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

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Course meets T, Th 9:30-10:45am BCH 102 || media type="custom" key="8070312" || == =**Course Meetings**=

01/18 | 01/20 | 01/25 | 01/27 | 02/01 | 02/03 | 02/08 | 02/10 | 02/15 | 02/17 | 02/22 | 02/24 | 03/01 | 03/03 | Spring Break | 03/15 | 03/17 | 03/22 | 03/24 | 03/29 | 03/31 | 04/05 | 04/07 | 04/12 | 04/14 | 04/19 | 04/21 | 04/26 | 04/28 | Finals week |

 Intros/Syllabus/Assignment || Join the wiki || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 01/18 || //Setting Expectations//
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 01/20 || //Investigating Adolescent Literacy//

Literacy beliefs Intro to RIFF/INSIDER Assignment || Read Kucer ch. 1 and complete beliefs profile for 1/25

Read //King of Shadows// 1-96 (end of ch. 10) for 1/27

Bring computers to class for workshop on course tools || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 01/25 || //Course tools//

Wiki how-to || 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** ||
 * 01/27 || //King of Shadows//

Multiple Intelligences || Finish //King of Shadows// for 2/1

LENS 1 due 2/1 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/01 || //King of Shadows//

Discussion
 * MI groups
 * Class questions
 * [|Author's style] and [|plot]
 * Genre:
 * [|Fantasy vs. Science Fiction]
 * [|Susan Cooper on Fantasy]
 * Assessing MI: [|Signals at Sea]
 * Reader's Theater
 * Image Theater || Read //Monster// 1-159 (end of "July 12th") for 2/8

Readings on reading strategies for 2/8: Group 1: Read Kucer ch. 6 Group 2: Read Beers ch. 6 Group 3: Read Beers ch. 7 ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/03 || Teaching //King of Shadows// || Read //Monster// 1-159 (end of "July 12th") for 2/8

Readings on reading strategies for 2/8: Group 1: Read Kucer ch. 6 Group 2: Read Beers ch. 6 Group 3: Read Beers ch. 7 ||


 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/08 || //Monster//

Reading Strategies || Finish //Monster// for 2/10

RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 2/15

LENS 2 due 2/17 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/10 || //Monster//

Discussion
 * reading strategies passages
 * generating questions
 * RIFF practice
 * [|Author's style]
 * (multi)genre || RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 2/15

LENS 2 due 2/17 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/15 || //RIFF/INSIDER practice//

Gathering information about adolescents Questions for students Questions for teacher || Revise RIFF/INSIDER

LENS 2 due 2/17 ||  
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/17 || Teaching //Monster// || Read //True Notebooks// 1-169 (end of ch. 14) for 2/22 ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/22 || //True Notebooks//

Literature Circles Intro to Literature Circles Read [|more about Literature Circles] || Finish //True Notebooks// for 3/1

LENS 3 due 3/1 ([|Lit Circles Groups]) || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 02/24 || //True Notebooks//

Discussion || Finish //True Notebooks// for 3/1

LENS 3 due 3/1 ([|Lit Circles Groups])

RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 3/3 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/01 || 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 3/3 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/03 || //Peer review: RIFF/INSIDER// || Read //Hunger Games// for 3/15

LENS 4 due 3/15 ||

Spring Break 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/15 || //Hunger Games//

Discussion || None ||  
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/17 || Teaching //Hunger Games// || Read //Persepolis// 1-153 (end of "The Dowry") ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/22 || //Persepolis//

[|Understanding Graphic Novels] [|YALSA Great Graphic Novels] [|Creating your own comics] || Finish //Persepolis// for 3/29

LENS 5 due 3/29 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/24 || //Persepolis//

Discussion [|Interview with the author] Resources for Graphic Novels, Persepolis

Try these visual tools: -[|Wordle] example --[|Picnik] example --[|Gimp] --[|Jaycut] example And to download youtube videos for editing: [|mediaconverter.org] --[|Comeeko] --Format Factory Program to convert video files to any format. --Download Helper Firefox add-on that lets you download all flash based video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc) --[|DaFont] Database of free fonts.

Or audio tools --[|Myna] [|example]

-- [] and [] --[|Audacity]

Or annotation tools: [|VoiceThread] [|Viddler] || Finish //Persepolis// for 3/29

LENS 5 due 3/29 ||  
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/29 || Teaching //Persepolis// || RIFF/INSIDER (one part) due 3/31 ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 03/31 || //Peer review: RIFF/INSIDER// || Revise RIFF/INSIDER

Read //The Orange Houses// 1-78 (end of ch. 21) for 4/5 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/05 ||< //The Orange Houses//

Teaching with poetry || Finish //The Orange Houses// for 4/12

LENS 6 due 4/12 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/07 || //The Orange Houses//

Discussion

Models for planning: http://www.coe.uga.edu/~smago/VirtualLibrary/index.html || Finish //The Orange Houses// for 4/12

LENS 6 due 4/12

RIFF/INSIDER full draft due 4/14 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/12 || Teaching //The Orange Houses//

List of groups for 4/12

Group task:

|| RIFF/INSIDER full draft due 4/14 Post to wiki for feedback from Dr. Sherry Bring two copies to class for peer review

For next week, prepare to discuss books you read for either RIFF or Online Journal Exchange || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/14 || //Peer review: RIFF/INSIDER// || RIFF/INSIDER final due 4/21

Read about The Reading Workshop approach for 4/19 [|Overview] [|Debated in the NYT] [|Video Response to NYT article] [|Book Talks, Mini-lessons, and Conferences]

For next week, prepare to discuss books you read for either RIFF or Online Journal Exchange || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/19 || //Reading Workshop 1//

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

Teaching across texts || RIFF/INSIDER final due 4/21 || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/21 || //Reading Workshop// //2//

Mini-lessons

Teaching across texts ||  || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/26 || //Writing Workshop// //1//

[|Overview] [|In the news] Discussion [|How it works] Digital Writing Workshop ||  || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 04/28 || //Making a Case for What to Teach, and Why//

Discussion || None ||  Have a great summer! Keep in touch! ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * Finals week || Finals week || TBA