Below you will find the tentative schedule for the workshop. Select reading assignments are available under the workshop day. A non-linked copy of this schedule is also available. This is also available as a RTF file.

FALL WORKSHOP, 2003
Gittinger Hall, Room 317

Dr. Catherine Hobbs, Karen Jobe, and Dr. David Mair

Thursday, August 7
8:00 Coffee in Gittinger Hall Lounge, Room 109
8:30 Introduction to English Department
9:00 Introduction to Workshop
10:30 Break
10:45 The Writing Process and Inquiry
11:30 Definitions from Ways of Thinking
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Purpose & Core Curriculum of English 1113
2:00 Analyzing Teaching/Learning Styles from Ways of Thinking
3:00 Evaluation/Day’s End

Assignment: Read "English 1113," "Asking Questions," "Speech Delivered to the Woman’s Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio," "Knowing Their Place," the "Inventing Gateway Activities" excerpt, "Some Possible Collaborative Tasks," and "Hints for Collaborative Grouping."

Friday, August 8
8:30 Setting Objectives and Accomplishing Them: The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
10:00 Break
10:15 Myrna Carney & Lisa Portwood – Profile of First-Year Students
10:45 Leading Discussions and Asking Questions
12:00 Writing Objectives / Discussing the Assignment
12:30 Evaluation/Day’s End

Assignment: Design one day’s class plan--applications of setting objectives, leading discussions, asking questions, and using groups to teach writing (see packet, pg. 27).

Begin reading the Essay Exam Unit and the five literacy essays. (See Anyon, Barber, Bloom, hooks, Knoblauch, and Orr)

Monday, August 11
8:30 Sharing your day’s class plan
10:00 Break
10:15 Suzette Dyer – Student Affairs
10:45 Sharing your day’s class plan continued
12:30 Evaluation/Day’s End

Assignment: Continue reading the Essay Exam Unit and the five essays. (See Anyon, Barber, Bloom, hooks, Knoblauch, and Orr)

Tuesday, August 12
8:30 Writing Center
8:45 Teaching the Essay Exam
10:00 Break
10:15 Teaching the Essay Exam continued
12:00 Using Groups to Teach Writing
12:45 Evaluation/Day’s End

Assignment: Re-read "Literacy and the Politics of Education"

Wednesday, August 13
8:30 Athletic Department
9:00 Discussion on "Literacy and the Politics of Education"
10:00 Break
10:15 Discussion on "Literacy and the Politics of Education" continued
11:00 Reflective Teaching
12:30 Evaluation/Day’s End

Assignment: Read Angelou’s "Uncle Willie" and complete reading guide, read "Possible Ways to Guide Reading," "Reading Questions for Argumentative and Position Essays," and "Perception and Change: Teaching Revision." Also read through all three drafts of the anonymous student’s literacy autobiography. (1, 2, 3)

Thursday, August 14
8:30 Teaching students to revise their own and others’ papers
10:00 Break
10:15 Revision continued
11:15 Counseling Services
11:30 Experienced GTAs
12:30 Evaluation/Day’s End

Assignment: Prepare to lead a discussion on literacy essay (see assignment description in essay exam packet).

Friday, August 15
8:00 Registration Dale Hall 128
8:30 University-wide TA Workshop, opening session only
9:00 Discussion of 1113 - Adjuncts Only
10:00 End of your participation in University-wide TA Workshop
10:30 Collaborative work on leading a discussion for remainder of the day

Assignment: Continue preparation to lead discussion on a literacy essay.

Monday, August 18
8:30 Constructing Policy Statement/ Syllabus/ Self
9:30 Discussion of Literacy Essays
10:30 Break
10:45 Discussion of Literacy Essays continued
11:15 Establishing grading criteria for the Essay Exam
12:30 Lunch Break
1:30 Discussion of Literacy Essays
2:30 Evaluation/Day’s End
Assignment: Read "Teaching First-Year Composition" and "Scenarios." Construct a Policy Statement. Read the essay exam question and grade and comment on student essays. Continue working on Policy Statements.

Tuesday, August 19
8:30 Writing the Literacy Essay
9:30 Professional responsibilities
10:00 Break
10:15 Peer Evaluation of Literacy Essay
11:15 Dealing with professional problems, in and out of the classroom
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Policy Statement and Syllabus Critique
2:30 Establishing Grading Standards and Commenting on Student Papers
3:00 Break
3:15 Establishing Grading Standards and Commenting on Student Papers
4:15 Final Evaluation