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Week 7 writing 1 - 2018 final
- 2. Professional Learning Conversations • Explore Resources: Social Media – Twitter – Pinterest
- 4. The Writing Process Stages of the Writing Process: – Prewrite – Draft – Revise – Edit – Publish – This is a recursive process. Most writers move back and forth among the stages
- 7. Graphic organizers • Graphic organizers in the composing process – Prewriting – Drafting • See links on this week’s Sakai page: – Graphic organizers for writing – Graphic organizers for reading
- 8. Haiku for winter Frosty winter’s day Bare white limbs on creaking trees Imperfection, grace What are the features of haiku as a text form?
- 9. Haiku as a Text Form • Line 1: 5 syllables • Line 2: 7 syllables • Line 3: 5 syllables
- 10. Twitter as a Text Form • How would you describe the features & conventions of a tweet? • How does a tweet differ in purpose from other text forms such as an email or blog post?
- 11. Chris Hadfield Tweet from Space • Original tweet: “Mining town in northern China – the open pits gleam with blue from space” • As haiku poem: Northern China mines (5) Open pits gleam blue from space (7) Rich reserves of ore (5)
- 14. Tutorials • PicCollage: Link is on Sakai for Week 7 Take it to the next level by “app smashing” via • ThingLink
- 15. Your Task • Pic Collage app on iPads • Select a Chris Hadfield tweet from space (handout) – Rewrite it to fit the haiku form (5/7/5) – Conduct any research needed to clarify the tweet – Using Pic Collage: • Select appropriate online images and arrange as a collage • Select a background • Type the haiku into a text box • Save to photos
- 16. Ontario Curriculum • How does this poetry/media activity address specific expectations in the Ontario Curriculum: Language? – Consider more than one strand • Media Studies • Writing • Reading • What other subject areas are also addressed?
- 17. School Context • If I were to replicate the PicCollage activity in a Junior classroom, what further supports or steps would I have to consider?
- 18. Listen to Your Life Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace. Frederick Beuchner, Listening to Your Life, p.2
- 20. Writing Decisions • Audience • Form • Purpose . Topic
- 21. Writing • 1. Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience • 3. Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively • 2. Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience • 4. Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process
- 22. Next Week • Professional Reading: Collaborative Writing
Editor's Notes
- What we think the writing process is … (think it’s a sequential activity)
- What the writing process actually is… https://blogs.montclair.edu/cwe/2013/04/18/perfecting-your-writing-process-a-lot-of-writing-and-a-little-dancing/
- https://onbeing.org/programs/poetry-from-the-on-being-gathering-john-paul-lederach-oct2018/
- Relate this to TC experiences with writing blogs vs. academic writing
- Does the writing strand reflect the Writing Process?