May 2010: Multi-genre Research Unit

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
What is a Brainstorming Work Day for Peer Review Day: Intro to Wikispaces
Multi-genre Genres Artifact 1 Artifact 1 Draft & COLEs:
Paper? Due! Computer Lab

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Researching Researching Rubric Building Peer Review Day: Loop Writing
Genres: MLA Genres & Artifacts 2 & 3
Works Cited “Found” Artifacts Drafts Due!

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Work Day for Intro to Reader Applying Reader Peer Review Day: Intro to Scribd:
Artifacts: Response Response to Non- Artifacts 4 & 5 Sharing Our Work
Print Media Drafts Due! (Computer Lab)
Computer Lab

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Peer Review Day: Work Day for Work Day for Peer Review Day: Work Day:
Artifacts 6 & 7 Artifacts: Artifacts: Making Artifacts 8 & 9 Title, Page, Table of
Contents, and
Drafts Due! Making Revisions Revisions Drafts Due!
Compiling

30 31
Projects Due on Wiki!
Work Day: Reflections Day:
Compiling Computer Lab

Monday
3 4
What is a Multi-genre
Paper?
- Introduce Multi-genre
Research Assignment
- Introduce Genre:
- Examples of genres and
models of genres (poetry,
newspaper, epitaphs, etc.)
- Form = Audience + Purpose
formula
- Examples of Multi-genre
Research Projects (from
Romano)
HW: Complete “Who Am
I?” handout
Tuesday
Brainstorming Genres
Discussion:
- Who is my audience? Will I
have multiple audiences?
- How do I want to represent
myself?
- Individual brainstorm of
possible genres
HW: Complete
“Brainstorming Genres”
handout
Week 1
Wednesday
5 6
Work Day for Artifact 1
- Work time for artifact 1
HW: Have Artifact 1 Draft
completed for tomorrow
Thursday
Peer-Review Day 1
- Students form peer-review
groups
- Students are provided with
“Peer-Review Questions” and
“Reminders for Positive and
Polite Peer Review” handouts;
going over these handouts as a
class
- Students engage in peer-
review of Artifact 1 Drafts
HW: Review “Peer Review
Questions” sheets and make
revisions to Artifact 1 Draft.
Friday
7
Intro to Wikispaces and
Collaborative Online
Learning Environments
(COLEs)
- Computer Lab for
introduction to Class
Wikispace, where students will
be doing their collaborative
peer-review and reflections
from this point forward.
- Explain benefits of using
Wikis for collaborative group
work
- Explain “public spaces” and
relate to concept of “Form =
Audience + Purpose”
- Students will post their first
reflections about the MGRP
process on the Wiki
HW: Continue working on
artifacts
 Week 2
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10 11 12 13 14
Researching Genres: Researching Genres & Rubric Building Peer Review Day 2 Loop Writing
MLA Works Cited “Found Artifacts”
-Computer Lab
- Students generate ideas -Engage students in the
- Reminders about MLA - Computer lab/library for for what the rubric for the -Students gather in their Peer brainstorming process of
formatting (used throughout genre research MGRP should look like Review groups to use their Peer “Loop Writing”
the year) and about using Review Group wiki for the first
in-text citations - Where can we search for - As a class, we talk about time HW: Continue working
-Reminders about where the
“found” artifacts? Looking requirements already set on artifacts
group should be meeting online
- Crediting original sources: at credible databases for forth, quality expectations, -Students will refer back to
what information do I need poetry, artwork, etc.; how etc. and how these different “Reminders for Peer Review”
to include? to use the library catalog. components should be sheet and will be reminded that
weighted. Wikispaces is a public domain
-Students will use the same “Peer
- How to create an MLA HW: Explore more
Review Questions” as last week,
“Works Cited” page possible “found” artifacts HW: Complete Artifacts 2 but will instead be posting their
& 3 for tomorrow, and answers on the wiki
-How to post content have posted on your
(artifact drafts) on the wiki Group wiki page. - Students engage in peer-review
of Artifact 2 & 3 Drafts
for Peer Review Sessions
HW: Use the “Peer Review
Questions” responses to revise
Artifact 2 & 3 drafts.
 Week 3
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
17 18 19 20 21
Work Day for Artifacts Intro to Reader Response Applying Reader Peer Review Day 3 Intro to Scribd:
Response to Non-Print Sharing Our Work
- Computer Lab -Introduce students to Media -Computer Lab
-Work time for artifacts Reader Response criticism, -Introduce students to the - Students gather in their Peer -Computer Lab
Review groups to use their
using an short example text, idea of “reading” non-print -Introduce scribd.com to
Peer Review Group wiki
HW: Continue working and by giving them a media, via reader response students, as a way of
on artifacts template for responding to - - Students will refer back to sharing their final projects
texts with Reader Response Example of Dorthea “Reminders for Peer Review” -Show students how to
Lange’s “Migrant Mother” sheet and will be reminded upload their final projects
-Introduce students to how photo that Wikispaces is a public to scribd
they can apply reader -Applying Reader Response domain -Show students how to
response to their Peer to this photo embed widgets into wiki
Review Sessions -Students will use the same pages—putting Scribd.com
- Discussion of how “Peer Review Questions” as documents onto Wiki
HW: At home, find any critically reading artifacts in previous weeks
genre of artifact and read by using Reader Response - Students create their own
-Students will incorporate
it carefully. When you are can be effective Reader Response into this
individual page on the wiki,
done, complete a Reader week’s Peer Review Session where they will post their
Response journal for that HW: Have Artifacts 4 & 5 final projects at the end of
artifact. Drafts completed and HW: Review Peer Review the unit
posted on the wiki by feedback and revise Artifact
tomorrow 4 & 5 drafts HW: Continue working
on artifacts

Monday
24
Peer Review Day 4
-Computer Lab
- Students gather in their Peer
Review groups to use their
Peer Review Group wiki
- Students will refer back to
“Reminders for Peer Review”
sheet and will be reminded
that Wikispaces is a public
domain
-Students will use the same
“Peer Review Questions” as
in previous weeks
-Students will incorporate
Reader Response into this
week’s Peer Review Session
HW: Review Peer Review
feedback and revise Artifact
6 & 7 drafts; Continue
working on artifacts
Week 4
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
25 26 27 28
Work Day for Artifacts: Work Day for Artifacts: Peer Review Day 4 Work Day:
Making Revisions Making Revisions Title Page, Table of
-Computer Lab Contents, and Compiling
- Computer Lab - Computer Lab - Students gather in their Peer
-Work time for artifacts, -Work time for artifacts, Review groups to use their -Students will work on
specifically focused on specifically focused on Peer Review Group wiki completing the title page,
making revisions and making revisions and table of contents, and on
- Students will refer back to
completing final drafts of completing final drafts of compiling their artifacts in
“Reminders for Peer Review”
artifacts artifacts sheet and will be reminded a digital form for their final
that Wikispaces is a public portfolio
HW: Continue working HW: Continue working domain
on artifacts on artifacts HW: Continue working
-Students will use the same on and polishing artifacts
“Peer Review Questions” as
in previous weeks
-Students will incorporate
Reader Response into this
week’s Peer Review Session
HW: Review Peer Review
feedback and revise Artifact
8 & 9 drafts; Continue
working on artifacts
 Week 5
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
31 1 2 3 4
Work Day: Projects Due on
Compiling
-Students will work on Wiki!
completing the title page, Reflections Day
table of contents, and on
compiling their artifacts in -Students should have final
a digital form for their final projects posted on wiki
portfolio page for today!

-Students will refer back to -Students who wish to will

the rubric created at the have a chance to share their
beginning of the unit, as a final projects with the class
checklist for their final
project -Students will complete a
final reflection on the
process of creating this
portfolio: what they learned
HW: Continue
about themselves, about
working on and technology, and about using
polishing artifacts, multiple genres.
finish compiling
artifacts. Post
completed project on
wiki page.