Week 1: A Plan for Teaching Writing, Grades K-12: Focus on Basic Skills
June 15, 4-5:30 PM EDT
An overall plan for producing good writers at home. This workshop explains how to guide your student through a simple progression (copying, dictation, narration,
summarizing, outlining, short critical essays, long critical essays, research paper) that will develop both writing and thinking skills in a systematic, stepwise manner. Particular focus on the elementary years and remedial work; includes suggestions on how to use these writing and thinking skills in every area of the curriculum. Recommended for those teaching all K-6 students, as well as for those teaching older students who are reluctant writers.
Week 2: A Plan for Teaching Writing: Focus on the Middle Grades
June 22, 4-5:30 PM EDT
Expanding on the principles presented in “A Plan for Teaching Writing,” this workshop offers very specific guidance in how to teach middle grade (logic-stage) students the skills of constructing an argument, outlining and writing from an outline. Includes training in outlining, writing from an outline, basic Socratic dialogue, and evaluation and grading. Essential for those teaching all 5-8 students; since written argumentation is the basis of high school writing, this seminar is also highly recommended for those teaching high school students.
Week 3: A Plan for Teaching Writing: Focus on the High School Years
June 29, 4-5:30 PM EDT
Expanding on the principles presented in “A Plan for Teaching Writing: Focus on the Middle Grades,” this seminar covers all of the types of writing that high school students should learn before entering the freshman year of college: response papers, summaries, and critical essays across the curriculum.
