CWP Summer Institute Syllabus

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.washingtonpost.com/national/judge-tosses-detroit-schools-case-says-no-right-to-literacy/2018/07/03/c6c6da94-7efe-11e8-a63f-7b5d2aba7ac5_story.html?utm_term=.b84048270fed

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”:

http://www.courant.com/education/hc-hartford-schools-more-separate-still-unequal-20170310-storygallery.html#

Modern day secession permitted by courts:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/judge-says-mostly-white-southern-city-may-secede-from-its-school-district–even-though-the-effort-has-attacked-dignity-of-black-school-children/2017/04/26/4d654232-2a89-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?utm_term=.b0f6e6f2cc21

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/magazine/the-resegregation-of-jefferson-county.html

NY Times Magazine about segregation in NY:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/nyregion/new-study-school-choice-increases-school-segregation.html

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:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/on-the-way-out-essay-testing-for-admissions-loses-favor-with-major-colleges/2018/07/10/425ad372-812a-11e8-b9a5-7e1c013f8c33_story.html?utm_term=.662386a82801

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/02/21/a-telling-study-about-act-sat-scores/?utm_term=.1a0074e5960b

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/04/12/the-list-of-test-optional-colleges-and-universities-keeps-growing-despite-college-boards-latest-jab/?utm_term=.6741464e51dc

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/09/25/what-one-college-discovered-when-it-stopped-accepting-satact-scores/?utm_term=.d0bf4feefce8

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)