2009 Southern Nevada Writing Project Summer Institute

Day One Agenda

1. Breakfast / Browse

2. Scribe Report

3. Welcome from Dr. M. Christopher Brown

4. Artifact Share

5. Writing around Artifacts

6. Norm Setting

7. Response Group Protocol “Fishbowl”

8. LUNCH – Informal Response

9. Intro to the Computer Lab

10. NSEW “Compass Points” Activity

11.Ticket out the Door

2009 Southern Nevada Writing Project Summer Institute

SNWP Welcomes:

Dr. M. Christopher Brown IIProfessor and Dean of the College

of Education,

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2009 Southern Nevada Writing Project Summer Institute

Artifact Writing Activity

How did you choose your artifact? Why? What does it represent to you? What does it say (or not say) about you? What value does it have? What is the history attached to it? Setting? The where and when? Alternative history for your artifact?

2009 Southern Nevada Writing Project Summer Institute

2009 Summer Institute Norms

Webster’s Definition:

“a principle of right action binding upon the members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and acceptable behavior”

2009 Summer Institute Norms

2009 Southern Nevada Writing Project Summer Institute

2009 Southern Nevada Writing Project Summer Institute

2009 Southern Nevada Writing Project Summer Institute

2009 Southern Nevada Writing Project Summer Institute

Ticket out the Door:

What stood out for you today? What questions remain?