personal page for 1/27

Take multiple intelligences survey Read explanation Post results and reaction on new page and link to personal page

Read //King of Shadows// 1-96 (end of ch. 10) for 1/27 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/02 || //King of Shadows//

Cognitive Dimension of Literacy: Envisionment [|learner.org] and http://www.learner.org/resources/series139.html?pop=yes&pid=1535

Multiple Intelligences MI Applications || Finish //King of Shadows// for 2/7

LENS 1 due 2/7 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/07 || //King of Shadows//

LENS groups-->whole class discussion

Genre:
 * Intro to genre
 * Genre study: Fantasy/LPs || Read //Monster// 1-159 (end of "July 12th") for 2/14

Readings on reading strategies for 2/14: Group 1: Read Kucer ch. 6 Group 2: Read Beers ch. 6 Group 3: Read Beers ch. 7 ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/09 || Teaching //King of Shadows//

Genre study (cont'd)
 * [|Fantasy vs. Science Fiction]
 * [|Susan Cooper on Fantasy]

Group Task
 * Lesson Plan for KofS
 * Author study: [|Author's style] and [|plot] || Read //Monster// 1-159 (end of "July 12th") for 2/14

Readings on reading strategies for 2/14: Group 1: Read Kucer ch. 6 Group 2: Read Beers ch. 6 Group 3: Read Beers ch. 7 ||


 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/14 || //Monster//

Linguistic Dimensions of Literacy Reading Strategies || Finish //Monster// for 2/16

RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 2/21

LENS 2 due 2/23 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/16 || //Monster// Discussion


 * [|Warm-up]
 * Reading strategies quiz
 * reading strategies passages
 * Observation practice
 * Think aloud practice
 * Book Talks
 * [|Example 1]
 * [|Example 2]
 * [|Tips]
 * [|Digital Booktalks]
 * [|Wrap-up] || RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 2/21

LENS 2 due 2/23 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/21 || //RIFF/INSIDER practice//

Sample case studies || Revise RIFF/INSIDER

LENS 2 due 2/23 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/23 || Teaching //Monster//

Literature Circles Intro to Literature Circles Read [|more about Literature Circles] || Read //True Notebooks// 1-169 (end of ch. 14) for 2/28 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/28 || //True Notebooks//

Sociocultural Dimensions of Literacy [|Warm-up: Interactional Frames] [|Video1 - Recitation] How Questions Shape Discussions Intro to Literature Circles Discussion Lit Circles Discussion [|Closing] || Finish //True Notebooks// for 3/6

LENS 3 due 3/6 ([|Lit Circles Groups]) || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/01 || //True Notebooks//

Lit Circles Profanity Case Profanity Reaction Profanity Video Letter to parents || Finish //True Notebooks// for 3/6

LENS 3 due 3/6 ([|Lit Circles Groups] )

RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 3/8 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/06 || Teaching //True Notebooks//

Warm-up: Rubric for an Apple? Group task: //--//Develop assignment + rubric for unit on //True Notebooks// & //Monster// //--True Notebooks// as example of YA genre Discussion Powerful Words || RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 3/8

Student Data for RIFFers || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/08 || //Peer review: RIFF/INSIDER// || Read //Hunger Games// for 3/20

LENS 4 due 3/20 ||

Spring Break 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/20 || //Hunger Games//

Group task: Choose approaches-->Discussion Extensions: Sci-fi: current issues-->films Hunger Games performances and Developmental Dimension of Literacy 
 * [|Sci-fi: Long, long ago...?]
 * [|Science issues]
 * [|Films]
 * [|Panem et circenses]
 * [|Fantasy vs. Science Fiction]
 * [|Fan-made fiction]
 * Fan-made [|trailers] & [|scenes]
 * [|Video games] || None ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/22 || Teaching //Hunger Games// || Read //Persepolis// 1-153 (end of "The Dowry") for 3/27

Meet in MCHS 2229 for webquest || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/27 || In MCHS 2229

YA Lit Webquest || Finish //Persepolis// for 4/3

LENS 5 due 4/3 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/29 || //Persepolis//

[|Understanding Graphic Novels] [|YALSA Great Graphic Novels] [|Creating your own comics] || Finish //Persepolis// for 4/3

LENS 5 due 4/3 ||  
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/03 || //Persepolis// approaches || RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 4/10 ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/05 || Teaching //Persepolis// || RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 4/10

Read //The Orange Houses// 1-78 (end of ch. 21) for 4/12 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/10 ||< //Peer review: RIFF/INSIDER// || Finish //The Orange Houses// for 4/17

LENS 6 due 4/17 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/12 || //The Orange Houses//

Teaching with poetry || Finish //The Orange Houses// for 4/17

LENS 6 due 4/17

RIFF/INSIDER full draft due 4/19 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/17 || //The Orange Houses//

Discussion

Models for planning: http://www.coe.uga.edu/~smago/VirtualLibrary/index.html || RIFF/INSIDER full draft due 4/19 Post to wiki for feedback from Dr. Sherry Bring two copies to class for peer review

For 4/26, prepare to discuss books you read for either RIFF or INSIDER || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/19 || //Peer review: RIFF/INSIDER// || RIFF/INSIDER final due 5/3

Read about The Reading Workshop approach for 4/26 [|Overview] [|Debated in the NYT] [|Video Response to NYT article] [|Book Talks, Mini-lessons, and Conferences]

For 4/26, prepare to discuss books you read for either RIFF or INSIDER || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/24 || Teaching //The Orange Houses// || RIFF/INSIDER final due 5/3

Read about The Reading Workshop approach for 4/26 [|Overview] [|Debated in the NYT] [|Video Response to NYT article] [|Book Talks, Mini-lessons, and Conferences]

For 4/26, prepare to discuss books you read for either RIFF or INSIDER || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/26 || //Reading Workshop 1//

Book Talks [| Example 1] [| Example 2] [|Tips] [|Digital Booktalks]

Teaching across texts || RIFF/INSIDER final due 5/3

Read about the Writing Workshop approach for 5/1 [|Overview] [|In the news] Discussion [|How it works] Digital Writing Workshop ||  [|Overview] [|In the news] Discussion [|How it works] Digital Writing Workshop || RIFF/INSIDER final due 5/3 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 05/01 || //Writing Workshop// //1//
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 05/03 || //Making a Case for What to Teach, and Why//

Discussion || Portfolio conferences ||  Have a great summer! Keep in touch! ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * Finals week || Finals week || TBA