We know you have tons of questions. We’re going to work with you over the summer to write lesson plans for the first two weeks of your class, and in the practicum in the fall, you will work together with Gloria Fisk to work out and develop strategies for teaching the entire semester.

To begin to think about that, skim through the sequence of lesson plans we’ve posted on the 110 site.

Each of the plans covers one class meeting. Each meeting lasts for an hour and 15 minutes of meeting time plus 30 minutes of group conference/small group meetings.

Vocabulary side note on the Conference Hour:
That last 30 minutes is “the conference hour,” as in, 30 minutes x 2 / week.

You may notice that the lesson plans are broken up a lot, so the students move from one activity to the next. You may also notice an emphasis on group work and workshopping. We intend to make every day a writing day, and you will see this intention reflected in the lesson plans, too.