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98 | WriteDesign
| WriteDesign
Philosophy | Background
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Organizers | Rules
of Thumb | Glossary
| Quotes
| WordList
| Grades
| Favorite
Sites | Co-Teachers - Doug
and Melissa
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E-Mail Doug at mrdoug@aznet.net
or Melissa at mjmckinstry@earthlink.net
Course Activities for Fall 1999
Weeks 1-7
"A Journey into Self"
Week 1
(September 2-3)
Welcome
"Break the Ice" - Course Overview -
"My Name Is
Me and I Am It " - Response Groups
Week 2
(September 6-10)
Labor Day on Monday (no school) -
Friday early dismissal for Rosh
Hashana
Start Weekly Journals - Grading
Philosophy and Six-Week
Rubric - Culture
Bags
Week 3
(September 13-17)
Graphic
Organizers - River
of Words
Week 4
(September 20-24)
Yom Kippur on Monday (no school)
- Late start on Tuesday
Continue River
of Words - Show
Not Tell (Figurative Language
Examples)
Week 5
(September 27-October
1)
Continue River
of Words - Analytical
Essay on Myths
Week 6
(October
4-8)
Continue River
of Words - Analytical
Essay on Myths
Week 7
(October 11-15)
First Progress Report
Wisdom
of Faith questionnaire
Weeks 8-13
"Filling the
Well"
Week 8
(October
18-22)
Set Six-Week
Goals - Work on Meeting Goals - Continue
River
of Words
Week 9
(October
25-29)
Work on Meeting Goals - Continue
River
of Words
Week 10
(November
1-5)
Work on Meeting Goals - Continue
River
of Words
Week 11
(November
8-12)
River
of Words/Watershed Trip
(8th-9th) - Work on Meeting
Goals
Week 12
(November
15-19)
Work on Meeting Goals
Week 13
(November 22-26)
Early dismissal on 24th -
Thanksgiving 25-26
Work on Meeting
Goals
Weeks
14-20 "Story of Self"
Week
14 (November 29-December 3)
Second Progress
Report
Present Progress on Goals (live and
on-line) - Setting
Goals - Six-Week
Goals
Week 15
(December
6-10)
Week 16
(December
13-17)
Portfolio Nuts and
Bolts - Semester
Portfolio Rubric - Work on Goals -
Week 17
(December 20- 31)
Winter
Break
Work on Portfolio and
Goals
Week 18
(January
3-7)
Work on Portfolio and
Goals
Week 19
(January
10-14)
Work on Portfolio and Goals
Week 20
(January 17-21)
Martin Luther King Day on Monday
(no school)
Present Showcase Portfolios to
Community - Work on Portfolio and Goals - Present Showcase
Portfolios to Mama, Doug, and peers
Week 19
(January 24-28)
End of First Semester
Present Showcase Portfolios to Mama, Doug,
and peers
Site
Map | WD
Syllabus Spring 99 - Fall
98 | WriteDesign
| WriteDesign
Philosophy | Background
| On-Line
Resources | Graphic
Organizers | Rules
of Thumb | Glossary
| Quotes
| WordList
| Grades
| 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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