1. Writing for Peace Writer’s Retreat Prof. Nina Torres Vidal April 16, 2005 9:00-4:00 Mona’s Mexican Restaurant

2. About Nina Torres Vidal Full Professor at the University of the Sacred Heart Translator Currently translating Esmeralda Santiago’s The Turkish Lover Writer of articles on feminism and theology

3. Writing for Peace Reading and writing exercises were used as a means of understanding the concept of peace, and how teachers can foster peace within the classroom environment through writing activities.

4. Prewriting Activities Introducing the concept of peace through group discussion Word Wall summarizing ideas Discussion of concepts presented in sample readings.

5. Materials Diversity of recommended readings, including essays and poems Peace altar Paper and colored pencils for Word Wall

6. Writing Activities Using word or concept walls to brainstorm about peace Writing about violence and non-violence using objects which we carry in our bags Writing thoughts about peace which will serve as writing prompts

7. Closing Activities Choral Reading of poems related to the day’s topics Sharing of writing done throughout the day Peer Response exercise

8. Readings Articles Bolker, Joan. “A Room of One’s Own Is Not Enough”. The Writer’s Home Companion: An Anthology of the World’s Best Writing Advice from Keats to Kunitz (1997) Edited by Joan Bolker,Ed. D. Holt and Company. Cumming, Patricia. “Getting Started: Writing Suggestions”. The Writer’s Home Companion: An Anthology of the World’s Best Writing Advice from Keats to Kunitz (1997) Edited by Joan Bolker,Ed. D. Holt and Company. Paulsell Stephanie. “Writing as a Spiritual Discipline” The Scope of Our Art: The Vocation of the Theological Teacher (2002) Edited by L. Gregory Jones & Stephanie Paulsell.W. Eerdmann’s Publishing Co. Michigan/Cambridge.

9. Poems Burgos, Julia. “Yo misma fui mi ruta” Swann, Matilde Alba. “Matar a un hombre en Vietnam” Celaya, Gabriel. “La poesía es un arma cargada de futuro”

10. Other “Peace is the Way: Inspirational Quotations for Peacemakers”. Compiled by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. 10/8/01