Class+Agendas+-+518+-+Spring+2012

__Week 1__ - Module 1 January 18 (W) - Introduction to the course and the wiki

January 20 (F) - What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century?
 * Zwiers, chapter 1

__Week 2 __ - Module 2 January 23 (M) - What is academic language? Why does it matter? What are features of academic language in my subject area?
 * Zwiers, chapters 2, 3, 4

January 25 (W) - Who are English Language Learners? What are my legal, ethical, and professional responsibilities towards ELLs in my classroom?
 * Faltis, chapters 1, 3
 * Samway & McKeon, chapters 1, 2, 6, 10

January 27 - ELC (F)
 * Samway & McKeon, chapters 4, 8
 * Faltis, chapter 2

__Week 3__ - Module 3 January 30 (M) - How can I adapt my instruction to make it accessible to ELLs? How can I design instruction to simultaneously build language and content learning for the ELLs in my classes?


 * Falts, chapter 8 and choose __one__ chapter from section 11 (chapters 4-7)
 * Samway & McKeon, chapters 3, 5

February 1 - ELC (W)

February 3 (F) -

__Week 4__ - Module 4 February 6 - ELC (M)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 8 (W) - What does reading comprehension involve? How can I help my students make meaning from oral, written, and visual texts? How can I design an effective reading assignment in my subject area?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 10 (F) - What are the characteristics of "good" writing? How can I design and effectively assess a writing assignment in my content area?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Week 5__ - Module 5 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 13 (M) - Engaging Students; Introduction to the final project

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 15 (W) - Commitments in Practice; Putting it all together

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 17 - (F) - Applying course concepts to the design of curriculum and instruction in your content area

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Week 6 __ - Module 6 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 20 (No class - President's Day) (M)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 22 (W) - Applying course concepts to the design of curriculum and instruction in your content area

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">February 24 (F) - Final Project Due