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**TE 601: THE WRITER’S JOURNEY ** **SUMMER 2011 ** **SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY **

__INSTRUCTORS__: Michael Somers __michaelsomers@delta.edu__ 989-948-1179 (cell) Amber White __awhite@nbbroncos.net__ 810-614-5195 (cell)

__DATES__: July 11-14, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. __ROOM__: Science East 223 __OFFICE HOURS__: Before and after class, by appointment __COURSE DESCRIPTION__: Teachers who write are better writing teachers. This course will encourage teachers to learn by examining their own practice as writers, and then applying this knowledge to the development of coherent, effective, standards based writing instruction for their own classrooms. During the class, teachers will write, revise, peer edit, design instruction, and share ideas with a cohort of fellow teachers of all grades levels.



__COURSE__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__OUTCOMES__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students will focus on following standards and guidelines: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Common Core State Standards__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__International Reading Association__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Writing Next__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__National Council of Teachers of English__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Documents containing these standards and guidelines will be provided. In addition, students will be expected to:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Commit themselves intensely and reflectively to the process of writing.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Become valued members of a writing community and respond thoughtfully to the writing of others.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Experience a range of purposes and techniques for writing and writing instruction, including persuasive writing, narrative writing, expository writing, and writing to learn.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The following additional outcomes are adopted from the work of Sharon Hill of Manhattan New School:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discover, experience and practice what we need to teach – write to understand and develop a knowledge of what to teach


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Become meta-cognitive about our own writing – notice and understand our process and our practice as we write in order to share them with our students


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Write to teach – use our writing during mini lessons as a tool for strategic teaching.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The following are examples:


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Monitor for sense – ask: does this make sense?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Decide what information is critical to fulfill the writer’s intentions and to promote the reader’s understanding
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop an understanding of purpose and audience
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Think ahead and reread to make sure we are on track
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do the revision that comes naturally as we write
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be strategic in demonstrating intentions

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__REQUIRED COURSE MATERIAL__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A variety of handouts: excerpts from literature, research, and professional articles.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__TEACHING STRATEGIES__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A variety of strategies will be used to present information and develop understanding of the key components of this class. Teaching strategies will include cooperative learning, interactive lecture, student research and reporting, whole group and small group discussion, lesson planning and evaluation, video tape, DVD, and PowerPoint.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__COURSE REQUIREMENTS__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It is essential that students attend class prepared to participate fully in the following activities: discussions about assigned reading, writing response groups, lesson presentations, and online readings and assignments. Your attendance and participation in class is essential for developing understanding of the course objectives. Your enrollment in this class requires a commitment to fulfilling the requirements set forth in this syllabus. Class participation is vital to meeting the goals of this class, therefore, unless there are unavoidable extenuating circumstances, your should be present for each class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__EVALUATION METHODS (Assignments/Assessable Pieces)__


 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Attendance, Participation, Out-of and In-Class Coursework, Preparation for Class: Students are expected to arrive on time, return promptly from breaks, and stay until class is dismissed. It is also required that students complete reasonable homework assignments in order to be prepared for related class discussion. Additional hours outside of class are to be spent doing coursework. Students are also expected to participate in all classroom activities and become a contributing member of this learning community.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Revised Piece of Writing: Write extensively during class. There will be opportunities for you to begin some writing entries during class time, and you should continue working on your writing during our ‘sacred writing time’ in class. You will be sharing your writing drafts during Writing Response Group sessions. At some point, you should choose one draft to focus on. Take that draft through the revision process. Use feedback from your Writing Response group to help you gain the reader’s perspective and revision ideas.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> __If you need more feedback, set up a time to share your processed draft with us before taking it to__ __final revision form.__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Turn in your revision drafts, highlighting areas where significant improvements occurred. (For an additional challenge, you may choose to perform a genre switch, to create a second version of this piece in a different genre.)

3. Writer’s Journey Reflection: On the last day of class, we will ask you to write a reflection about your journey as a writer during this class. You may want to reflect upon the process of exploring topics, revising drafts, listening to responses during Writing Response group time, the influence of lesson presentation upon your work, etc.

4. Additional Hour of Credit: For one additional hour of credit, individuals can choose to spend an additional fifteen hours outside of class on one of the following projects: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> * an action research project <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> * a study of an issue that is currently impacting their work in literacy education <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> * create a teaching resource of significance that will truly contribute to your work, and potentially the work of others. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> * a project that is developed in consultation with the instructor

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students pursuing this additional hour of credit will need to meet regularly with the instructor: before beginning the project, midway through project development, and after completion of the project.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__GRADING SCALE__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All assignments are graded based on your demonstrated awareness/knowledge/application/use of the above-mentioned outcomes and criteria for evaluation.

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">EVALUATION AND GRADING CRITERIA: __

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A to A- : Course work is of an exceptional standard (Standard English is used in oral and written communication), and the student demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the course goals and objectives. Assignments, research, and class discussions demonstrate insightful application of writing and instructional objectives as well as a commitment to personal improvement.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B+ to B- : Course work is of a professional standard (Standard English is used in oral and written communication). Student’s work demonstrates <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a superficial understanding of course objectives.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C : Course work is not professionally presented, and incomplete understanding is exhibited in the assignments, research and/or class discussion.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__MAXIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS AVAILABLE__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Attendance, Participation, Writer’s Notebook and Preparation in Class**: 40%

**Revised Piece of Writing, drafts and revisions**: 40%

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Out-of-Class Assignments**: 10%

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Writer’s Journey Reflection**: 10%

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Total**: 100%

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">__SCORING__: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A 94%-100% <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A- 90%- 93% <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> B+ 87%-89% <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B 86%-84% <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">B-83%-80% <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C+ 79%-77% <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">C 70%-76%

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Notice: The instructors reserve the right to change the syllabus, course assignments, and/or due dates.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__ATTENDANCE POLICIES__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Please attend all classes and arrive on time. Absences, lateness, or leaving early will affect your grade.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Except in those instances when students are engaged in collaborative efforts, it will be expected that students will complete and submit their own work. Ideas taken verbatim or paraphrased from other sources should be clearly acknowledged through the inclusion of appropriate reference notes. When in doubt regarding the appropriate way to handle a specific situation, consult the course instructor. Instances of academic dishonesty may result in a failing grade for this course. Please refer to Section 1.8 of the Code of Student Conduct in the Student Handbook.