Teaching Creative Revision
Description
Note: Course purchase includes completion certificate. Required text not included.
Revision of written work is often taught as one of the steps of writing, but what if revision is viewed as a subject that can be taught? In this course, teachers will learn and practice practical information and solid ideas to model and for students to experiment with to create a share language of revision. Teachers will learn how to promote student ownership of conferences and generate a genuine enthusiasm for revision. Hint: flexibility and playfulness- is key as students develop their own distinctive revising styles.
This course is appropriate for both general education and special education teachers of students in grades K-12 and is worth 45 in-service hours.
ISBN: 978-0435087142
Objectives
This course is based on the text:
After "The End": Teaching and Learning Creative Revision
Author: Barry Lane
Course Objectives:
In this course, participants will have opportunity to:
Course Objectives:
In this course, participants will have opportunity:
* To explore the struggle of revision.
* To understand the concepts of craft such as details, leads, snapshots, thoughtshots and scenes
* To practice strategies that you can incorporate in the classroom to support and teach revision skills
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate 45 Hour