taking
education into the next millennium
at the San
Diego Jewish Academy
(formerly at
Coronado High School).
WriteDesign online started Fall 1998 as an adjunct to
WriteDesign. The course and the online component embody the spirit of
communications by merging writing, art, design, creativity,
technology, and integrity.
Students will meet with the instructors five days
a week for two hours and additional interaction will take place
digitally. Work will be submitted in traditional print formats as
well as via e-mail, the Internet, live readings, and through
electronic and print portfolios.
Site
Map | Syllabus
Fall 99 - Spring
99 | WriteDesign
| WriteDesign
Philosophy | Background
| Graphic
Organizers | On-Line
Resources | Rules
of Thumb | Glossary
| Quotes
| WordList
| Grades
| References
| Favorite
Sites | Co-Teachers - Doug
and Melissa
| Gallery
E-Mail Doug at mrdoug@aznet.net
or Melissa at mjmckinstry@earthlink.net
Course Activities Fall 1998
Weeks 1-7
"A Journey into Self"
Week 1
(August 31-September
4)
"Break the Ice" - Course Overview -
Graphic
Organizers - "My
Name Is Me and I Am It" - Layout
Samples - Response Groups
Week 2
(September
7-11)
Start Weekly Journals - Grading
Philosophy and Six-Week
Rubric - "Know Your Audience" - Get your
digital tools together (e-mail and web basics) - Culture
Bags
Week 3
(September
14-18)
True
Sentence - Show,
Not Tell - "21
and Over Club - Drink the Words"
Week 4
(September
21-25)
"21 and Over Club - Drink the Words
Rubric"
Week 5
(September 28-October
2)
Memoir
Annotation - Synectics
- Metacognition (get use to this term, it will haunt you throughout
the course and beyond) - Quest
Reading (The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn - Greek and Roman Mythology
Week 6
(October
5-9)
Memoir
Rubric - "Author's
Chair"
Week 7
(October
12-16)
Finish the Memoir
Weeks 8-13
"Filling the
Well"
Week 8
(October
19-23)
Set Six-Week
Goals - Work on Meeting Goals - Continue
Quest
Reading
Week 9
(October
26-30)
Work on Meeting Goals - Continue
Quest
Reading
Week 10
(November
2-6)
Work on Meeting Goals - Continue
Quest
Reading
Week 11
(November
9-13)
Work on Meeting Goals - Continue
Quest
Reading
Week 12
(November
16-20)
Work on Meeting Goals - Continue
Quest
Reading
Week 13
(November 23-27 - short week -
Thanksgiving)
Work on Meeting Goals - Continue
Quest
Reading
Weeks
14-20 "Story of Self"
Week
14 (November 30-December 4)
Present Progress on Goals (live and
on-line) - "Myth,
Legend, and Pop Icon" Idea Bank -
WebQuest
- Myth, Legend, and Pop Icon -
Setting
Goals - Six-Week
Goals
Week 15
(December
7-11)
Work on WebQuest
and Goals
Week 16
(December 14-18 - begin Winter
break)
Portfolio Nuts and
Bolts - Semester
Portfolio Rubric - Work on
WebQuest
and Goals -
Week 17
(January
4-8)
Present WebQuest
- Portfolio Nuts and
Bolts - Work on Portfolio and
Goals
Week 18
(January
11-15)
Work on Portfolio and
Goals
Week 19
(January
18-22)
Present Showcase Portfolios to Community,
January 20th - Work on Portfolio and Goals - Present Showcase
Portfolios to Mama, Doug, and peers
Week 20
(January
25-29)
Present Showcase Portfolios to Mama, Doug, and
peers
Site
Map | Syllabus
Fall 99 - Spring
99 | WriteDesign
| WriteDesign
Philosophy | Background
| Graphic
Organizers | On-Line
Resources | Rules
of Thumb | Glossary
| Quotes
| WordList
| Grades
| References
| Favorite
Sites | Co-Teachers - Doug
and Melissa
| Gallery
E-Mail Doug at mrdoug@aznet.net
or Melissa at mjmckinstry@earthlink.net
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Melissa and I would like to
thank znet
for
making a commitment to
education and WriteDesign.
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