Kenneth John Odle
Curriculum Vita

Fall Semester (September - December, 2010)

• ENGL 5830 - Multicultural Adolescent Literature
  Final Paper: Emersonian and Du Boisian Double Consciousness and Assimilation: The Formation of Dual Characters in the Works of Sherman Alexie and Gene Luen Yang

Spring Semester, 2010

• Awarded the Nash Scholarship in English Education
  View certificate

Fall Semester, 2009

• ENGL 3080 - Quest for Self
• ENGL 4840 - Multicultural American Children's Literature
  Final Project: Changing Depictions of Assimilation in American Multicultural Books for Children: A Changing Paradigm (Annotated Bibliography)
• ENGL 4790 - Teaching of Writing
  Final Lesson Plan Project
• ENGL 5740 - Grammar in Teaching of Writing
  Final Web Project

• Dean's List

Spring Semester, 2009

• ENGL 2220 - Literature and Cultures of the United States
• ENGL 3210 - American Literature II
• ENGL 3840 - Adolescent Literature
  Final Paper: "Machismo vs. Éxito: The Search for Male Identity in Mexican-American Young Adult Literature"
• ENGL 4800 - Teaching Literature in the Secondary School
• ENGL 5820 - Folklore and Folktales in Children's Literature

• Dean's List
• Inducted into Sigma Tau Delta (Alpha Nu Pi Chapter) - The National English Honors Society

Fall Semester, 2008

• ENGL 1100 - Literary Interpretation
  Play Review: "Moon Over Buffalo: A Review in Three Parts"
  Poetry Interpretation paper: "'We Can Never Be Born Enough' Re-creating the Myth of Childhood Through Three Poems"
• ENGL 2520 - Shakespeare
• ENGL 3120 - Western World Literature
• ENGL 3710 - Structures of Modern English

• Dean's List

Current Certification

Grades 6-12:

• BA - English, Language Arts, Grammar, Writing, Poetry, Literature, Great Books, Shakespeare, Drama, Business Writing, Yearbook.
• DA - Biology, Ecology, Botany, Zoology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Environmental Science, Life Science, Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology, Forensic Science.
• DX - General Science, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Life Science, Physical Science.

Schoolcraft Community Schools & Portage Public Schools (2009-2011)

Substitute Teacher

• Taught all subject areas in grades 3-12.

2010

• Carol Jago "Read Write Now: Teaching in a Digital Age" (Presentation at Western Michigan University) — September 30, 2010.
• Michigan Council of Teachers of English Bright Ideas Conference — April 10, 2010.

2009

• Michigan Council of Teachers of English Autumn Assembly — October 30, 2009.
• Michigan Council of Teachers of English Bright Ideas Conference — April 17, 2009.
  See my blog entry about this event.
• National Writing Project Rural Sites Network Conference — March 13 & 14, 2009.

Western Michigan University Teach MLK Workshop — January 19, 2011

"Using Multicultural Literature to Teach About Social Justice Issues"

• "Using Multicultural Literature to Teach About Social Justice" — My page of resources on mutlicultural literature and social justice.

Michigan Council of Teachers of English Bright Ideas Conference — April 10, 2010

Mind the Gap: Teaching for Reading and Writing Success to the Male Brain

• "Boys and Literacy" & mdash; My page of research and resources.
• Conference booklet

• Mr. Odle's World - my main web page.
• Mr. Odle's Big Bad Book Blog
• "Beyond Here Only Silence" (Fiction, Rockhurst Review, Spring 2002)
• "Keeping the Faith" (Nonfiction, Dana Literary Society, February 2002)
• "The Night Boat" (Fiction, Dream International Quarterly, 2004)
• "Bread 101" (Nonfiction, The Healing Art of Craft Anthology, forthcoming)