EDU 640: Midterm

June 21


Bring one hard copy of your commentary draft to class to workshop the piece. If you can, have your laptop in class and email your draft to your peer-group so each of you can directly respond to the electronic draft.


Email before class as attachment a full draft of your commentary; name file with your first initial, lastname, "commentary" and then .docx—for example: PThomas.commentary.docx


Midterm – 15% : Candidates will identify a current issue in literacy education that is misunderstood by the public and then draft a public commentary (750-1250 words) with hyperlinks to research/evidence to clarify the topic. See as examples:http://wrestlingwithwriting.blogspot.com/p/books-by-p-l-thomas.html;http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/;http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/;http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teacher_in_a_strange_land/; http://shankerblog.org/;http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/;http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet