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Writing Together. Education 193/593 2 Professional Development Credits Spring 2005 Lower Kuskokwim School District Department of Academic Programs. Course Focus. Teacher as Writer Student as Writer. You as a Writer Purpose Fluency Confidence Process Traits Modes
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Writing Together Education 193/593 2 Professional Development Credits Spring 2005 Lower Kuskokwim School District Department of Academic Programs
Course Focus Teacher as Writer Student as Writer
You as a Writer Purpose Fluency Confidence Process Traits Modes Sharing/Publishing Student as Writers Purpose Fluency Confidence Process Traits Modes Sharing/Publishing Resources Two Related Parts to Course
Class Times and Dates • Part I: Teacher As Writer • February 1: 6-9 • February 3: 6-9 • February 8: 6-9 • February 10: 6-9 • February 15: 6-9
Class Times and Dates • Part II: Student as Writer • February 24: 6-9 • March 1: 6-9 • March 3: 6-9 • March 8: 6-9 • March 10: 6-9
Part I: What you will do • Process • Gain fluency • Explore writing process as a tool • Reflect on writing with modes & traits • Share/publish writing • Product • Writer’s Notebook: daily writing • Write/Revise/Edit/Publish Resume • Publish Biography (not auto) • Publish Memoir
Part II: What you will do • Process • Use writing process to develop fluency • Have students write daily for: • Enjoyment • Different audiences and purposes • Introduce traits to students for: • Revision/Editing • For focusing writing • Product • Have students keep writer’s notebook OR journal • Write/share three lesson plans/written reflection • Submit written reviews of 3 recommended articles/books about writing
What do you have to do pass? Must be present to pass Meet assignment criteria Must turn in all assignments by March 28, 2005
Today Why do we write? Why bother?
“Writing is the ultimate learning tool for all students of all ages in all subjects.” Write Source 2000 “Giving people permission to think thoughts that come and to write them down and make sense of them in any way they wish.” Writing Down the Bones Natalie Goldberg “We should write because it is human nature to write. Writing claims our world. It makes it directly and specifically our own.” The Right to Write Julia Cameron
“Writing allows us to hold our life in our hands and making something of it. We grow a piece of writing not only by jotting notes and writing rough drafts but also by noticing, wondering, remembering,questioning, yearning.” The Art of Teaching Writing Lucy McCormick Calkins
“…as human beings we write to communicate, plan, petition, remember, announce, list, imagine…but above all, we write to hold our lives in our hands and to make something of them…Writing allows us to turn the chaos(of our live) into something beautiful, to frame selected moments to uncover and celebrate the organizing patterns of our existence.” The Art of Teaching Writing Lucy McCormick Calkins
“Writing is an act of faith: faith that what I have to say, how I see the world, are important. I listen. I see. I feel and I record. Keeping the words flowing is an act of faith.” Writing Toward Home Georgia Heard
Writing makes us better teachers. When students see how we struggle, organize, think, reread, revise, edit, and get ideas with and through our writing, they ares upported in their writing. Literacy at the Crossroads Regie Routman
“The simple fact is we have to see ourselves as writers if we are to teach writing well. This is no easy feat. Doing the task and feeling competent at it are two different things. “ Writing Essentials Regie Routman
Write to… Explore personal thoughts Understand New Ideas Show Learning Share Write Source: 2000
Getting Started…. • Writer’s Notebook • Writing Process
Writer’s Notebook “…get in the habit of paying attention to your world and writing down what you notice…” Ralph Fletcher
“Imagine your raw notebook material as mineralized rocks you have dragged home.”Ralph Fletcher
Who are these people” Ralph Fletcher Natalie Goldberg Regie Routman Lucie McCormick Calkins Paul Fleichman Nancy Atwell Julia Cameron Georgia Heard
Your guide… A Writer’s Notebook: Unlocking the Writer Within You, Ralph Fletcher, 1996. Write Source Series-Great Source (Find the ones in your school)
When you look as yourself as a writer… • How do you feel when you get started? • What keeps you going? • Why do you stop? • When do you stop? • What kind of “talk” goes through your head when you write?
Living like a writer… • What does it look like? • What tools do you need? • What helps you get moving? *environment (music, desk, bed, couch, away from work environment (or not),with/out coffee, places for thoughts *devices-pen, spiral notebook, pretty notebook, lined/unlined
Your Assignment Keeping Your Notebook Write Daily At least 10”
“Stuff” for your notebook… • Details around you • Sensory impact • “Seed notes” • “Mind pictures” • “Gems you hear” • Memories • Clips from newspaper, magazines • Lines from stories • Pictures/snapshots/photos (scrapbook)
Getting Started with the Writing Process • Prewriting • Drafting Getting your thoughts on paper