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After The End: Teaching and Learning Creative Revision Barry Lane

After The End: Teaching and Learning Creative Revision Barry Lane. As Presented by Leroy Zagata. Barry Lane. Taught at University of New Hampshire Started literacy program in Vermont prison system Writes books Runs writing workshops Loves revision!.

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After The End: Teaching and Learning Creative Revision Barry Lane

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  1. After The End: Teaching and Learning Creative RevisionBarry Lane As Presented by Leroy Zagata

  2. Barry Lane • Taught at University of New Hampshire • Started literacy program in Vermont prison system • Writes books • Runs writing workshops • Loves revision! Gap-toothed Lane in the essential embarrassing author headshot.

  3. The Seven Step Writing Process • Brainstorm • Map • Freewrite • Draft • Revise • Clarify • Edit

  4. Barry’s Writing Process • Revise • Revise • Revise • Revise • Revise • Revise • Revise

  5. Writing is revision • Turning questions into leads • Scary Story • Digging for details • Is it just a hat?

  6. Graphing Characters • Students make a graph of character emotion • Do the same for other characters, overlay graphs • Explain character relationships • Helps focus interest in an issue and see shape of the story/character

  7. Peer Conferencing • The more they conference, the less they bother you • Create forms with the following: • I like: • I wonder: • Questions: • Plan for action:

  8. Praise is the glue • Keep it specific • What happens when you’re too vague? • After praise • Questions • What do you want to know? • Comments • Concerns • Confusing passages, suggestions

  9. I scratch out a lot, and I never go to the next sentence until the previous one is perfect. Then I type the manuscript and that’s it. I never revise. -Cynthia Ozick

  10. An interesting view of the freewrite • Think about what you want to write first • Scribble down important points you want to remember • Write! • If it’s not how you like it, change it • If you get stuck, stop and think, then write some more

  11. Nutshell • Lane presents some interesting, usable ideas. • Some common practice • Some a bit different • Some very different • Good resource for teachers who teach writing

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