English 500 Seminar Week and Weekly Schedule -- Fall 2005
NOTE: This schedule is tentative, provided to give you a rough idea of what’s to come. Please be sure to check the live version of the schedule at http://www.engl.niu.edu/500 frequently.
Book abbreviation key:
R =Rose
Y=Yancey
C=Clark
L=Lindemann
T=Tarvers and Moore
CC=Common Culture
KFW=Keys for Writers
1. English 500 Schedule for Seminar Week – Meet in Reavis 202 unless otherwise noted or announced. Don’t worry; we’ll break every hour or so for five or ten minutes so that you can stretch your legs and use the facilities.
Monday, August 15:
9:00-12:00: Welcome from the Graduate Director, Program Director and English 500 instructors.
Icebreakers! Introduction to each other, to NIU English Core Competency, and to the First-Year
Composition Program.
11:00: Keys and I-9 forms
The English 103 and English 500 syllabi
About teaching writing
12:00-1:00 Lunch, on your own
1:00-4:00: (In RJL 1) Welcome from the Graduate Mentoring team. Introduction, history of computer use in First-Year Composition Program and in writing programs around the country, goals of the program, computer use at NIU. Elements of a successful class in an electronic environment: simplicity, consistency, integration, preparation, and improvisation; word processing basics, e-mail basics, web basics.
Assignment for Tuesday: read all readings for weeks one and two of English 103. Lindemann, Section 1 (L 3-34) and “The Teaching Performance” (L 270-279)
Tuesday, August 16:
9:00-12:00 Classroom management and conduct issues (Learning styles, teaching models, plagiarism, disruptive students, students with disabilities). Briefing and case study discussions.
Discussion of assigned readings.
12:00-1:00: Lunch, courtesy of the English Department, Watson 110
1:00-3:00: Non-Discrimination/Harassment Training – Jesse Perez, Employee Training and Development
3:00-4:00: (In RJL 1) Course web site and discussion list tutorial.
Using the Web and Internet discussion groups to teach First-Year Composition.
Assignment for Wednesday: read Rose, Preface, Ch 1 and 2 (R xi-37); Tarvers Ch 6 (T 62-90); Yancey, Ch 1 (Y 1-22)
Wednesday, August 17:
9:00-12:00: Teaching writing with Common Culture
Weeks one and two of English 103
12:15-1:00: Lunch, courtesy of Graduate Mentoring Committee, Watson 110
1:00-1:15: ESL Center introduction – Patricia Rickett
1:15-2:00: Embedded Reflection – Dr. Bradley Peters
2:00-4:00: (In RJL 1) Introduction to Electronic Portfolios for English 103 and English 500
Assignment for Friday: Prepare a 10 minute demonstration teaching session on an assigned topic. Sign up for a topic before leaving on Wednesday.
Thursday, August 18: FYComp faculty retreat at Hopkins Park Community Center Terrace Room
Please try to get to know some of your colleagues in the FYComp program, share ideas, questions, and strategies.
8:30-9:00: Coffee, donuts, and conversation. Mentoring table open
9:00-10:00: Program announcements from E. Franklin, E. Hoffman, G. Jacky, and P. Rickett
10:00-10:50: Greetings and Q & A with English Department Chair, Deborah Holdstein
11:00-12:00: Teaching FYComp with Keys for Writers – Ann Raimes
12:00-1:00: Lunch, catered by Panera Bread, courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Publishers
1:00-1:30: Plagiarism, our students, and the wider NIU community – Tim Griffin, Campus Ombudsman
1:30-3:15: Plagiarism Workshop
3:15-4:00: FYComp Program “Town Hall” Q & A
Friday, August, 19:
8:00-12:00: Teaching sessions
12:00-1:00: Lunch, on your own
1:00-2:00: Department Meeting, Cavan Auditorium, Gabel Hall
2:00-4:00: Teaching sessions
2. Weekly Schedule – Meet at 2 PM in Reavis 201 on Monday and Reavis 203 (RJL1) on Wednesday unless otherwise announced. This schedule is subject to change; please check your e-mail and the English 500 WebBoard for announcements and changes. Do the assigned reading before the first 500 class of the week. Check the 103 syllabus to see what you need to read in the 103 texts for the 500 class during which that week of 103 will be presented.
***Important Assignment, due September 7 ***
Skim through all of the required readings for this class from the week of September 12 on and decide on two or three chapters or articles that you feel will be most helpful for those preparing to teach college writing. In class on September 7, we’ll form groups of two and sign up for dates for the groups to present and lead discussion on these chapters or articles. Hint: some form of these presentations can be used as artifacts in your teaching portfolio to demonstrate your understanding of composition theory and pedagogy
Week of:
August 22:
Weeks three and four of English 103
Collaborative classrooms
RJL1: Intro to lab day; Webboard; file types, “save as,” other computer basics
Read: Warriner (T 390-408), Rose Ch. 3-4 (R 39-83), all reading assignments for weeks three and four of English 103
August 26, 6:00 PM: Party at Michael Day’s house, 508 Fox Hollow, DeKalb, 748-0526
August 29:
Weeks five and six of English 103
Teaching writing with computers
Read: Lindemann Ch 16 (L 280-304), Gerrard (C 481), all reading assignments for weeks five and six of English 103
September 5 (Monday is Labor Day):
Class meets Wednesday September 7 only, in Reavis 203 (RJL1)
Form groups to present articles or chapters from required readings.
RJL1: Electronic portfolio I; starting process (Mozilla, WYSIWYG, links, files, templates)
Read: Clark Ch 1 (C 1-69)
September 12:
Weeks seven and eight of English 103
Conducting formal conferences
Demonstration individual conference – Suzanne Coffield
The Writing Process
Invention
RJL1: Electronic portfolio II (pictures, tables, page props, etc.)
Read: Clark Ch 2 (C 71-105), Rose Ch 5-6 (R 85-165), all reading assignments for weeks seven and eight of English 103
September 19:
Revision, rewriting
RJL1: Editing with technology (via Word: grammar, spelling, auto-formatting)
Read Clark Ch 3 (C 107-140), Lindemann Ch 12 (L 189-210)
September 26:
Weeks nine and ten of English 103
Final discussion of Lives on the Boundary
RJL1: Discussion of 103 Eportfolios – Dr. Bradley Peters
Read: Rose Ch 7-8 (R 167-242); Yancey, Ch 2 (Y 23-47); all readings for weeks nine and ten of English 103
October 3:
Audience
RJL1: Electronic portfolio III: publishing and FTP, etc.; WWW troubleshooting
Read Clark Ch 4 (C141-198)
October 10:
(103 conferences October 10-14; be sure not to schedule conferences during your 500 class!)
Weeks eleven through thirteen of English 103
Assessing Writing
RJL1: More technology revision tools (Comments, etc…)
Read: Clark Ch 5 (C 199-240), Elbow “Ranking, Evaluating, and Liking: Sorting out Three Forms of Judgment” (T 285-305), all readings for weeks eleven through thirteen of English 103
October 17:
(Teaching observations October 17-28)
No 500 classes this week: Teaching observations
October 24:
Evaluating and responding to student writing
RJL1: Electronic Portfolio V: polishing, testing, final revisions
Read: Tarvers Ch 9, 10 (T 127-170), Lindemann Ch 14 (L 222-251)
October 31:
Grammar, usage, and style; reflection in the writing classroom
RJL1: Electronic Portfolio Assessment Workshop – Dr. Bradley Peters
Read: Clark Ch 8 (C 313-362), Yancey Ch 3 (Y 49-68)
November 7:
Planning the second semester of Rhetoric and Composition.
RJL1: Electronic portfolio VI: evaluation guide and rubric
Read: Tarvers Ch 5 (T 51-61)
November 14:
(103 conferences November 14-18)
No 500 classes this week. Grading observations and individual conferences
November 21:
(Note: Class meets Monday only this week)
Finishing the semester. Assigning grades.
Read: http://www.engl.niu.edu/bpeters/Effective_Grading/Index.html
November 28:
Orientation to English 500 and English 104 for spring semester
RJL1: Creating 104 course web sites
December 5:
English 500 electronic teaching portfolio URL due on WebBoard “Electronic Teaching Portfolio” conference by 4:30 December 5