Friday, August 31, 2012

Lesson Plan: Kantz

Possible lesson plan for Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Journal: "Thanks But No Thanks"

Pass around attendance sheet

Journal Share

Begin discussion on Kantz

  • Initial reactions and volunteer to share their summery of the essay
  • Ask students how many of them identified with "Shirley," why do they identify with this student? How is that important to the article, but to them as new college writers?
  • Discuss problems with the article
  • Discuss how Kantz's article impacted their understanding of how they do research
  • From here, go back to Kleine and discuss the two pieces together (synthesis)
Time break down:

Journal and Journal Share: 15 mins

Kantz Discussion: 30 minutes

Cushion time: 10 minutes (also with this time, assign new work, collect any work due (Topic proposals), answer questions relating to project 1, discuss Library Day).


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