Course Schedule – Multimodal Writing

Date & Due in Class	Other Recommended Resources
January 27: Course Introduction Complete this Google Form	3 ways to speak English Accents Rethinking writing
February 3: Colonialism & English Education Read Upending Colonial Practices in English Education Respond on the blog Sign up to facilitate a seminar	Decolonization is for everyone Decolonization is not a metaphor Anti-colonial Framework for Teacher Education
February 10: Narrative Writing I Read Artifacts and Authorship and/or Crafting Multitlingual Monologues Respond on the blog	When I grow up I want to be a list of further possibilities Create safety by modeling vulnerability
February 24: Narrative Writing Part II Read Momentos de Cambio: Cultivating Bilingual Students’ Epistemic Privilege through Memoir and Testimonio and/or Poetry and Personal Writing Respond on the blog	Who is a settler? Men We Reaped (Ward) “Ad as Mentor Text” Narrative Assignments Created in Class
March 2: Argumentative Writing I Read The Humanity of our Students isn’t up for Debate AND On cultivating radical imagination Respond on the blog	Enrique’s Journey Gaming and Argumentation
March 9: Argumentative Writing II (Guest Lecturer) Student Activism Respond on the blog	Using Nonfiction to Advocate for Change Arguing over Cartoons
March 16: Literary Analysis I Please note: this due date is EXTENDED. Read/post at any time over the course of the semester. Read Making Metaphor Visible Respond on the blog Complete this survey View the contingency plan Sign up for March 23 video chat	Designing novel lessons
Saturday, March 21 NYCORE CONFERENCE CANCELLED	LA Strike Oklahoma Strike
March 23: Teaching in Turbulent Times SIGN UP FOR A SMALL GROUP VIDEO CONFERENCE View the contingency plan Watch this clip and then this presentation created by Cass, Misty, and Mohamed Respond on the blog	Drama and Literature RPG and Literary Analysis Recommended reading: Even Cinderella is white
March 30: Teaching (Action) Research I Read Students as emerging researchers Respond on the blog	Challenges and Tensions of YPAR Action beyond the classroom
April 6: Teaching (Action) Research II Read Multi-genre Research and/or Photos and Action Research Respond on the blog	Rebooting Research Revising Resistance
April 13: SPRING BREAK
April 20: First Steps Toward Handbook Create 4-5 bullet points describing how you’ll approach your chapter, be ready to share with small groups Check in on the blog
April 27: Onward toward the Handbook! Complete one small part of chapter, to share with small group Check in on the blog	Power Play To Correct or Not? “Other” English
May 4: Continuing the Handbook Share handbook progress with small group Final check in on the blog	Peer Feedback Digital Revision Confer with students Read write talk
May 11: Graduation! Handbook Due via e-mail; full-class session for graduation ceremony

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