1. Welcome to EWC The Writer’s Craft Course An Overview for Parents & Students

3. The Bicycle Model  The teacher designs and builds the bicycle.  Students provide the power.  Students can customize and tweak their bikes.  The skills and knowledge from this course will take students off the high school track and shape their ride on the paths of their lives.

4. The Bicycle Model  An analogy for the relationships between  Teaching Practices,  Learning Theories,  Curriculum Documents,  Course Strands,  Course Outline,  Assignments,  Student Involvement.

5. The Bicycle Model Front Wheel  Teaching Practices  Learning Theory  Curriculum Document

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

7.  “Natalie Goldberg (1990, 1993) suggests that timed writings are necessary to unleash thoughts and ideas that are bubbling below the surface of our conscious daily experience.”  Dennis J. Sumara “Creating Interpretive Possibilities with Literature in the Teacher Education Classroom”. 1999.

8. Teaching Practices  “Charles Suhor (1984) defined transmediation as the student’s translation of content from one sign system into another (p. 250). For example, a written story may be sung or danced by students who are accomplished in the musical or bodilykinesthetic intelligences.”  Queen’s University Cont590 website. Module 4.

9. Learning Theories  Starting with the familiar is easier – shifting to the less familiar form (poetry) recreates unease, even if the group is comfortable together. It takes time to listen and respond positively.  Paraphrased from Luce-Kapler et. al. “The Design of Writing: unfolding systems of meaning”. Changing English. Vol. 8, No. 1, 2001.

10. Learning Theories  “In order for learners to gain insight into their learning and their understanding, frequent feedback is critical: students need to monitor their learning and actively evaluate their strategies and their current levels of understanding.”  Howard Smith How People Learn. Chapter 3.

11. Learning Theories  “The fact that experts' knowledge is organized around important ideas or concepts suggests that curricula should also be organized in ways that lead to conceptual understanding.”  Howard Smith How People Learn. Chapter 2.

12. Curriculum Document Can be downloaded in PDF at: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curricu lum/secondary/english1112currb.pdf

13. The Bicycle Model Back Wheel EWC’s Three Strands  Investigating Writing  Writing, Writers, and the Writing Life  Practicing Writing  Exploring Ideas, Forms, and Styles  Drafting and Revising  Editing, Proofreading, and Publishing  Collaborative Writing  Reflecting on Writing  Metacognition

14. The Bicycle Model Back Wheel  Course Outline  Introduction  Writer’s Notebook  Prose Elements & Short Stories  Summative  Media  Poetry  Exam  Evaluation  Knowledge 15%  Thinking 20%  Communication 20%  Application 15%  Summative 20%  Exam 10%

15. The Bicycle Model  The Assignment Chain  Cycles through the three strands of the course.  Is powered by the student.  Can be customized for  Student preferences  I.E.P. needs  Unexpected circumstances

16. Sample Assignments  Introduction  Finding Forester Copy Writing  Writer’s Notebook  Metacognitive – Deep Thoughts  Morning Papers  Personal Entries

17. Finding Forester Copy Writing

18. Sample Assignments  Poetry  Many different types  Media  Research with www  Create in new formats  Publishing  On-line  Contests  Bulletin Boards

19. Haiku / Imagist Assignment

20. Poetry Publishing

21. Got Problems?

23. Contact me for a fix. tania.meldrum@ocdsb.ca or 613-722-6551 ext 4017

25. Last Step: Have Fun!

27. Credits  Thanks to Kevin Meldrum for help with PowerPoint.  Created for Honors Cont590 Queen’s University, Summer 2008.  Bibliography  Finding Forester image on slide 17 http://www.projections- movies.com/images/findingforrester.jpg Accessed on August 7, 2008. http://www.projections- movies.com/images/findingforrester.jpghttp://www.projections- movies.com/images/findingforrester.jpg  Hoffman, Nina Kiriki. A Fistful of Sky. Ace Books: New York, 2002.  Luce-Kapler, Rebecca, Jane Chin, Erin O’Donnell, & Shari Stoch. “The Design of Writing: unfolding systems of meaning”. Changing English. Vol. 8, No. 1, 2001.  Meldrum, Tania. Photos and images. Aug. 2008.  Pirie, Bruce. Reshaping High School English. NCTE: Urbana, IL. 1997.  Queen’s University. Continuing Education 590 online. Module 4. Summer 2008. http://ctesummer.educ.queensu.ca/CONT590/ http://ctesummer.educ.queensu.ca/CONT590/  Smith, Howard. How People Learn. 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 the Teacher Education Classroom”. 1999. Accessed on June 23, 2008.