ACTIVITIES
Writing
(Explicit language acquisition)
· Include math autobiographies
1. HERstories
2. HIStories
3. THEIR stories
· Include self-evaluation journals
1. math skills needed by successful people, students
2. How do I see myself in the math mirror?
· Include math writing assignments among required writing assignments and homework assignments
· Develop course components
1. Process (transactional) writing in mathematics
2. Relating reading, writing, and math
ACTVITIES
Reading
(Implicit language acquisition)
· Include math (auto)biographies and success stories in level-appropriate reading list and assignments
1. culture
2. ethnicity
3. gender
· Include key level-appropriate math vocabulary in assignments
· Include oral presentations of math writing assignments (interpersonal communication)
· Develop course components
1. Reading your math textbook for understanding
2. Relating reading, writing, and math
ACTIVITIES
Math
· Continue existing writing components
1. start Writing Journal (information cards) – best & worst math experiences, goal setting
2. study cards – one per textbook section
3. Transactional Writing Assignments – one per Unit
4. Error Analysis – one per Unit
· Continue Peer Tutoring (Service-Learning project)
· Develop course components
1. Administer/interpret Learning Styles inventory (cross-discipline implications)
2. How to set winning goals
3. Additional writing prompts – descriptive, narrative, compare & contrast, persuasive, etc.
4. Textbook reading assignments
5. Open-ended test questions that require reading and writing skills