Parts of your Curriculum:

• Rationale and Theory
• A number of consecutive assignments (4-8)
• Detailed lessons for one of the assignments (this will be the same as your lesson plan)
• An assessment plan

Rationale and Theory:
What is the theoretical basis for your curriculum?  Are you a big Kinneavy fan?  Or do you love Elbow?  Maybe you are a Writers' Workshop nut, or an aficionado some other school of composition.  Maybe there is another unifying factor for your theories.  Whosever theory [or a blend of several, maybe] you most relate to, give an overview of the theory and how it relates to the kinds of assignments your students will be doing.  What are some of the underlying assumptions of your curriculum?  These are the ideas this section should address.  See a sample here.

A Number of Consecutive Assignments (4-8)
Whether you're working with an entire school year's worth of writing or only a semester, there should be some reason behind the order of writing assignments you have your students do.  This is the section that will outline the progression of assignments and why you have chosen to arrange them like that.  For example, you might be coordinating the writing with the literary works students are reading.  If so, say why, describe the writing assignments, and explain how they relate to what your students are reading.  Look at this sample if you'd like.

Detailed Lessons for One of the Assignments
As noted above, this will be the same assignment as your lesson plans.  For ONE of the writing assignments in your curriculum, write out the entire unit, and you'll have us practice part of the unit as your teaching demonstration.  See the sample here.

An Assessment Plan
Are you a rubric person?  A portfolio person?  A combination?  In this section, you'll explain how you will be assessing either the individual writing assignments or the collection.  We can discuss more of this in class, but you could look at the sample here.