LIBRARY AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER
Transforming Pedagogy and Curriculum with Information Literacy -- LSTA Grant from the Washington State Library
CURRICULUM PLANNING GUIDE
Course #: ENGL 96/101
Course Title:
Pre-College Writing/ Composition 1___
Instructor: Phebe Jewell
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Handouts & Resources: LOC classification sheet, reference worksheet, database search strategy worksheet, MLA
citation handout, CRAAP Test handout and worksheet, Library website
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Topic Ideas:
o Sherman Alexie – biography, writings, and literary criticism of his works
o History and Culture of Spokane Indian Tribe
o History of Indian Reservations
o History of Indian Boarding Schools
o Cultural assimilation
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Learning Outcomes: What should the student be able to do?
Students should be able to:
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Define the tasks in a multistep, multiple resource research project and formulate viable research problems
Strategize appropriate sources for information needs
Differentiate between resources and select appropriate resources
Locate information within resources by strategizing key terms and subject headings for databases, and by
using the navigation tools in print reference
Analyze, synthesize and present content
Cite their sources in MLA format
Evaluate information according to a rubric
Create an annotated bibliography
Knowledge base: What does the student need to know to do it well?
Students need to keep up with the reading of their shared text and have a group topic.
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Activity: How will the student learn?
Students will learn from an IL workshop with a mix of lecture, participatory demonstrations, small group hands-on
exploration of print reference with group sharing, and hands-on time with the databases working on team topics.
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Demonstration of learning: What will the student do to show what they have learned?
Students will ask questions and contribute to discussion and team-work in IL workshop, successfully complete the
worksheets and leave with relevant article titles. Students will complete an annotated bibliography in MLA format,
an evaluation checklist of their free web resource, and a task checklist.
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Criteria: How do you know the student has done this well?
ReSEARCH is an ongoing process: - prepare - ask - think - connect
The PILR IL rubric will provide the standard of analysis of the IL part of the project. Phebe has a separate rubric for
the presentation content.
ReSEARCH is an ongoing process: - prepare - ask - think - connect