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Length: 15 minutes per person, including Q&A
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WAC Presentation

Published on Nov 23, 2015

WCC WAC Presentation by Susan St John. August, 2015.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

WAC Presentation

Susan St John, August 2015
Length: 15 minutes per person, including Q&A
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English 204B

Introduction to Creative Writing:  Poetry
Course Number and Title
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SLOs for Poetry Writing

  • Create original poems that reflect a skillful use of literary devices, forms, and conventions.
  • Analyze poems written by peers and published authors.
SLOs or Objectives 1 & 2
(3 and 4 on next slide)
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SLOs for Poetry Writing

  • Propose and employ feedback in the writing workshop model.
  • Evaluate and submit poems for publication.
SLOs or Objectives 3 and 4
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Activities Before WAC

  • Using Published Poems as Models--Kenneth Koch, Poet-in-the-Schools
Because of the limited classroom time, the reading and discussion of the models were given short shrift. The discussion was teacher-driven in order to move onto the writing.
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Changes after WAC:

Create a process to discuss professional and peer poetry based (in part) on SQOOCH.

What changes have you considered?
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How to Workshop a Poem:
One

What do you see on the page, or hear in the reading?

For example, number of stanzas, where the lines are broken, sounds, repetitions

This first step asks student to articulate just what is there. This step requires learning some academic vocabulary.
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How to Workshop a Poem:
Two

What is the subject (or subjects) and tone? How does the craft of the poem create the tone?

How to Workshop a Poem:
Three
Do you have any questions? Anything puzzle you? (Place a squiggly mark under these sections).

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How to Workshop a Poem:
Four




What would you like to ask the poet?

How to Workshop a Poem:
Five


What are the many topics, ideas, subject, craft, poetic devices in this poem would you like to try out in a poem of your own?

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How writing is used as a learning tool in My Discipline

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Question Reboot:
How can writing poetry be used as a learning tool in the study of literature and writing in general?

Since writing is the focus skill in my discipline, I tweaked this question.
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The short form demands close attention to literary craft and its effect.

Working in a different genre allows cross-pollination of ideas and craft.
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The short form can be used as a pre-write for longer work.

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Transferring portions of a longer work into a poem can aid in focusing or clarifying the longer work.

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Thanks for Watching!

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