Welcome to EWCWelcome to EWC

The Writer’s Craft CourseThe Writer’s Craft CourseAn Overview for Parents & StudentsAn Overview for Parents & Students

The Bicycle ModelThe Bicycle Model The teacher designs and builds the bicycle. The teacher designs and builds the bicycle. Students provide the power.Students provide the power. Students can customize and tweak their bikes.Students can customize and tweak their bikes.

The skills and knowledge from this course will The skills and knowledge from this course will take students off the high school track and take students off the high school track and shape their ride on the paths of their lives.shape their ride on the paths of their lives.

The Bicycle ModelThe Bicycle Model An analogy for the relationships betweenAn analogy for the relationships between

Teaching Practices,Teaching Practices, Learning Theories,Learning Theories, Curriculum Documents,Curriculum Documents, Course Strands,Course Strands, Course Outline,Course Outline, Assignments,Assignments, Student Involvement.Student Involvement.

The Bicycle ModelThe Bicycle ModelFront WheelFront Wheel

Teaching PracticesTeaching Practices Learning TheoryLearning Theory Curriculum DocumentCurriculum Document

“…“…there is more to language than there is more to language than decoding and encoding, spelling and decoding and encoding, spelling and punctuation. There is a life of the punctuation. There is a life of the imagination, and that makes a difference imagination, and that makes a difference to human beings, even if it is a difference to human beings, even if it is a difference not easily measured by standardized not easily measured by standardized tests.”tests.” Bruce Pirie Bruce Pirie Reshaping High School EnglishReshaping High School English, page 3., page 3.

Teaching PracticesTeaching Practices

Teaching PracticesTeaching Practices ““Natalie Goldberg (1990, 1993) suggests Natalie Goldberg (1990, 1993) suggests

that timed writings are necessary to that timed writings are necessary to unleash thoughts and ideas that are unleash thoughts and ideas that are bubbling below the surface of our bubbling below the surface of our conscious daily experience.”conscious daily experience.”

Dennis J. Sumara “Creating Interpretive Possibilities with Literature in the Dennis J. Sumara “Creating Interpretive Possibilities with Literature in the Teacher Education Classroom”. 1999.Teacher Education Classroom”. 1999.

Teaching PracticesTeaching Practices ““Charles Suhor (1984) defined Charles Suhor (1984) defined

transmediation transmediation as as the student’s the student’s translation of content from one sign translation of content from one sign system into another system into another (p. 250). For (p. 250). For example, a written story may be sung or example, a written story may be sung or danced by students who are accomplished danced by students who are accomplished in the musical or bodilykinesthetic in the musical or bodilykinesthetic intelligences.”intelligences.” Queen’s University Cont590 website. Module 4.Queen’s University Cont590 website. Module 4.

Learning TheoriesLearning Theories Starting with the familiar is easier – Starting with the familiar is easier –

shifting to the less familiar form (poetry) shifting to the less familiar form (poetry) recreates unease, even if the group is recreates unease, even if the group is comfortable together. It takes time to comfortable together. It takes time to listen and respond positively.listen and respond positively.

Paraphrased from Luce-Kapler et. al. “The Design of Writing: unfolding Paraphrased from Luce-Kapler et. al. “The Design of Writing: unfolding systems of meaning”. systems of meaning”. Changing English. Changing English. Vol. 8, No. 1, 2001.Vol. 8, No. 1, 2001.

Learning TheoriesLearning Theories ““In order for learners to gain insight into In order for learners to gain insight into

their learning and their understanding, their learning and their understanding, frequent feedback is critical: students frequent feedback is critical: students need to monitor their learning and need to monitor their learning and actively evaluate their strategies and their actively evaluate their strategies and their current levels of understanding.”current levels of understanding.” Howard Smith Howard Smith How People LearnHow People Learn. Chapter 3.. Chapter 3.

Learning TheoriesLearning Theories “ “The fact that experts' knowledge is The fact that experts' knowledge is

organized around important ideas or organized around important ideas or concepts suggests that curricula should concepts suggests that curricula should also be organized in ways that lead to also be organized in ways that lead to conceptual understanding.”conceptual understanding.”

Howard Smith Howard Smith How People LearnHow People Learn. Chapter 2.. Chapter 2.

Curriculum DocumentCurriculum DocumentCan be downloaded in PDF at:Can be downloaded in PDF at:http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/

curriculum/secondary/curriculum/secondary/english1112currb.pdfenglish1112currb.pdf

The Bicycle ModelThe Bicycle ModelBack WheelBack Wheel

EWC’s Three StrandsEWC’s Three Strands Investigating WritingInvestigating Writing

Writing, Writers, and the Writing LifeWriting, Writers, and the Writing Life Practicing WritingPracticing Writing

Exploring Ideas, Forms, and StylesExploring Ideas, Forms, and Styles Drafting and RevisingDrafting and Revising Editing, Proofreading, and PublishingEditing, Proofreading, and Publishing Collaborative WritingCollaborative Writing

Reflecting on WritingReflecting on Writing MetacognitionMetacognition

The Bicycle Model The Bicycle Model Back WheelBack Wheel

Course OutlineCourse Outline IntroductionIntroduction Writer’s NotebookWriter’s Notebook Prose Elements & Short Prose Elements & Short

StoriesStories SummativeSummative MediaMedia PoetryPoetry ExamExam

EvaluationEvaluation Knowledge 15%Knowledge 15% Thinking 20%Thinking 20% Communication 20%Communication 20% Application 15%Application 15% Summative 20%Summative 20% Exam 10%Exam 10%

The Bicycle ModelThe Bicycle Model The AssignmentThe Assignment ChainChain

Cycles through the three Cycles through the three strands of the course.strands of the course.

Is powered by the student.Is powered by the student.

Can be customized forCan be customized for Student preferencesStudent preferences I.E.P. needsI.E.P. needs Unexpected circumstancesUnexpected circumstances

Sample AssignmentsSample Assignments IntroductionIntroduction

Finding ForesterFinding Forester Copy Copy WritingWriting

Writer’s NotebookWriter’s Notebook Metacognitive – Deep Metacognitive – Deep

ThoughtsThoughts Morning PapersMorning Papers Personal EntriesPersonal Entries

Finding ForesterFinding Forester Copy Writing Copy Writing

Sample AssignmentsSample Assignments PoetryPoetry

Many different typesMany different types MediaMedia

Research with wwwResearch with www Create in new formatsCreate in new formats

PublishingPublishing On-lineOn-line ContestsContests Bulletin BoardsBulletin Boards

Haiku / Imagist AssignmentHaiku / Imagist Assignment

Poetry PublishingPoetry Publishing

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CreditsCredits Thanks to Kevin Meldrum for help with PowerPoint.Thanks to Kevin Meldrum for help with PowerPoint. Created for Honors Cont590 Queen’s University, Summer 2008.Created for Honors Cont590 Queen’s University, Summer 2008. BibliographyBibliography

Finding ForesterFinding Forester image on slide 17 image on slide 17 http://www.projections-movies.com/images/findingforrester.jpghttp://www.projections-movies.com/images/findingforrester.jpg Accessed on August 7, 2008.Accessed on August 7, 2008.

Hoffman, Nina Kiriki. Hoffman, Nina Kiriki. A Fistful of SkyA Fistful of Sky. Ace Books: New York, 2002.. Ace Books: New York, 2002. Luce-Kapler, Rebecca, Jane Chin, Erin O’Donnell, & Shari Stoch. “The Luce-Kapler, Rebecca, Jane Chin, Erin O’Donnell, & Shari Stoch. “The

Design of Writing: unfolding systems of meaning”. Design of Writing: unfolding systems of meaning”. Changing English. Changing English. Vol. 8, No. 1, 2001.Vol. 8, No. 1, 2001.

Meldrum, Tania. Photos and images. Aug. 2008.Meldrum, Tania. Photos and images. Aug. 2008. Pirie, Bruce. Pirie, Bruce. Reshaping High School EnglishReshaping High School English. NCTE: Urbana, IL. . NCTE: Urbana, IL.

1997.1997. Queen’s University. Continuing Education 590 online. Module 4. Queen’s University. Continuing Education 590 online. Module 4.

Summer 2008. Summer 2008. http://ctesummer.educ.queensu.ca/CONT590/http://ctesummer.educ.queensu.ca/CONT590/ Smith, Howard. Smith, Howard. How People LearnHow People Learn. ebook. Accessed July 2008. . ebook. Accessed July 2008.

http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ Sumara, Denis J. “Creating Interpretive Possibilities with Literature in Sumara, Denis J. “Creating Interpretive Possibilities with Literature in

the Teacher Education Classroom”. 1999. Accessed on June 23, 2008. the Teacher Education Classroom”. 1999. Accessed on June 23, 2008.