Week 1: Should First Year Composition (FYC) be required?
Aug. 26 Monday
- The Beginning of the Journey
- The Abolitionist Movement
Week 2: Labor Day Holiday
Sep. 2 Monday
- NO CLASS MEETING
Week 3: Expressivism/Writing Process Theory
Sep. 9 Monday
- Discuss freewriting
Week 4: A Vision for Teaching Composition
Sep. 16 Monday
- Begin Teacher Scholar web site
- Create a Composition Teaching Vision Statement
Week 5: The History of Composition Studies I (Historical Accounts)
Sep. 23 Monday
- Discuss important moments in the history of Composition Studies
- Your Teaching Vision Statement First DRAFT DUE
- The History of Composition Studies II (Historical Moments)
Week 6: Cognitivism
Sep. 30 Monday
- Your Teaching Vision Statement Second DRAFT DUE
- Peer Review of Your Teaching Vision Statement Second DRAFT
- Discuss models of the mental process that writers use
Week 7: Holistic Embodied Writing
Oct. 7 Monday
- Guest Lecture
- Discuss embodied writing and memory
Week 8: Poetry Writing
Oct. 14 Monday
- Write a poem
Week 9: Literacy Stories
Oct. 21 Monday
- Early literacy experiences
- Writing your Teacher Story
- Discuss “Writing Stories in College” by Gian Pagnucci
Week 10: Social Constructionism
Oct. 28 Monday
- Teacher Story First DRAFT DUE
- Engage in the “conversation of humankind”
- Peer Review of Teacher Story First DRAFT
Week 11: Post-Process Theory
Nov. 4 Monday
- Discuss how writing is public, situated, and interpretive
- Your Teacher Story Second DRAFT DUE
Week 12: Finding Forrester
Nov. 11 Monday
- View film Finding Forrester
- Bring food to share
Nov. 15 Friday
- Your Theory of Teaching First DRAFT DUE
- Your draft may be short (just a few pages) or complete (the full length), whatever suits your needs as a writer best
- Send your paper to Dr. Pagnucci (<pagnucci@iup.edu>) via email by 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15
- Label your email with Subject: 833 Theory Paper
Week 13: Paper Conferences
Nov. 18 Monday
- Conference with Dr. Pagnucci about Theory of Teaching DRAFT
Week 14: Thanksgiving Holiday
November 25 Tuesday
- Holiday
- No Class Meeting
Week 15: Can Composition Save the World?
Dec. 2 Monday
- Composition and Social Justice
- “Opinion: Composition Studies Saves the World!” by Patricia Bizzell: College English, Volume 72, Number 2, November 2009
Week 16: Your Teacher Scholar Journey
Dec. 9 Monday
- The End of this Course Journey (but not the end of the journey)
- Class Celebration
- Writing Your Future
Week 17: Your Teacher Scholar Website DUE
Dec. 13 Friday
- NO CLASS Meeting
- Your Teacher Scholar Website DUE
If Only We Had More Time 🙁
- Writing Workshop
- Read and Respond to Theory of Teaching Papers
- The Avengers Save Composition
- Discuss Mikhail Bakhtin
- Discuss Lev Vygotsky