Assignments

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 * Sept 11 || ** What is English Education? **
 * Buehler, Jennifer. “The Power of Questions and the Possibilities of Inquiry in English Education.” //English Education// 37.4 (July 2005): 280-287
 * Sept 18 || ** What is English Education? **
 * NCTE-CEE Position Statement. “What is English Education,” Web: []
 * Abbott, Allan. “English in the Secondary Schools; A Review.” //The School Review//9.6 (June 1901):388-402.
 * Mayher, John. “English Teacher Education as Literacy Teacher Education.” // English Education //, Volume44, Number 2, January 2012
 * NCTE-CEE Position Statement. “ Understanding the Relationship between Research and Teaching.” http://www.ncte.org/cee/positions/researchandteaching
 * Zemelman, Steven and Harry Ross. //13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment,// Introduction and Chap 1.
 * Sept. 25 || ** Who are adolescent readers and writers? **
 * Petrone, Robert and Mark A. Lewis. Deficits, Therapists and a Desire to Distance: Secondary English Preservice Teachers’ Reasoning about Their Future Students.” //English Education.//(April, 2012): 254-287
 * Petrone, Robert and Mark A. Lewis. Deficits, Therapists and a Desire to Distance: Secondary English Preservice Teachers’ Reasoning about Their Future Students.” //English Education.//(April, 2012): 254-287
 * Snow, Catherine, and Elizabeth Moje. “Why Is Everyone Talking About Adolescent Literacy?” Phi Delta Kappan 91.6 (March 2010): 66-69

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 * Burke, Jim. “Connecting the Classroom, Community, and the Curriculum,” //English Journal 101.4//(2012): 17-28.
 * Gere, Anne, Leila Christenbury and Kelly Sassi. “Analyzing Prompts,” in //Writing on Demand:////Strategies for High-Scoring Essays.// Portmouth: Heinemann, 2006
 * Zemelman, Steven and Harry Ross. //13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment,// Chaps 2 & 3. ||
 * Oct 2 || ** Who is a proficient language user? **
 * Lindblom, Kenneth, and Patricia A. Dunn. “Analyzing Grammar Rants: An Alternative to TraditionalGrammar Instruction.” //English Journal// 95.5 (May 2006): 71-77.
 * Smitherman, Geneva. “‘Students' Right to Their Own Language’: A Retrospective”//The English////Journal//, Vol. 84, No. 1. (Jan., 1995), pp. 21-27.
 * Elbow, Peter. “Speech as a Product” and “Intonation,’Vernacular Eloquence: What Speech Can Bring // to Writing. // New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.
 * “Does Your Language Shape How You Think?” by Guy Deutscher, //New York Times//, August 26, 2010. [] 2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?_r=1 [[file:Does Your Language Shape How You Think.docx]]
 * Zemelman, Steven and Harry Ross. //13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment,// Chaps 4 & 5. ||
 * Oct 9 || ** How do we read, interpret, and respond to texts? **
 * Eckert, Lisa Schade. “Bridging the pedagogical gap: intersections between literary and reading theories in secondary and postsecondary literacy instruction.” //Journal of Adolescent & Adult////Literature// 52.2 (Oct 2008): 110-118.
 * Rex, Lesley A., and David McEachen. “If Anything Is Odd, Inappropriate, Confusing, or Boring, It’s Probably Important”: The Emergence of Inclusive Academic Literacy throughEnglish Classroom Discussion Practices//. Research// //in the Teaching of English// 34 (August 1999): 65-129. [[file:RT0341Anything.pdf]]

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 * Schoenbach, R & Greenleaf, C. Fostering Adolescents Engaged Academic Literacy. In L. Christenbury, R.Bomer, & P. Smagorinsky. //Handbook of Adolescent Literacy Research.//(pp. 98-102).New York: Guilford Press, 2009

> >   Stacey Briggs' Masters Project on Transmediation of Art and Literature was e-mailed to the class on 10/10/12; the Reflective Letter that goes with it is available here:
 * Oct. 16 || ** Who is the literate reader of what texts? **
 * Guest Speaker: Professor John Staunton **
 * Blau, Sheridan. “Performative Literacy: The Habits of Mind of Highly Literate Readers.” //Voices in the////Middle// 10.3 (March 2003): 18-22.
 * Vetter, Amy. “Positioning Students as Readers and Writers through Talk in a High School English.Classroom.” //English Education// 43.1 (October 2010): 33-64.
 * Thein, Amanda Haertling, Richard Beach, and Daryl Parks. “Perspective-Taking as Transformative Practice in Multicultural Literature to White Students.” //English Journal// 97.2 (November 2007): 54-60.[[file:Thein, Beach, Parks.pdf]]
 * [[file:Briggs Reflective Letter(1).docx]] ||

Policy, Practice, and Power: Upholding Our Convictions in Demanding Times [|Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center] Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan || > >>  >  ||
 * Oct. 19 || Michigan Council of Teachers of English
 * Oct. 23 || ** How do we compose texts? **
 * Yancey, Kathleen Blake. “2008 NCTE Presidential Address: The Impulse to Compose and the Age of Composition.” //Research in the Teaching of English// 43.3 (February 2009): 316-338. [[file:RTE0433Presidential.pdf]]
 * Applebee, Arthur N., and Judith A. Langer. “What Is Happening in the Teaching of Writing?” //English// //Journal// 98.5 (2009): 18-28.
 * Smith. Mary Ann and Sherry Swain. //Wise Eyes: Prompting for Meaningful Student Writing.//NationalWriting Project, Fall 2011.
 * Turner, Kristen Hawley. “Flipping the Switch” Code-switching from Textspeak to Standard English. English // Journal // 98.5 (2009): 60–65

> >  > http://scribquest.wikispaces.com/Beliefs+About+Writing ||
 * ** Oct. 30 ** || ** What texts should we compose? **
 * Critical Annotated Bibliography on a Question for the Exploratory Essay **
 * Yancey, Kathleen Blake. “Looking Back as We Look Forward: Historicizing Assessment.” //College// //Composition and Communication// 50.3 (February 1999): 483-503.
 * ====== Yagelski, Robert. "Writing as Praxis," E n g l i s h E d u c a t i o n, V 4 4 N 2 , J a n u a r y 2 0 1 2 ======
 * Hicks, Troy, Carl A. Young, Sara Kajder, and Bud Hunt. “ Same as It Ever Was: Enacting the Promise of Teaching, Writing, and New Media.” // English Journal // 101.3 (2012): 68–74. [[file:EJ1013Same.pdf]]
 * Whitney, Anne Elrod. Lawnmowers, Parties, and Writing Groups:What Teacher-Authors Have to Teach Us about Writing for Publication. // English Journal // 101.5 (2012): 51–56. [[file:EJ1015Lawnmowers.pdf]]
 * NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing:


 * Nov. 6 || What is Valid Assessment?

Guest Speaker: Professor Doug Baker
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 * National Assessment Governing Board, //Writing Framework for the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress,// [|www.nagb.org], November, 2010.[[file:NAEP Writing.pdf]]
 * Polesel, John, Nicky Dulfer and Dr. Malcolm Turnbull. “The Experience of Education: The Impacts of High-Stakes Testing and School Students and their Families.,” Whitlam Institute, University of Sydney, January 2012.
 * Swain, Sherry S., Richard L. Graves, David T. Morse, and Kimberly J. Patterson. “Prominent Feature Analysis: What it Mean for the Classroom,” //English Journal,//99.4 (2010): 84–89.
 * Whitney, Anne, Sheridan Blau, Alison Bright et al. Beyond Strategies: Teacher Practice, Writing Process, and the Influence of Inquiry.” //English Education// 40.3 (April 2008): 201-230.

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 * Nov 13 || ** What is research in the context of teaching? **
 * Guest Speaker: Professor Cathy Fleischer **
 * Fleischer, Cathy, and Dana Fox. “Studying Teacher Research.” //English Education// 36.4 (July 2004): 259-262.
 * [[file:Nizol.Genre Study.docx]]
 * [[file:Nizol.Reflection(1).docx]]
 * DiPardo, Anne et al. “Understanding the Relationship between Research and Teaching.” //English//
 * Stotsky, Sandra, and Cindy Mall. “Understanding Research on Teaching the English Language Arts: An Introduction for Teachers.” In the //Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, Chapter 1,// 2003.
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 * Nov 15 -18 || NCTE Annual Conference
 * Nov. 20 || ** Who is a teacher leader? **
 * Zemelman, Steven and Harry Ross. //13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment,// Chaps 7, 8, 9, 10
 * Meth, Jessica Matthews and Amy Azano. “Negotiating the Rub Between Cultures: Teacher Talk and Sustained Shifts in Practice,”

|| Exploratory Essay, Dr. 2 due ||
 * “Learning to Make Conflict Productive” Chapter 3 in //How Teachers Become Leaders: Learning from Practice and Research,// Ann Lieberman and Linda Friedrich, eds. Teachers College Press, 2010.
 * Response Groups in Class: Exploratory Writing || Conference Reflection Due ||
 * Nov. 27 || ** Reaching Outside **
 * Fleischer, Cathy and Kim Pavlock. “Inviting Parents In: Expanding Our Community Base to Support Writing,” // English Journal // 101.4 (2012): 29–36.
 * [[file:EJ1014Inviting.pdf]]
 * Zemelman, Steven and Harry Ross. //13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment,// Chaps 11, 12, 13.
 * "Building Insider Knowledge: Teaching Students to Read, Write, and Think within ELA and across the Disciplines," //English Education, 45;1, October, 2012//
 * Dec. 4 || ===**What is Needed for School Reform?**===
 * Analysis and discussion on Literacy Site Reflection**
 * See** http://postcognitions.wikispaces.com/ || Literacy Site Reflection ||
 * Dec. 11 || ** Seminar Papers Presented ** ||  ||
 * Dec 18 || ** Seminar Papers Presented ** ||  ||