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Work:(570)389-4976 Cell: (734)255-3241 Office: 106A Office Hours: M,W,F 10-noon Course meets M, W, F 12-12:50pm BCH 103 || media type="custom" key="23662572" || == =**Course Meetings and Assignments (Overview)**=
 * [[image:sherry-adaptation12/logo11.jpg width="343" height="206"]] || Michael Sherry

CLUE1 || 09/04 || 09/06 || 09/09 Read1 || 09/11 CLUE2 || 09/13 || 09/16 Read2 || 09/18 || 09/20 CLUE3 || 09/23 || 09/25 Read3 || 09/27 || 09/30 CLUE draft || EAR1 || 10/07 || 10/09 Read4 || 10/11 Read5 || 10/14 EAR2
 * **Aug./Sep.** || 08/26 || 08/28 || 08/30 || 09/02
 * **Oct.** || 10/02 || 10/04

CLUE final || 10/16 Read6 || 10/18 EAR3 || 10/21 Read7 || 10/23 EAR4 || 10/25 || 10/28 EAR draft || 10/30 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **Nov.** || 11/01 || 11/04

TELL1 || 11/06 Read8 || 11/08 TELL2 || 11/11 || 11/13 LitCircles1 || 11/15

EAR final || 11/18 TELL3 || 11/20 LitCircles2 || 11/22 TELL draft || 11/25 || 11/27 No class || 11/29 No class ||  ||   ||   || LitCircles3 TELL final || 12/04 || 12/06 Portfolio draft || Finals Portfolio final ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **Dec.** || 12/02

 Intros/Syllabus/assignments || meet in BCH 307 ||  Wiki how-to || **For 08/30** Finish wiki personal page || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 08/26 || //Setting Expectations//
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 08/28 || //Course tools//
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 08/30 || //Voices from the Past//

//Intro to CLUE Assignment// || **For 09/02**

//CLUE assignment Step 1a:// Take 3 photos of dorm room decorations (e.g., doors, spaces in the room) (Note: use your cell phone; alternatively, drawings or notes are fine)

Take 5 time diaries: ask students what they did (and how much time they spent on each activity) over the last 24 hours. (Note: you can use your cellphone for this, too, by texting the question to friends who are college students; or you can ask hall/house mates) What do the data you collect suggest to you about what it means to be a college student? Post your data and your answer to the questions to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.

OR

//CLUE assignment Step 1b:// Do the same as above, but for another cultural group/setting (e.g., a space within a school, like a classroom; the women's center; the Moose Exchange) Take photos/observations of the decoration and arrangement of the spaces

Take time diaries and find out how people spend time during a typical day. What do the data you collect suggest to you about what it means to be a member of this particular group? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Po st your data and your answer to the questions to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. ||

 Labor Day || **For 09/09** //My Freshman Year// 1-40 and //On Ethnography//1-26 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || //photos & time diaries// || **For 09/09:** //My Freshman Year// 1-40 and //On Ethnography//1-26 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || photos & time diairies
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/02 || No class:
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/04 || //Groupwork/Discussion://
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/06 || Discussion:

//Response model// || **For 09/09:** //My Freshman Year// 1-40 and //On Ethnography//1-26 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || Ethnography part 1
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/09 || Discussion:

Writing/Editing practice: A closer look || **For 09/11:**

//CLUE assignment Step 2a:// Spend at least half an hour in a public space on campus (like a dining hall, cafe, or common room): map the space, and note what people do in different parts of it for how long. What does the data you collect suggest to you about college life? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.

OR

//CLUE assignment Step 2b:// Spend at least half an hour in a public space associated with another cultural group/setting (like a classroom, or a movie theater lobby) map the space, and note what people do in different parts of it for how long. What does the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of that community? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || Public Space || **For 09/16:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/11 || //Groupwork://

//My Freshman Year// 41-66 and //The Mind at Work:// [|Introduction]

Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. ||

 Public Space || **For 09/16:** //My Freshman Year// 41-66 and //The Mind at Work:// [|Introduction]
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/13 || //Discussion://

Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || Ethnography part 2
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/16 || //Discussion//:

Writing/Editing practice: Purpose Audience Genre Engagement || **For 9/18:**

Meet in Library AL 243 next class


 * For 9/20:**

CLUE assignment Step 3a: Interview 2 people "unlike you" using questions we developed. What does the data you collect suggest to you about college life? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.

OR

CLUE assignment Step 3b: Interview 2 people "unlike you" (local elementary school students or teachers; sports team members; Harry Potter fans) using questions you develop. What does the data you collect suggest to you about the literacy practices of that community? Post your data and your answer to this question to a new page, and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || //(Meet in AL 243)// || **For 9/25:** //My Freshman Year// 67-89 //The Mind at Work:// //Chapter 1 // //or// //Chapter 4//
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/18 || //Library Research Presentation//

Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || Interviews || **For 9/25:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/20 || //Groupwork/Discussion://

//My Freshman Year// 67-89 and //The Mind at Work:// //Chapter 1 // //or// //Chapter 4//

Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/23 || Library Research Day || **For 09/30:**

CLUE assignment draft; post draft to a new page and link to your personal page; bring 3 copies to class for peer review ||  Ethnography part 3 //How Others See Us// "Community/ies" at Bloomsburg
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/25 || Discussion:

Writing/Editing practice: The 3 INs || **For 09/30:**

CLUE assignment draft; post draft to a new page and link to your personal page; bring 3 copies to class for peer review ||  Revisit Assignment, rubric Video model: [|Getting a CLUE about Peer Review] || **For 09/30:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/27 || //Intro to Peer Review//

CLUE assignment draft; post draft to a new page and link to your personal page; bring 3 copies to class for peer review ||  //Using a Writer's Revision Sheet// || **For 10/07:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 09/30 || //Peer Review//

CLUE project due; include draft, reflection, and revision sheet ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/02 || //CLUE: Smart Moves// || **For 10/07:**

CLUE project due; include draft, peer review/reflection, revision sheet

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 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/04 || //Transition/Intro to EAR assignment// || **For 10/14:**

CLUE project due; include draft, peer review/reflection, revision sheet

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 Genre conventions
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/07 || Writing/Editing practice:

Technique:C.R.A.P. Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity || **For 10/09:**

Step 1 of the EAR assignment: Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an incoming BU student/a new member of your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter): what makes them good or not good? Use them to make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models, your criteria, and your transformation to a new page and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly below you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.


 * For 10/14:**

CLUE project due; include draft, peer review/reflection, revision sheet

|| What Every College Student Needs to Know || **For 10/11:** Everyone reads:
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/09 || Groupwork/Discussion:

"Claiming an Education" Adrienne Rich

and Group 1 - On "Cultural Literacy" http://ww.scu.edu/ethics/publications/iie/v1n4/homepage.html http://educationnext.org/e-d-hirsch-and-civic-education/

Group 2 - On "Social Processes"

Group 3 - On "Ways of Thinking" http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/welleducated.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxLCtADvCik&feature=related

Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly above you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.


 * For 10/14:**

CLUE project due; include draft, peer review/reflection, revision sheet

||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/11 || Three purposes of education Jigsaw

//Discussion//: Claiming an Education || **For 10/14:**

Step 2 of the EAR assignment: Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an family/faculty memer or an experienced member of your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter): what makes them good or not good? Use them to make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models, your criteria, and your transformation to a new page and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly above you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.


 * For 10/14:**

CLUE project due; include draft, peer review/reflection, revision sheet

|| Parent Information Session || **For 10/16:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/14 || //Groupwork/Discussion://

What a college degree means to employers Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly above you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. ||

 What a College Degree Means || **For 10/18:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/16 || //Discussion//:

Step 3 of the EAR assignment: Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment for an a potential employer or an outsider to your chosen literacy community? Find 3 examples of this genre (e.g., a flyer, a brochure, a letter), and use them to consider how you might make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models and your ideas about this transformation to a new page and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly above you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || Employer Interview || **For 10/21:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/18 || Groupwork/Discussion:

Education Satires Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly above you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || Discussion: Satire/Remix Writing/Editing practice: Remix
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/21 || Meet in BCH 307

Image Editors:[| Gimp] example and Image Annotation:[| VoiceThread] Online publishing: [|Formatpixel]

Word Clouds:[| Wordle] example

Video Editors: [| Online], iMovie, MovieMaker: example and Video Annotation:[| Viddler]

Audio editors: [|Myna], [|Audacity][|, example] Free sound effects: []

[|Comic Creators] || **For 10/23:**

Step 4 of the EAR assignment: Into what other genre, or type of communication, might you transform the results of your CLUE assignment as satire? Find 3 examples of satires, and use them to consider how you might make your own example of that genre; post your 3 models and your ideas about this transformation to a new page and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one directly above you on our personal pages list and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || [|One mode, different genres] [|Genres change (convention & variation)] Group task: synthesis || **For 10/28:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/23 || //Group: Synthesis//

EAR assignment draft due; Make sure to post models, criteria, and drafts; Bring 3 copies of drafts to class ||  Packaging and reflection on your project || **For 10/28:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/25 || Discussion of synthesis

EAR assignment draft due; Make sure to post models, criteria, and reflection; Bring 3 copies of drafts to class || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/28 || //Peer review// || **For 11/11:**

EAR assignment due Make sure to post models, criteria, reflection and drafts


 * For 11/06:**

Buy Lit Circles Books || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 10/30 || Smart moves from EAR || **For 11/11:**

EAR assignment due

Make sure to post models, criteria, reflection and drafts/revision sheet


 * For 11/06:**

Buy Lit Circles Books ||  Intro to Lit Circles [|Inspirational video (Why TELLing your story is important)] || **For 11/11:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/01 ||< //Intro to TELL//

EAR assignment due

Make sure to post models, criteria, reflection and drafts/revision sheet


 * For 11/04:**

TELL assignment Step 1: What do you believe is the purpose of a college education? What does it mean to be educated? What experiences have you had with education that led you to this belief? Post your response to a new page and link to your personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.


 * For 11/06:**

Buy Lit Circles Books ||  Purposes of Education
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/04 || //Groupwork/Discussion://

//Individual Work:// "Where I'm From" poems and Showing/Telling Details || **For 11/06:**

"This I Believe" podcasts/essays Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.
 * http://thisibelieve.org/essay/18333/
 * http://thisibelieve.org/essay/12782/
 * http://thisibelieve.org/essay/37061/


 * For 11/11:**

EAR assignment due

Make sure to post models, criteria, reflection and drafts/revision sheet ||  This I Believe
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/06 || //Discussion://

Lit Circle Groups meet to set schedule || **For 11/08:**

TELL Step 2: Choose 3 artifacts/moments that represent your past (before college), your present (at college), and your (imagined) future (after college): Tell the story of these three moments in specific scenes with telling details. Post draft to new page and link to personal page. Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.


 * For 11/11:**

EAR assignment due

Make sure to post models, criteria, reflection and drafts/revision sheet


 * For 11/13:**

Prepare for Lit Circles1 ||  Lit Circles Groups meet to set schedule
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/08 || //Groupwork/Discussion://

Post-EAR synthesis

Portfolio prep || **For 11/11:**

Take Multiple Intelligences survey; bring results to class.


 * For 11/13:**

Prepare for Lit Circles1 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/11 || Discussion: Artifacts of Education

//Discussion:// Multiple Intelligences; Knowing yourself as a learner || **For 11/13:**

Prepare for Lit Circles1 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/13 || Lit Circles 1 || **For 11/15:**

TELL Step 3: How will you link together the three artifacts/stories you have chosen to TELL about your past, present, and future education? What "repetend" or linking mechanism might you use (e.g., a theme? song lyrics? genre?) Respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. || Linking artifacts || **For 11/20:**
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/15 || Groupwork/Discussion:

Prepare for Lit Circles2 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.


 * For 11/27:**

TELL draft due; bring 3 copies to class for peer review ||  Writing/Editing practice:
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/18 || [|The Notebook]

Character/Point of view || **For 11/25:**

Prepare for Lit Circles2 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.


 * For 11/27:**

TELL draft due; bring 3 copies to class for peer review || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/20 || //Lit Circles 2// || **For 11/25:**

Prepare for Lit Circles2 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.


 * For 11/27:**

TELL draft due; bring 3 copies to class for peer review || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/22 || //Peer Review// || **For 11/25:**

Prepare for Lit Circles2 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.


 * For 11/27:**

TELL draft due; bring 3 copies to class for peer review || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/25 || //Portfolio Prep// || **For 11/27:**

TELL draft due; bring 3 copies to class for peer review


 * For 11/29:**

Prepare for Lit Circles3 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums. ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/27 || //No Class: Thanksgiving// || **For 11/29:**

Prepare for Lit Circles3 Post reading response (what's this?) to a new page, link to your personal page, and respond to the posts of 2 colleagues--one from your Lit Circle group and one of your own choosing--by using their discussion forums.


 * For 12/02:**

TELL due; include drafts and revision sheet. ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 11/29 || //No Class: Thanksgiving// || **For 12/02:**

TELL due; include drafts and revision sheet. ||
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 12/02 || //Lit Circles 3//

Portfolio synthesis example || **For 12/06:**

Porfolio draft; bring 3 copies to class for peer review || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 12/04 || //Portfolio prep// || **For 12/06:**

Porfolio draft; bring 3 copies to class for peer review || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * 12/06 || //Portfolio peer review// || **For 12/09:**

Portfolio due || 
 * **Date** (back to top) || **Lesson** || **Assignment** ||
 * Finals week || Finals week || Have a great spring! Keep in touch! ||