Schedule

Date	Class Activity	What's Due at the Beginning of Class Journals are green Essays are blue
Week 1 9/21	First-Day Essay	Journal 1: F-D Essays
9/22	Introductions Begin work with e-portfolios What kinds of digital media are you familiar with?
9/23	Discuss Writing Project #1 Begin reading Tutoring Adolescent Literacy Learners--Chapter 1
Week 2 9/26	Begin generating criteria for Writing Project #1 Discuss Rocket Boys in groups (Chapters 1-9)	Journal 2: Response to reading
9/27	Visit from Dr. Kay Halasek, Writing Center Director Respond to writing--in class	Bring to class an electonic version of your start on WP#. Bring it on a flash drive or e-mail it to yourself so you can access it in class.
9/28	Exchange and respond to WP#1D#1 Respond to writing online--outside of class	WP#1 Draft 1 due
9/29	Research JPMS What more do we want to know?	Journal 3: What was your middle school like?
9/30	Discuss Tutoring Adol. Chapters 2-4	Journal 4: Response to reading
Week 3 10/3	Discuss Rocket Boys (Chapters 10-20)	Journal 5: Response to reading
10/4	Begin generating criteria for magazine What is good writing for a magazine? Divide into editorial groups	Journal 6: Magazine criteria
10/5	Exchange and respond to WP#1 Draft #2 How have criteria changed?	WP #1 Draft 2 due
10/6	Discuss RB/Prepare for Hickam visit What might you get out of hearing Hickam speak this evening? What questions do you have for him? Review e-portfolio for Writing Center tutors WP#1D2 questions How to ask for feedback Review schedule changes/Take stock
10/6 7:30 pm Mershon Auditorium	Homer Hickam Visit What made you write about rocket boys? Did you save any of the rockets? Where did he meet his wife? What does she think about his career? Does she like to write? If you have kids, did they turn out like him? When is the last time you went to Coalwood? What is like now? What is your relationship with your brother like? Was NASA what you expected it to be? Did you keep in contact with your friends? Was it cool talking to the President? Do you regret not dating Dorothy? Would you consider this one of your better books? Is there anything you wanted to do that you haven't gotten to yet?
10/7	Homer Hickam Visit (Exchange evening talk with 10:30 class time)	Send draft of WP #1 to WC Tutor via e-portfolio by Monday, 10/10
Week 4 10/10	Discuss RB (Chapters 21-Epilogue) De-brief Hickam visit Return WP#1D2/In-class conferences	Journal 7: Response to reading Journal 8: Response to Hickam visit If you cannot attend Hickam's talk, for this journal, research Hickam's life outside RB. Begin with questions you'd like to answer, and then find where you can get that information.
10/11	Begin to collect public online texts 1) Personal Blogs http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/?q=blog/15 2) Course Blogs http://instructors.cwrl.utexas.edu/bacon/ 3) Exchange via e-portfolio 4) Midlink Magazine Analysis: Who are the participants? What is the purpose? What are the advantages of this format/media? What are the disadvantages? Continue in-class conferences
10/12	Continue to discuss RB --connection with JPMS? Review magazine descriptions
10/13	Discuss Video Games	Journal 9: Response to reading
10/14	Discuss topic for Writing Project #2 -Online text analysis
Week 5 10/17	1) Prepare for JPMS Visit 2) Exchange WP#1. Proofread. One strength, one piece of advice if the writer were going to revise once more.	Final draft WP #1 due Journal 10: What do you think will be important for how you work with JPMS students? What questions do you have about how to work with middle school age students?
10/18	Visit from JPMS Students Magazine Materials
10/19	Discuss online analysis	Journal 11: Response to JPMS visit Journal 12: By end of class turn in plan for WP#2
10/20	In-class conferences Work on online analysis
10/21	Exchange and respond to WP#2 D1	WP#2 Draft 1 due
Week 6 10/24	In-class conferences WP#2 D1
10/25	Plans for JPMS Exchanges Continue in-class conferences	Journal 13: In-class--What help can you offer your JPMS literacy partner online as he or she begins to create M! a Magazine for and about East Side Middle Schools? What are your particular strengths as a writer and as a collaborator?
10/26	Workshop WP#2 Groups based on common sites exchange ideas	Journal 14: In class--Group reports on similar sites
10/27	Discuss ideas from Journal 13's Workshop WP#2 /Review how to send WC tutor via e-portfolio
10/28	Generate new questions for WP#2 criteria Turn in WP#2D2	WP #2 Draft 2 due
Week 7 10/31	In-class conferences WP #2 D2 Exchange and respond to WP#2 D2	Send draft of WP #2 to WC Tutor via e-portfolio by end of day Journal 15: How can you define "digital media"? By looking at the three sites in your WP#2, what can you say about key characteristics of "digital media"?
11/1	Group analysis of: Paper Disptach Front page of dispatch.com Suscriber page of disptach.com Electronic edition of Dispatch Analysis Questions: What does it look like? How does it work? What is its purpose? Who is it for? What is its context? Continue in-class conferences	Journal 16: Description of your group's version of the Dispatch
11/2	Continue in-class conferences	Journal 17: JPMS Responses
11/3	7th week evaluation What have we done? What do we need to do?	Journal 18: Evaluation
11/4	Exchange and respond to WP#2 D3	WP #2 Draft 3 due
Week 8 11/7	In-class conferences WP#2 D3 Connections Workshop List as many connections as you can think of in your WP #2. What categories do they fall into: connection through audience, connection through form, connection through message, connection through effect? What ones or one works best for you? What seems most convincing? To focus on that connection what will you need to do in your final draft? Begin to identify information that comes from other sources	Journal 19: In-class Connections Workshop
11/8	Citation Workshop Bring to class a list of the sources and publication information you used in your research for WP #2 1) Highlight places in your paper that refer to a "source": web sites, cds, games, ,etc. 2) For each source place you've highlighted, what is the best method of letting readers know your "credibility"? In the text itself, in parentheses, in a list at the end of the paper? Author "Title" (of article, chapter. . .) Title (of book, journal, etc.) Publisher Place Date Style Manuals
11/9	Discuss topic for Writing Project #3--guide for next quarter Divide into writing groups Workshop WP#3--Develop plans
11/10	Workshop WP#3 E-Mail: If you are going to e-mail someone for information, what do you need to include in that e-mail? What do you want to know? What will your reader need to know from you to answer your question? Interview: What questions do you want to ask? In what situation will you ask them? Visits: When will you make the visit? Who do you need to talk to to arrange the visit? What do you expect to see? Internet research: What do you want to find out? Where will you find it? Workshop WP #2
11/11	No Class Veterans' Day
Week 9 11/14	Discuss final draft WP#2 Trademark errors Workshop WP #3 Newsletter Groups: Background to Project (Winter 2005-September 2005): Peco, Ashley, Jeremy, Angel October 18: Albany, Sonia, Eric, Billy M and the JPMS newsletter staff: Nick, Adam, Mike Logan JPMS background: Donald, Sasha, Tiera, Nigel
11/15	Workshop WP #3 How will this assignment be valued? What criteria should be used for writing/revising/grading? What is involved in accomplishing your group's article(s)? What jobs/contributions are you expecting each member of your group to do? How should each of those contributions be valued?	Final Draft WP #2 due Journal 20: Plan for grading
11/16	Second communication with JPMS What is your literacy partner asking you to do? What set of guidelines or checklists can we give them for preparing a newsletter article?	Journal 21: Response to JPMS exchange
11/17	Workshop WP #3
11/18	Discussion: What have we learned about good writing in a digital context? What have we learned about good writing in college courses? What have we learned about good writing in middle school?	Journal 22: Your response to discussion questions
Week 10 11/21	Workshop WP#3 Newsletter Criteria 1) Focus. Does the article have a clear focus? (Is the "point" clearly stated? Does the headline help readers see what the focus of the article is? 2) Development. Has the writer included good description and facts? 3) Research. Has the writer done appropriate/enough research on the topic? Has the writer collected information? 4) Audience. Has the writer included other people's points of view: students, teachers, principal, planners, etc. 5) Appearance. Has the writer used colors, fonts, pictures to create pizzazz and to emphasize importance?	Send draft of WP #3 to WC Tutor via e-portfolio
11/22	Workshop WP#3
11/23	No Class
11/24-11/25	No Class Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 11 11/28	Discuss final exam topic	Journal 23: in -class draft final exam
11/29	Workshop WP#3 and final exam Last communication with JPMS
11/30	Workshop WP#3 and final exam
12/1	In-class conferences on final exam drafts	Draft of final exams due
12/2	Presentation of WP #3 E-mail final version to wright.7@osu.edu before class Course Evaluations
Final Week Thursday, December 8 7:30-9:18 am	Final Exam