January 31, 2011

Today in class we continued the metaphor presentations.

Dr. Phillips also began talking to us about the group projects in detail. She also mentioned if you are having difficulty looking for articles to check blogger for examples.

During the group projects the presenter and the reader will be assigned to do two different tasks:

Presenter- must pick 4 articles and let the class know when and what they need to read. Each person in the group needs to contribute to the leading discussion :

· Handouts àdiscussion questions or passages/excerpts you find important or interesting.

à Theory/research

àComparison with students

· Power point

· Additional/ related info

It just needs to be something concrete to expand on what we are reading.

Readers Role- MUST PRINT THE ARTICLES AND BRING THEM TO CLASS!! You also must write notes in the margin. (that is to help you with the verbal contribution in the discussion). The reader will also be creating a synthesis/ reader response/ chart, so you must read the articles.

Dr. Phillips will continue to discuss more about the projects so she said attendance to class on Wednesday and Friday is very important.

*Oh and for the groups who are not presenting you can still turn in articles for extra credit up until you present.*