Aims To know how guided writing can be used effectively to support & challenge pupils at various stages within the teaching sequence – learning walk and Hilary’s observations What are the differences between the teaching strategies to improve ...
Purpose of the workshop This workshop has been designed to support improvement in teaching and assessing writing in all subject areas in levels first to third. The workshop can be delivered by Faculty heads, principal teachers, literacy leaders, CLPL leaders ...
Reasons for teaching writing • Many reasons for getting students to write, both in and outside class – Thinking times; • Language processing (thinking about the language) • Thinking about writing – Writing-for-learning; writing is used as practice tool to ...
Why the Writing Workshop Model? When learners are given explicit instruction and lots of time to write, clear goals, and powerful feedback, their writing improves. When teachers explicitly teach the qualities, habits, and strategies of effective writing, that writing becomes ...
TODAY (IN 45 MINUTES!) Mission of the WAC program What is WAC and Writing-to-Learn Quick overview of some WTL strategies to use in courses that are not focused on teaching writing Mission of the Kathleen Jones White Writing Center ...
Explicit Teaching A central message is the importance of explicitly teaching writing and a gradual release of responsibility – moving from modelling to shared and interactive to independent writing. Modelling → Shared & Interactive → Independent To learners &rarr ...
Skills are processes that have been practised E.g. Essay writing using the art/design process Critical thinking, evaluation analysis analysing an argument etc Effective teaching of study skills [Hattie, Biggs and Purdie (1996)] Teach the study skills ‘up front&rsquo ...
Learning Outcomes Participants will be able to: - Review the Grant application and process - Review the eligibility of the grant - Review the criteria for evaluation - Develop steps and strategies in writing an effective grant focusing on each ...
Workshop Format • 8:30-9:45 AM followed by break • 3 ten minute presentations – Gary Hackbarth – Monica Chiarini Tremblay – Ann Fruhling – Ashish Gupta (Scribe and note taker) • Moderated Questions and Answers Gary Hackbarth Teaching HealthCare Informatics ...
CLIL- Content and Language Integrated Learning “ is a dual-focused educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language.” Mehisto, Marsh and Frigols (2008, p.9) “... involves ...
Purpose of Narrative Writing • Create stories that entertain. • Retell familiar stories, write sequels, and new episodes for favorite characters. • Compose original stories. • Include a beginning, middle, and end to develop the plot and characters. Why Teach ...
Brief self introduction Name - Terence Kahapola Arachchi Currently serving as a Senior Lecturer and the Dean of the Faculty of Management at Horizon Campus. Have been teaching undergraduate and master’s level courses for the last seven years Before ...
Agenda: - What is critical thinking? - Critical reading - Critical writing Look at the scenario below. Do you share the same feeling? Student: Teacher: “I want you (the expert) to “I want you to become give me ...
WHAT IS PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION • Professional communication is the process of conveying information in the workplace • Examples or professional communication: • Engineer submitting a work update to the manager • Professor teaching a class • Student submitting a project ...
Core Concepts for Teaching English Learners • Don’t assume an EL is fully literate in English because they sound like a native English speaker in conversation.* • ELs are not blank slates. Having ELs share their unique knowledge ...
The Situation Suppose you are teaching research design skills and want to assess them. You could have each student design a research project, but in large science classes the resulting grading load could be severe. You could have them design ...
Traditional Method The Grammar Translation Method • Johann Sedenstuker • Karl Plotz • H.S.Ollendorf • Johann Meidinger • It was known as the Prussian Method in The USA Principle Characteristics of Grammar Translation Method • Goal of foreign ...
The Importance of Narrative Stories are central to people’s lives. Children love narrative. We need to teach children how to construct narratives. But teaching how to structure a story can be difficult. Narrative in the Australian Curriculum The new ...
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