Assignments

Journal Assignments **Final Reflection ( to be completed by November 16) (1 typed double-spaced page)** Think about how your instruction has changed because of the information learned in this course. In your reflection, explain how your thinking/planning has changed and how this course has impacted your instruction. What are you doing differently? What has stood out to you? What do you find has been most helpful? What questions do you still have? Please type out your reflection and bring it with you to our last class along with your project. Read one of the articles about vocabulary instruction. Try out a vocabulary strategy and respond on the Wiki with your reactions/thoughts. If you are not able to try out the strategy describe how you might be able to use the strategy and respond on the Wiki. **Assignment : (to be completed by October 5th)** 1.Try out the lesson plan you started to write in class ( Sept.14th), with your students. Respond on the Wiki with your reflections/comments/questions about the lesson. Also, respond to one other posting. 2**.** Journal # 3 Also, read Chapter 2 in Plainer Truths, marking the text with your thinking, and write a 1 1/2-2 page reflection about your reading of the Writing:Composing Text process. Please bring this with you to our Oct. 5 session as we will be collecting them. Assignment for next class: Try-out a strategy from last week or one we learned from today's discussion. Describe and reflect on your try-out lesson **OR** read one of the articles posted under Resources and reflect on the reading and how you might incorportate what you have learned with your classroom/instruction. Post your response on the Wiki. Your response should be 1-1 1/2 double-spaced typed pages. Also, respond/comment/ask a question to one other posting. //Strategies we used today//: Mix-Mingle-Swap; Be a Mind Reader; Picture It
 * Assignment: (to be completed by October 26th)**
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Assignment for next class: Try-out a strategy you learned from today’s discussion. Describe and reflect on your try-out lesson, today’s class and/or your readings (pgs 1-12 in Plainer Truths). Answer the following questions: What stood out for you about your try-out lesson and your reading assignment? What did you learn from your try-out lesson and our first class? What questions do you still have? Post your response on the Wiki. Your response should be 1-1 1/2 double-spaced typed pages. Also, respond/comment/ask a question to two other postings. //Strategies we used//: Nonlinguistic representation of vocabulary, Whip Around, Possible Sentences, Jigsaw, Carousel, Text Rendering, Two Truths and a Lie (Since there is not much time from the first day with students to our next class, if you not able to try a strategy, just respond to the reading. What do you feel you have learned and what are your reactions to what you read or to our discussion?)
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