518+Course+Calendar+-+Spring+2012


 * Secondary Lesson Design Plan**



**Week 1** - Module 1 – Seed plans January 18 (W) - Introduction to the course and the wiki; **What does it mean to engage students?** January 20 (F) - **What is academic language? Why does it matter?** Michie, chapters 1, 2
 * Zwiers, chapter 1

**Week 2** - Module 2 – Designing a reading assignment January 23 (M) - **What are features of academic language in my subject area? How can I support students’ academic language development?** January 25 (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?** (Pre/During/Post Activities) January 27 - ELC (F) **Who are English Language Learners? What are my legal, ethical, and professional responsibilities towards ELLs in my classroom?** Mitchie, chapters 3, 4
 * Zwiers, chapters 2, 3, 4
 * Zwiers, chapter 7
 * Faltis, chapters 1, 3
 * Samway & McKeon, chapters 1, 2, 6, 10

**Week 3** - Module 3 – Designing a writing assignment; adapting seed plans for ELLs January 30 (M) - **What are the characteristics of "good" writing? How can I design and effectively assess a writing assignment in my content area?** February 1 - ELC (W) February 3 (F) - **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?** Mitchie, chapters 5, 6
 * Zwiers, chapter 8
 * Samway & McKeon, chapters 4, 8
 * Faltis, chapter 2
 * Faltis, chapter 8 and choose one chapter from section 11 (chapters 4-7)
 * Samway & McKeon, chapters 3, 5

**Week 4** - Module 4 (Teach and videotape two lessons in week 4 or 5) February 6 - ELC (M) February 8 (W) – **How can I help my students grapple with oral academic language?** Engaging students through discussions. February 10 (F) – **What are additional strategies to support students’ understanding and use of academic language?** Mitchie, chapters 7, 8
 * Mary's class - 11:00 - 12:00 - LEA - Transcribe and then ask questions. Revise or add.
 * Zwiers, chapters 5, 6

**Week 5** - Module 5 (Teach and videotape two lessons in week 4 or 5) February 13 (M) - ELC February 15 (W) - Assessment & Academic Language; Discerning Academic Language from Standards > February 17 - (F) - Applying course concepts to the design of curriculum and instruction in your content area Mitchie, chapters 9, 10
 * Zwiers, chapters 9-10

**Week 6** - Module 6 – Analyze your teaching February 20 (No class - President's Day) (M) February 22 (W) - Applying course concepts to the design of curriculum and instruction in your content area February 24 (F) - Final Project Due Mitchie, afterwords