Wikis, Poetry, Choice, & Collaboration Fostering a Writing Community through Differentiated Instruction 1 Diana Beam, Wilson Memorial High School Jenny Martin, Bridgewater College Alice L. Trupe, Bridgewater College
Dec 14, 2015
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Wikis, Poetry, Choice, & Collaboration
Fostering a Writing Community through Differentiated Instruction
Diana Beam, Wilson Memorial High SchoolJenny Martin, Bridgewater CollegeAlice L. Trupe, Bridgewater College
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Your Classroom
Choose one:• What is a successful writing experience from
your classroom?• How do you foster a writing community within
your class?• When have you shared your writing with
students?
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Summer Writing Focus
Participating teachers will earn 90 recertification points, under Option 8, and develop the following skills:
• Pedagogical Skills
• Writing Skills
• Affective Skills
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The Daily Poem and Freewrite
• Why freewrite?• Why a daily poem?
“The chief fault in your style is its lack of distinction—something which is inclined to grow with the years. . . . and the only way to increase it is to cultivate your own garden. And the only thing that will help you is poetry which is the most concentrated form of style.”—F. Scott Fitzgerald, in a letter to his daughter, July 1940
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Until I Saw the SeaUntil I saw the seaI did not knowthat windcould wrinkle water so. I never knewthat suncould splinter a whole sea of blue. Nordid I know beforea sea breathes in and outupon a shore. Lilian Moore
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Choosing Great Poems
• Poetry 180http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
• Poets.orghttp://www.poets.org/
• Split This Rock Poetry Festivalhttp://www.splitthisrock.org/
• Paul Janeczkohttp://www.paulbjaneczko.com/