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Yo. So you get wikis by this point. I'm not worried about the structure. Very simple here's what happens: 1. I need you to post a reflection after every week (and before the next week, hopefully). I'll do the same. 2. I need you to read everyone's posts. I'll do the same. If we have advice, further elaboration, etc., then we can respond directly. It can be helpful. You don't have to respond. You're busy. So just read if that's all you have time to do. 3. I need you to post every lesson you teach (as well as links to whatever you use that's web-accessible). We do this so that, next year, you can steal from each other when you're out teaching on your own. 4. There might be more; I'll add it as it becomes relevant. Thanks so much. I really am pumped to get this (short) time with you.



Also, there's this:


 * Assignment || Explanation || Due Date(s) ||
 * Lab Lesson Plan || Each week, a different group of 3-4 teaches a lesson as part of our 3-week mini-unit on writing. On the first night of our course, we'll do some planning, set some goals for the mini-unit, and decide who teaches when. Based on this, you should meet with your group, plan your lesson, and post it to this wiki You may use whatever lesson plan format is most familiar and comfortable for your group, however, in my feedback I will be looking at Objectives, Content, Organization, and Assessment. || Each plan is due by 5pm on the Tuesday before it is to be taught. This is to allow time for your peers and for me to respond to the plan, should we have questions before you teach it. ||
 * Lab Lesson Peer Responses || After each lesson, you will use the electronic discussion forum (see above) to respond to either the lesson plan or the lesson enactment. You could respond using the questions at the end of the syllabus, and whatever other criteria you feel are important. Think about what you would need to hear as feedback and go from there. This may include responses as a fellow teacher, responses as a student, and alternatives for action but please remember to be both critical and constructive--what feedback would be most helpful for the teachers based on what they actually did? || Responses to the enactment pf the lesson are due by the next lab session. ||
 * Placement Plan || Because you are not placed in an English Classroom (though you may have the opportunity next year during the internship), you cannot apply your lab work to your field placement directly. However, since every discipline uses writing in some way, you should incorporate writing, based on our work together, into one of your lesson plans for your field placement students. You may post this plan to the Placement Plan page by clicking the link on the navigation bar to the left. || Your placement plan is due by class time on 4/23. I reserve the right to respond and ask you to revise it if necessary. ||