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FOR MONDAY, FEB. 22 We will be reviewing Monday. Please go through your editing samples for specific questions you'd like to ask. Also any tests or handouts--virtually anything you would like to go over. Final is Wednesday. Whew! What an intense seven weeks!

FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 Last lesson! Alycia and James are up. Get editing samples to me pronto, and be sure to make up tests you've missed ASAP. Homework for Josh and Sean is due.

FOR MONDAY, FEB. 15 Our last week for lessons. Josh and Sean are up for Monday and Alycia and James (who is nice enough to come back and present even though he dropped the class) are Wednesday. Then we have one week before the exam!

FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 12 Mini-test number four. Considering past scores, you might actually want to study for this. I don't know how much this will help, but it can't hurt! Also Josh and Sean and Alycia and James need to meet with me soon!

FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10 Elisabeth and Lauren are up. Keep plugging away! All editing samples are on the wiki on the handouts page. Samples 11 - 20 are fine... And, for your memorizing pleasure, a list of helping verbs is now on the handouts page. Enjoy!

FOR MONDAY, FEB. 8 Jakub and Kelsey D. are up. If you have not turned in some of your homework or evaluation sheets, I'll take those for Wednesday (Parallelism/ Sarah and Jane) on Monday. I have already graded and returned the others, so if you didn't get them to me on time, they are zeros. Make sure you do these promptly. The "Beauty" paper is on the Handouts page (called "sample - bad") which you may do on your own and we'll go over together over the week. And keep on with the Editing samples. I will put 11 - 20 up as soon as I have them done (some time this afternoon - Friday).

FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 5 Your Parallelism homework is due, as well as your peer evaluation sheet(s). Please be sure you do these or you get a zero. There will be a quiz Friday, so if you need to study and brush up on what we've covered so far be sure to do so and email me if you have questions.

FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3 Sarah and Jane are up! Jakub and Kelsey D. should meet with me soon. Keep plugging away!

FOR MONDAY, FEB. 1 Lise and Rose are up! Sarah and Jane need to meet with me. Keep working on your editing samples. I will have more next week in case you've gotten through the first ten.

FOR FRIDAY, JAN. 29 Change of schedule. Mike and Pawel will be doing their lesson on Friday. Keep working on editing samples (they are on the wiki handouts page if you need them).

FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27 Complete your Run-On homework and bring to class, as well as the assessment sheet for the run-on group. Also bring any editing samples you have completed. I am putting all the editing samples on the "Handouts" page so you can access them any time (the first ten are in one document), as well as the Assessments forms (in case you forget to grab one).

FOR MONDAY, JAN. 25 Complete your comma homework and bring to class, as well as the assessment sheet for the comma group. Be sure to set up meeting with me several days prior to the time you will be teaching. I forgot to give you the take-home mini test, so I'll give it to you Monday. Continue with practice pages.

FOR FRIDAY, JAN. 22 Complete your subject/verb agreement homework and bring to class, as well as the assessment sheet. NOTICE: Number ten options on the homework should read "live/lives" -- please add an "s" to the second one. Also work on your editing sheets and turn them in when you are done.

FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 (NO CLASS MONDAY--MLK DAY) Well I'm the biggest dope ever--I had it in my head that class started at 1:00. Apparently you all were there and I was not. I am so sorry. I was sitting in my office the whole time. The bad news is that this was the only in-class time you were going to have to work on your lesson plans. The good news is, we can stay on schedule and just won't have this time. So Wednesday we'll still have a lesson from Emily and Kayla (you two need to come see me at least by Tuesday). I apologize for my absent-mindedness and will FOR SURE see you on Wednesday. Bring your homework from my lesson on Wed. Thanks

FOR FRIDAY, JAN. 15 Please do your subject/predicate homework. A new schedule is now on the "Handouts" page. You will be working Friday with your presentation partner--it is the only class time you will ever have to do this. You may want to bring a handbook or something if you need help with your assignment.

FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13 Please finish your wiki page if you have not already done so. That's all!

Welcome back to 280! Some of you are new and unfamiliar with our wiki, but those who are not new will help you get acquainted. If you are ever missing anything or need handouts or have assignment questions, this is the place to go!

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 Our last class together until January :( which means exam! The exam handout is on the handout page so you can know what to expect.

FOR FRIDAY, OCT 16 Nothing due. More presentations.

FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14 Unit 4 (rubrics) due. Hard copy for class please, and both the assignment and the rubric in Moodle. Also be prepared to present your work to the class and have some sort of activity related to your assignment.

FOR MON. OCT. 12 Please read the three papers for grade norming. They all have the same assignment (from my ENG 101 at CMU - feel free to criticize the assignment!). After reading these papers, develop a list of criteria based on the assignment as a sort of rubric--then make a rough rubric. Use this to grade the essays. Be prepared to defend your grade when you come to class. Also think about your own research design--as you make the rubric for this activity, try using the design you think you'd like to use. It'll give you a chance to try out your rubric.

FOR FRI. OCT. 9 Please bring your rubric collection back to class and get started drafting your rubric

FOR WED. OCT 7 Unit Three is due! Be sure to revisit the handout for details. The "Questions" sheet is now on the Handouts page. If you are revising, please bring the three originals and your rewrites.

FOR MONDAY, OCT. 5 Nothing is due. However, unit 3 is due Wednesday, so keep working on your assignments.

FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 2 Finish up analyzing the assignments you brought to class Wed. so you can share the best of them (or the worst, as the case may be) with the class. Also have a sort of proposal for your own assignment as I will be going around the class and asking you what you're going to do--and then you'll be working on it. Also please read Middleton's brief article on student-centered learning (no response required but please read--it's very short).

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30 Please write your "Journal" (see Unit 2 handout), print, and bring to class. Also bring to class your collected assignments--3 minimum.

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 28 Please read and respond to Cambourne's "Toward an Educationally Relevant Theory" and his "Framework". Remember that your Journal is due Wednesday. And I know this is extra, but you'll enjoy this (it's only 2 pages)--please read this I know you'll enjoy it (notice the date of publication).

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 25 Please read Matsuda's "Process and Post Process" article through to the middle of page 74 and respond in the wiki. Feel free to add to the Hairston discussion (although late posts are still late). Bring three questions to class for Friday's discussion. (I will check these so be sure to write them out...) Also bring a hard copy of Matsuda's piece.

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23 Please read Maxine Hairston's article "The Winds of Change" found on the "Readings" page. Please respond to the prompt under the "Discussion" tab on the "Readings" page (or feel free to respond to others' responses). Bring a hard copy of the article to class and have at least three questions/topics for discussion. REMINDER: Don't forget to work on collecting assignments and rubrics!!

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 21 We will finish fishbowl exams. Also a reading is due Wed. that is a bit long, (Hairston) so it wouldn't hurt to get started on it now.

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 18 Fishbowl exam! You will be chosen at random, so everyone should be prepared to go. Practice practice practice!

FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 Please practice oral response with a friend or roommate. Fishbowl exam is Friday.

FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 14 Please read the two student papers on hockey and the media that I gave to you in class. Please read and comment on--to the best of your ability--the two papers given to you by your peer. Bring all of these back to class Monday.

FOR FRIDAY, SEPT. 11 At least 3 copies of rough drafts of old papers of yours (preferably). Finish your wiki page: Brief bio, picture of you, link to outside website, video