418+-+Agenda+-+4.4.13

1:15 - 1:20 - Welcome

1:20 - 1:35 - AL Assessment

1:35 - 2:30 - Writing Across the Curriculum






 * Housekeeping:**
 * Don't forget module 2 (writing)!
 * For **Tuesday, 4/9, -**In your GoogleDocs journal (under miscellaneous assignments), answer this question:
 * What is one specific area that students struggle with when asked to write in your discipline?
 * Then, read Zwiers chapter 8. As you are reading, identify three possible strategies you could use to address the issue you described above. Explain these strategies in your journal.
 * **Journal #3 - (Deadline window - 4/6-4/9) -** Choose one of the following topics we've discussed in class: teaching with texts, academic language, or writing across the curriculum. In your journal, discuss the following: a) How **does** this topic play out in your current (or most recent) field placement? b) How **could** it play out in your current (or most recent) field placement? c) In your professional opinion, how **should** it play out? In your entry, draw specifically on course content but weave in your genuine, informed opinion.
 * April 17th - Refugee Parent Event - 4-7 p.m.