Thursday, February 24, 2011
Your first impressions about grading
Write a comment about our first experience with grading the 3 packages of essays (Shakespeare, Animal Farm, Government Essay)!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The 6 E's of the Learning Cycle
You have all read about the Learning Cycle (LC) and its 6 E's:
1. engage
2. explore
3. explain
4. extend
5. evaluate
6. e-search.
Below, please write a 250-500 words COMMENT about what you think about the application of the LC (which was originally developed for science classes) in English classes.
1. engage
2. explore
3. explain
4. extend
5. evaluate
6. e-search.
Below, please write a 250-500 words COMMENT about what you think about the application of the LC (which was originally developed for science classes) in English classes.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
5-Paragraph Essay
Your homework assignment for Day 2, January 27th, is to post a short comment (250-500 words) to this thread on what you think about the 5-paragraph essay, whether you would teach it, in which grade, what for, etc. You can reflect on information we read during our in-class activity on Day 1.
Welcome and Introductions
Hi ENGL485a students,
Welcome to our course, "Teaching Writing"!!!
The first thing we'll do is to introduce ourselves in a short blog comment to this entry. Please post something you want us to know about yourself (e.g., why you want to become a teacher, what you are still unsure about regarding teaching writing, your own experiences in HS, what you want to do better, where you observe/student teach, your hobbies, your interests, your websites...).
This blog will be shared with a local high school teacher for an essay exchange with his students when we get to our "grading HS students' essays" session--so please write only things he can share with his classes ;-)
Here's a short introduction from your instructor:
Hi future English HS teachers,
I'm a fourth-year lecturer at SIUC and have taught ENGL101, 102, 290, 300, and 485a so far. I am German, and my first M.A. is in translation. I have studied in St. Petersburg, Russia (1993); Dijon, France (1995); and here at SIU (1997). My second M.A. is a Master of Arts in Teaching from SIU (2007), and I am a certified IL high school teacher for German, French, and English. I did my student teaching at Carbondale Community High School in 2006-2007 (in the M.A.T. program; we still got a free Dell laptop back then!!) However, I prefer to teach the older generation!! Guess why ;-)
I have a Ph.D. in English (2003) and am currently getting one in Curriculum & Instruction, working with a writing-disabled middle school student (case study); so yeah, I'm a student, too ;-) You never stop learning. My hobbies are playing the piano, travels, photography, reptile breeding (http://www.lzrdgrl.com/), and TEACHING! I am also grading your Gateways and supervising your Capstone exams, so our paths will cross again. I'm excited to get to know you all. I already know some of you who survived my grammar class ;-) Have fun in our "Teaching Writing" class!
Welcome to our course, "Teaching Writing"!!!
The first thing we'll do is to introduce ourselves in a short blog comment to this entry. Please post something you want us to know about yourself (e.g., why you want to become a teacher, what you are still unsure about regarding teaching writing, your own experiences in HS, what you want to do better, where you observe/student teach, your hobbies, your interests, your websites...).
This blog will be shared with a local high school teacher for an essay exchange with his students when we get to our "grading HS students' essays" session--so please write only things he can share with his classes ;-)
Here's a short introduction from your instructor:
Hi future English HS teachers,
I'm a fourth-year lecturer at SIUC and have taught ENGL101, 102, 290, 300, and 485a so far. I am German, and my first M.A. is in translation. I have studied in St. Petersburg, Russia (1993); Dijon, France (1995); and here at SIU (1997). My second M.A. is a Master of Arts in Teaching from SIU (2007), and I am a certified IL high school teacher for German, French, and English. I did my student teaching at Carbondale Community High School in 2006-2007 (in the M.A.T. program; we still got a free Dell laptop back then!!) However, I prefer to teach the older generation!! Guess why ;-)
I have a Ph.D. in English (2003) and am currently getting one in Curriculum & Instruction, working with a writing-disabled middle school student (case study); so yeah, I'm a student, too ;-) You never stop learning. My hobbies are playing the piano, travels, photography, reptile breeding (http://www.lzrdgrl.com/), and TEACHING! I am also grading your Gateways and supervising your Capstone exams, so our paths will cross again. I'm excited to get to know you all. I already know some of you who survived my grammar class ;-) Have fun in our "Teaching Writing" class!
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