BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 RDATE:20140309T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 RDATE:20141102T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140320T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140320T171500 LOCATION:West Linn School District Office\, Board Room\, 22210 SW Staffor d Rd.\, Tualatin\, Oregon 97062 GEO:45.384008;-122.763985 SUMMARY:Writing in Schools: Teaching the Essay in Grades 6-12 DESCRIPTION:Teaching essay writing to students can be a tug-of-war betwee n prescription and freedom. How much instruction do students need? How mu ch do we scaffold instruction so that students can write a coherent essay ? When does scaffolding become prescriptive and formulaic? \; This i s an inquiry course for teachers of students in grades 6-12 who struggle with essay writing. Participants in the course will investigate essay wri ting—from generation to revision and editing—by participating in writ ing workshops themselves. Learn more about the \;Oregon Writing Proj ect (https://graduate.lclark.edu/programs/oregon_writing_project/). Cour se Details &\; RegistrationDates: \;Thursdays\, March 20\, April 1 0\, 17\, 24\, and May 1\, 2014Time: \;4:15-6:45 p.m.Instructor: \ ;Linda Christensen\, MEdDegree-applicable credit: \;ED 695\, 1 seme ster hour\, $500Continuing education credit: \;CEED 895\, 1 semester hour\, $350 For more information and to register\, contact Pam Hooten at 503-768-6132 or \;phooten@lclark.edu (mailto:phooten@lclark.edu) Ab out the InstructorLinda Christensen\, MEd \;has been involved in th e Oregon Writing Project (OWP) since her first National Writing Project S ummer Institute in 1980. An often requested keynote speaker at educator c onferences nationally and internationally\, Linda has taught and/or provi ded literacy coaching in public schools for over 30 years\, including sev en years as the PPS district language arts specialist\, and regularly pro vides professional development in writing across the curriculum for regio nal schools. Linda is a social justice activist\, leader\, and author for \;Rethinking Schools (http://www.rethinkingschools.org/)\, a nationa l grassroots teacher reform organization\, and author of two books: \ ;Reading\, Writing and Rising Up \;and \;Teaching for Joy and Jus tice. \;New workshops and trainings are added to our calendar regular ly. For the latest on professional development related to your specific i nterests\, sign up for our mailing list! (https://lclark.tfaforms.net/473 5441) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Teaching essay writing to students can be a tug-of-war between prescription and freedom. How much instruction do students need? How much do we scaffold instruction so that students can write a coherent essay? When does scaffolding become prescriptive and for mulaic? \;
This is an inquiry course for teachers of students in grades 6-12 who struggle with essay writing. Participants in the cour se will investigate essay writing—from generation to revision and editing—by participating in writing workshops themselves.< /p>
Learn more about the \;Oregon Writing Project.
Dates: \;Thur sdays\, March 20\, April 10\, 17\, 24\, and May 1\, 2014
Ti me: \;4:15-6:45 p.m.
Instructor:  \;Linda Christensen\, MEd
Degree-applicable credit: \;ED 695\, 1 semester hour\, $500
Continuing educat ion credit: \;CEED 895\, 1 semester hour\, $350
For more information and to register\, contact Pam Hooten at 503-768-6132 or& #160\;phooten@lclark.edu
Linda Christensen\, MEd&# 160\;has been involved in the Oregon Writing Project (OWP) since her firs t National Writing Project Summer Institute in 1980. An often requested k eynote speaker at educator conferences nationally and internationally\, L inda has taught and/or provided literacy coaching in public schools for o ver 30 years\, including seven years as the PPS district language arts sp ecialist\, and regularly provides professional development in writing acr oss the curriculum for regional schools. Linda is a social justice activi st\, leader\, and author for \;Rethinking Schools\, a national grassroots teacher reform organ ization\, and author of two books: \;Reading\, Writing and Rising Up \;and \;Teaching for Joy and Justice. \;
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