Week_7

Week 7 Plan:

Class Meeting:
Monday, October 30th, 4:00-6:30pm ET on campus and in Zoom.

1. Early work-in-progress presentations (with plus-delta feedback):

• this week (Oct. 30): Julia, Paula, Laura, Andrew
• next week (Nov. 6): Matt, Andrea, Bill, Russell, Tri, Casey, Lauren, Alex, Kyle

2. Dialogue on Readings

• "stories to scaffold learning and creative awareness"

Assignments Due Next Week:

1. Readings:
As follow-up for the weeks 7, 8, and 9 class meetings, complete ONE of the items from the following list each week according to your own interests (the same readings will be repeated on the weeks 8 and 9 pages on the wiki) and read it.

• Schank, Every Curriculum Tells a Story
• Northern Illinois University, Instructional Scaffolding to Improve Learning
• Culpan, Scaffolding creativity in arts education
• Trousdale, Interactive Storytelling: Scaffolding Children's Early Narratives
• Lee (2011), Scaffolding systemic and creative thinking: A hybrid learning sciences-decision support approach
• U. of Essex (2017), Voice in literature and creative writing: A resource for teaching A-level English
• Frank & Wall (1996). Finding your writer's voice: A guide to creative fiction (section 1 on "Voice")
• Quinlan & Lin (2016), Finding Your Writer's Voice, Part 2 on "Thinking About Voice"

2. Prepare your work-in-progress presentation for next week, noting the presentation requirements. Please submit your visual aids by 2:00pm (a bit in advance of the class meeting) to your assignment dropbox, OR, be prepared to share them through the Zoom screensharing function (if you have not submitted your visual aids in advance of the presentation, you'll need to do so after the class meeting).

3. Continue other explorations as you work toward development the Theme 2 Written/Creative Product. Make sure to keep maintaining your ongoing list of Principles and Practices and adding items as appropriate.

4. Continue with weekly entries in your Literature/Arts Reflection Journal. Submit your journal by next week (Assignment W3b on the assignment checklist - the second submission of the journal).

5. Review your assignment checklist and take note of any assignments needing revision/resubmission.