Course+Requirements

__Field Requirements__:
1) Attendance at a conference for English Language Arts teachers, such as **Reading and Writing in a Decade of Standards -**  **Pray-Harrold 329 - 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.**  **September 10 – Narrative Writing**  **October 15 – Writing for Social Justice**  **November 12 – Digital Portfolios (select 2 of 3)**  Michigan Council of Teachers of English 2011 Fall Conference:  Revitalizing the Dream, Renewing Our Spirit  **//Featuring author and teacher Dr. Tom Romano and Poet Bard Terry Wooten//**  **//Friday, October 21, 2011//** - **//Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center//**, **//East Lansing, MI//**

2) Interview with a secondary language arts teacher about assessment in ELA

Participation Requirement for English Department Classes
Students enrolled in English Department classes are expected to participate in daily activities. They will, for example, routinely discuss reading assignments, write in class on impromptu topics, participate in collaborative activities, or engage in peer review of drafts. Students who miss these activities cannot reasonably make them up. As a result, students who do not participate regularly should expect to receive lower grades in the course, and students who miss more than the equivalent of two weeks of class should consider withdrawing and taking the class in a future semester. Students who know that other commitments will make it impossible to attend at certain times should enroll in classes that do not meet at these times.

__Policies:__
1. After four absences (or the equivalent of two weeks of classes) your points will be lowered by 10% for the next absence and for each absence after that. No assignments accepted **beyond two weeks** from the due date. 2. Collaboration and borrowing of ideas are encouraged in this course. Plagiarism will apply only to unacknowledged use of copyrighted or non-original writing. 3. Grading is based on points earned divided by possible points.

__Written Requirements__
Unit Plan Matrix (20) Plan (Unit Rationale, Content Expectations, 20-day lesson sequence, formative assess w/rubric,  summative assess w/rubric) (40) Rationale, Ten Days of lessons, integrated lesson (30) the subject of English, and curriculum development, selected from above ( 60 ) **Total** **(300)**
 * 1) Conference Review: Reflect on three sessions attended (20)
 * 2) Discussion on Wiki (first five responses) (10)
 * 3) **Preliminary** Unit Plan
 * 1) **Summative** Unit Proposal (20)
 * 2) **Summative** Unit Plan Draft, including
 * 1) **Summative Unit** Plan (60)
 * 2) **Teacher Research Project**
 * 3) Proposal and Rationale (5)
 * 4) Annotated Journal References (5)
 * 5) Reviewof Research (20)
 * 6) Proposed Method of Research (10)
 * 7) A Portfolio, representing your writing about pedagogy,