Developing Students' Voice through Pre-Writing Activities (CMA)

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Overview

Do your students avoid writing because “they have nothing to say?” Are you having difficulty encouraging your students to begin the writing process? Are you looking for some new strategies and techniques to get the ball rolling without your students? This interactive, fun and engaging workshop will give you some techniques and strategies to help get your students to begin writing. Assist students to creative voice through pre-writing activities, rubrics, and peer editing. This workshop will also help support you, the teacher, in getting your students to participate in the “Do the Write Thing” student writing project. You will also learn strategies to create pre-writing activities to use in your classroom.

Details

When

October 31, 2008 from 09:30 am to 02:00 pm

Where

• QCC, Room 107A, Administration Building
• 670 West Boylston St., Worcester, MA 01606

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Topics

ABE, ESOL, GED

Contact info

Merilee Freeman
mfreeman@qcc.mass.edu
508-854-4296

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction

Learning objectives

 

        As a result of participating in this workshop, participants will be able to:

 

·devise pre-writing activities for learners at various levels

·identify strategies to help students distinguish between copying, paraphrasing, plagiarizing and avoid other pitfalls in the writing process

·use various rubrics to assist students to edit their work and to reach their writing goals                    

 

 

 

Presenters

Mev Miller

Presenters Bio

Dr. Mev Miller (formerly of SABES SE) is the founder and director of WE LEARN (Women Expanding Literacy Education Action Resource Network). As a trainer, educator, and facilitator in a diverse array of ABE projects, she has many years of experience with participatory practices and creating leadership opportunities. Mev has edited and produced ABE student writing publications for many years and is herself a published writer.

Host RSC

Central Massachusetts Region

PDPs

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