This course is especially designed for teachers K- 12 in any subject area. Teachers will learn and utilize writing craft techniques that will be taught to students. This is what's included in the class:
• Receive a packet of writing ideas,
• Enrich your own writing,
• View videos from the experts in writing including Lucy Calkins and cite how to apply the strategies in your teaching,
• Read and critique articles on writing,
• Gain new thinking about teaching elements of writing craft,
• Learn new strategies that simplify writing for students
• Develop and write responses as memoirs (personal experiences) to five prompts like "Who are 3 people that have influenced your life greatly and tell how each one has been so beneficial” in order for participants to see the value in using memoirs in teaching writing.
• Implement specific strategies modeled in the textbook, Craft Lessons, by creating four new craft lessons and utilizing them with students (school or home). The book presents 95 lessons and a wealth of information for teaching leads, character, endings, stronger verbs, and much more.
• Be introduced to three proven techniques to enhance writing ability: the AREA Approach, Readers' Theatre, and RAFT.
The book needed for the class is Craft Lessons by Ralph Fletcher and Joanne Portalupi (Second Edition, ISBN-13: 978-1571107060).
If you have any questions, please contact Jill Darlington, jildar@berksiu.org, 610-987-8649.