Week_8

Week 8 Plan:

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

1.Remaining work-in-progress presentations

• Matt, Andrea, Bill, Russell, Tri, Casey, Lauren, Alex, Kyle (see Presentation Visual Aids)
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• For each speaker: 5-7 minute presentation, and then audience questions/comments to reach total 15 minutes. Audience role: 1) get clarification about anything that you didn't understand about the presentation, and then 2) help the presenter extend their thinking about the topic by asking good questions and asking for elaboration to draw out further thinking. Each person in the audience should also submit plus-delta feedback for each presenter in your group immediately following the presentations (by Tuesday, please).
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• Presentation recordings to be compiled and posted in upcoming days.

2. Additional discussion on Theme 2 and Written/Creative Products.

Assignments Due Next Week:

1. Readings:
In weeks 8 and 9, choose at least ONE of the items from the following list each week that you have not already read (the same readings will be repeated on the week 9 page 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. Continue with weekly entries in your Literature/Arts Reflection Journal.

3. Review all plus-delta feedback on your presentation, and make sure to account for the comments given as you finishing writing your Written/Creative Product. Comments will be posted on the Theme 2 plus-delta page within a day or two of the presentation.

4. Complete and submit your Written/Creative Product for Theme 2.

5. Look ahead to Theme 3 and read the description, to be discussed in class.