Terry Beck, English Department, UW La Crosse (beck.terr@uwlax.edu)
Nancy Chick, English Department, UW Colleges (nchick@uwc.edu)
Holly Hassel, English Department, UW Colleges (hhassel@uwc.edu)
Aeron Haynie, English Department, UW Green Bay (hayniea@uwgb.edu)
Bryan Kopp, English Department, UW La Crosse (kopp.brya@uwlax.edu)
Coordinating the efforts of faculty across the UW System, our team will develop a lesson that could be used in a variety of literature (and possibly composition) courses. We are beginning with a bigger question about student learning in English courses--namely, how to "help students value and use complexity to construct understanding."
The Course
We will start with an introductory literature course taught at UW-Green Bay by Aeron Haynie. The course, with 45 students per section, is called ENG 104: Introduction to Literature. ("The distinctive characteristics of poetry, plays, short stories and the novel, intended to help students understand, appreciate and enjoy literature ranging from the classic to the contemporary," according to the official course description.) Most students, but not all, are freshmen. The course satisfies a general education requirement and is a writing emphasis class.
Email our team at englishsotl@uwm.edu
Visit our planning blog: http://lessonstudy.blogs.com/englishsotl/
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