SI 2018 Syllabus
English 6750, sections 60 and 61, Teaching Writing and Writing Workshop
Austin Building, Rooms 202 and 246
Week 1
Wednesday, June 27
8:30-9:00 Breakfast (Stern)
9:00-12:00 Team Building with Angela and John (outside)
12:00-12:45 Lunch (Stern)
12:45-2:45 Alicia Robinson and Emma Smith Working Smarter, Not Harder workshop followed by Q&A (Stern)
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 Research and Creative Writing Workshop with Erick Piller (Stern)
4:30-5:30 Dinner (Stern)
5:30-7:00 Poetry Writing Workshop with Danielle Pieratti (Stern)
Thursday, June 28
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-12:00 Library Orientation
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:45 Mini-lesson: Writing Groups. Read Elbow and Belanoff, “Summary of Kinds of Responses”
1:45-3:30 Response Groups
Friday, June 29
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-11:00 Discussion. Knoblauch, “Rhetorical Constructions” and Berlin, “Contemporary
Composition.” Complete Major Theories chart.
11:00-12:00 Inquiry Groups
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:30 Read Around (Stern)
Week 2
Monday, July 2
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Discussion. Read Newkirk’s Minds Made For Stories chapters 1-5.
10:30-12:00 Inquiry Groups
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson from Bird by Bird “Shitty First Drafts”
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up: Yesterday I saw the most amazing… or Everyone was laughing when…
Tuesday, July 3
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Discussion. Read Newkirk’s Minds Made For Stories chapters 6-9.
10:30-12:00 Writing Workshop with UConn English Professor Gina Barreca (Stern)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson from Bird by Bird “Short Assignments” Quickwrites
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up: Power Writing
Wednesday, July 4 – NO SUMMER INSTITUTE – Happy 4th of July
Thursday, July 5
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Discussion. Read Gallagher and Kittle’s 180 Days chapters 1-3,
or Ray’s Wondrous Words chapters 1-5.
10:30-12:00 Inquiry Groups
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson from Bird by Bird “Characters”
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up: Reflect on How It’s Going – Google Survey and Results
Friday, July 6
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Discussion. Read Gallagher and Kittle’s 180 Days chapters 4-6,
or Ray’s Wondrous Words chapters 6-10.
10:30-12:00 Inquiry Groups
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:30 Read Around (Stern)
Week 3
Monday, July 9
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Discussion. Discussion. Read Gallagher and Kittle’s 180 Days chapters 7-9,
or Ray’s Wondrous Words chapters 11-15.
10:30-12:00 Inquiry Groups
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson from Bird by Bird “Dialogue”
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up: Writing From Home “Picking Up a Stone”
Tuesday, July 10
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Discussion. Read Goldstein’s Teacher Wars Introduction and chapters 1-2.
Discussion Protocol: 4 A’s https://www.nsrfharmony.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/4_a_text_0.pdf
10:30-12:00 Writing Workshop with MCC English Professor Steve Straight (Stern)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson from On Writing Stephen King
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up: Wild Minds “I know…I don’t know…”
Wednesday, July 11
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Discussion. Read Goldstein’s Teacher Wars chapters 3-4.
Discussion Protocol: 3-2-1 (pg33) http://ctcorestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CT_ELA_K-5_Module_2-Participants_Guide.pdf
A few relevant articles for today’s conversation:
Two on the Detroit literacy ruling:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/04/education/detroit-public-schools-education.html
One on the Moukawsher ruling in Connecticut:
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-ccjef-education-ruling-20180117-story.html
And a link to the Courant series “More Separate, Still Unequal”:
Modern day secession permitted by courts:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/magazine/the-resegregation-of-jefferson-county.html
NY Times Magazine about segregation in NY:
New York Times article from 6/9/2016 shared by Stephanie: Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City
NAEP data: https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
10:30-12:00 Inquiry Groups
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson from Bird by Bird “False Starts”
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up Op Ed
Thursday, July 12
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Discussion. Read Goldstein’s Teacher Wars chapters 5-6.
Discussion Protocol: Placemat/Round Robin (pg32) http://ctcorestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CT_ELA_K-5_Module_2-Participants_Guide.pdf
10:30-12:00 Inquiry Groups
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson Wondrous Words Author’s Craft; Love
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up from Bird by Bird “Index Cards”
Friday, July 13
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Discussion. Read Goldstein’s Teacher Wars chapters 7-8.
Discussion Protocol: Open discussion OR A Penny for Your Thoughts
10:30-12:00 Inquiry Groups
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:30 Read Around (Stern)
Week 4
Monday, July 16
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Discussion. Read Goldstein’s Teacher Wars chapters 9-10 and Epilogue.
Discussion Protocol: Rotating Trios (pg33) (*prepare 1 question from each chapter)
http://ctcorestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CT_ELA_K-5_Module_2-Participants_Guide.pdf
10:30-12:00 Workshop #1 (Rm 246)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson from Bird by Bird “Finding Your Voice”
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up: Bird by Bird “Broccoli/Radio Station KFKD”
Tuesday, July 17
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Workshop #2 (Rm 246)
10:30-12:00 Reading Workshop with UConn Education Professor Doug Kaufman (Stern)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson from Field Guide to Flash Fiction
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up: Bird by Bird “Index Cards”
Wednesday, July 18
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Workshop #3 (Rm 246)
10:30-12:00 Discussion. Read Wilson’s Rethinking Rubrics chapters 1-4.
Discussion Protocol: Table Talk Twitter
New Asst Professor of English Ed Danielle Filipiak will join us.
http://ctcorestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CT_ELA_K-5_Module_2-Participants_Guide.pdf
Interesting stuff on SAT:
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson from Bird by Bird “Letters”
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up: Bird by Bird “Writing Groups”
Thursday, July 19
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Workshop #4 (Rm 246)
10:30-12:00 Discussion, Teacher Leadership with veteran TCs–Vicky, Nikki, Kelly, Amy, Erika,
Marcy and Writing Center Director Tom Deans.
Read Lieberman and Friedrich, “Teachers, Writers, Leaders.”
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Mini-lesson from Wild Minds “Verbs”
1:30-3:00 Writing Groups
3:00-3:30 Wrap-up: Lift a Line
Friday, July 20
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Workshop #5 (Rm 246)
10:30-12:00 Discussion. Read Wilson’s Rethinking Rubrics chapters 5-8.
Discussion Protocol: Jigsaw Gallery Walk (pg34) http://ctcorestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CT_ELA_K-5_Module_2-Participants_Guide.pdf
SETs, NWPi accounts and surveys
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:30 Read Around (Stern)
4:30-7:30 Cookout at Jason’s (101 Stone Mill Rd, Storrs)