Bay Area Writing Project: Summer 2008 Workshops for Teachers

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Summer 2008 Workshops for Teachers

The following nine workshops are open to all teachers and educators and take place on the UC Berkeley campus except as noted. A downloadable registration form is at the bottom of this page.

TEACHING WRITING IN THE SECONDARY CLASSROOM

Grades 6-12
Instructors: M. Clare LePell & Leslie Moitoza
July 28-August 8, 2008, Monday-Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
$350 (optional 3 units of UC Extension credit available for $275)

This workshop provides a broad perspective on the teaching of writing. Through interactive, hands-on teaching demonstrations, you will experience classroom-tested and research-based approaches to the teaching of writing. You will write frequently and share your writing in small groups, and through discussions of class readings, explore issues and questions about writing. The workshop provides time and support to generate lessons based on your curriculum and classroom texts. You will have an opportunity to learn more about:

teaching writing in diverse multilingual, multicultural classrooms

creating writing assignments that build students' skills and help meet the state standards in writing

establishing a framework through which students can explore different writing genres

cultivating academic language in the classroom

assisting students in accessing text in order to generate strong content for their writing

helping students revise their writing

GRAMMAR FOR TEACHERS

Grades 6-college
Instructor: Nelson Graff
July 14-25, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-noon
$325 (optional 2 units of UC Extension credit available for $220)

This workshop is recommended for teachers of grades six through college who are interested in learning more about the relationship between the knowledge of grammar and the teaching of writing. Practical workshop exercises will cover the basics: parts of speech, the English verb system, joining sentences, expanding sentences, uses and abuses of passive voice, and punctuation with a purpose. Bring your favorite grammar questions and a sample student essay full of errors! Discussion topics include: "grammar myths"; the role of rules; the connection between sentence crafting, style and voice; teaching grammar options without destroying ownership; the ups and downs of writing development, English Learners' sources of error, and the psychology of correctness.

DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN THE CLASSROOM

All Grades
Instructors: Clifford Lee and Yumi Matsui
August 4-8, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Location: Life Academy, 2111 International Blvd., Oakland
Space is limited to 15 participants
$250 (optional 1 unit of UC Extension credit available for $175)

Have you ever thought about producing a film? Do you have trouble getting ALL students engaged in a writing activity? Do you want to learn more about integrating technology into your classroom? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the BAWP summer workshop you're looking for! In one week, you will learn to use iMovie to produce your own digital story (written, narrated, edited, and possibly shot by you). You will learn the scaffolding and skills to create digital stories with your students in your own classroom. You will leave the workshop with a copy of your digital story to share with friends, family and students.
This workshop is supported by the Pearson Foundation.

SUMMER WRITING WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS

All Grades
Instructor: Meredith Pike-Baky
Choose from two locations:
June 16-20, Education Task Force, Larkspur
June 23-27, UC Berkeley Campus
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-noon
$225 (optional 1 unit of Sonoma State University credit for $45)

Reserve some time for yourself to write this summer! Join the growing group of teacher-writers who have spent time increasing their confidence, developing their skills, and participating in interactive writing activities that work with students at all grades and levels. You'll read inspiring models and collaborate with colleagues to produce an anthology. Join us for the sixth year of this summer workshop by living BAWP's belief that teachers become better teachers of writing by writing themselves.

MAKING A SCENE: PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP

All Grades
Instructor: John Levine
June 30-July 3, Monday-Thursday, 9:00 A.M. to Noon
$180

Whether you teach reading or composition, language arts or social studies, history or even math or science, you are sure to benefit from this week-long workshop on how to make a play. So much of what goes on in our classrooms is dramatic--why not learn the basics of how drama works? Discover new ways of inspiring your students through "play" as we make the link between playwriting and the teaching of various disciplines. And if you simply want to come to write your own play--and not think about teaching applications--that's fine too. The focus of the workshop will be on the short-form play. The week will culminate with an informal reading of our work. Everyone is welcome; no prior playwriting experience necessary.

FINDING THE POETIC HIGH: BUILDING A SPOKEN WORD CULTURE WITH YOUTH

Grades 4-12 Instructor: Gerald Reyes
July 7-11, 2008, Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-noon
Location: Oakland Leaf, 1419 34th Avenue, Oakland
$225 (optional 1 unit of UC Extension credit available for $175)

Emcee Black Thought from the Roots professed wisdoms from his soul when he spit, "be a true friend to him... before the [streets] put an end to him..give a pen to him... or lock him in a studio with a mic...'cause on the reals it might save his life."
Inviting one's own voice as a credible and authentic medium of communication has liberating effects particularly in our inner cities where voices are often discredited. Participants will use basic pedagogical foundations to interweave Hip Hop Theatre, Writing Workshop, Performance Poetry, and their own experiences to explore pedagogical theories, methods, and practices of building a community & culture of critical, creative, and socially just spoken word youth poets. Participants will also explore their own identities as spoken word poets, as they engage in learning activities that scaffold the precise writing and sharing of spoken word poetry. The week of celebrating voice and learning culminates into an authentic Spoken Word Poetry event at a local cafe where each Poetic High participant acts as the featured poet. The hands-on experiences in Poetic High allows participants to act as culture producers rather than being mere culture consumers, exemplifying the notion that we can be our own authorities in ideas & inspiration. Throughout this process of exploring themselves as spoken word poets, participants will be accumulating a bank of activities, model poems, and lessons that can be directly applied towards integrating the Spoken Word into their own curriculum and class culture.

THE POWER OF GENRE STUDY: THE READING-WRITING CONNECTION

Grades: K-6
July 7 - 11, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-noon
Instructor: Jennifer Nguyen
$225 (optional 1 unit of UC Extension credit available for $175)
Location: UC Berkeley Campus

This workshop is for teachers who want to engage their students in writing in a variety of genres, using a writing workshop approach. During the workshop, we will begin with a framework for guiding students through genre studies using an inquiry-driven model as outlined in Heather Lattimer's book, Thinking Through Genre. Then we'll move to our own study of two genres, a memoir text and an expository text, to experience the power of being immersed in a genre as a reader and then transferring that knowledge to writing in that genre. Included in this week will be mini-lessons focused on the writing process and discussions about how to use backwards-planning templates to aid in the development of a genre study. The workshop provides models, support, and time to begin planning your own 4-8 week genre study, based on state standards for your grade level. The in-depth, inquiry-driven nature of this framework is powerfully engaging for students of all ages!

THROUGH THE EYES OF SCIENTISTS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Grades 1-6
Instructors: Linda Block, Sally Feldman and Alexa Stuart
Guest Instructors: Ruth Paglierani, Project FIRST, UC Berkeley and Laurie Thompson, Cal Tech's Pre-College Science Initiative
July 23 - 25, Wednesday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Free (optional 1 unit of UC Extension credit available for $175)
Location: Chabot Space & Science Center (chabotspace.org)
This workshop is supported by NASA and the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and is free to teachers. Space is limited to 30 participants.

What are the practices of real scientists as they conduct research, carry out experiments, and pursue new ideas and concepts? How do we capture the excitement of real inquiry, the heart of scientific work, for our students? What roles does writing play in the work of scientists? This workshop will introduce you to new lessons and materials with the theme, "Through the Eyes of Scientists," developed for NASA by the workshop's instructors. Join us in exploring our Solar System through hands-on astronomy activities and interdisciplinary lessons that use guided, scaffolded inquiry to blend science and language arts in a design that maximizes the opportunity for all students to learn and make meaning. Learn how the use of student notebooks is key to the learning process. Gain deeper understanding of the Solar System and discover new teaching strategies as we explore topics such as how the Solar System works; the great variety of moons in the Solar System; volcanoes, canyons and valleys on other planets; ice in its many forms, and much, much more. Get young students excited about space science. BAWP and Project FIRST will offer a follow up session for participants to support them during the school year in trying out lessons from the workshop.
Workshop activities and materials, which are classroom tested and research-based, were developed by the Bay Area Writing Project and Project FIRST at UC Berkeley, Cal Tech's Pre-College Science Initiative and NASA scientists and engineers.

GET SMART WITH ART: THE BAWP/deYOUNG SUMMER MINI-INSTITUTE

Grades: K-8
Instructors: BAWP and Museum Staff
July 29 - August 8, Tuesday - Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
$250 (2 units of optional Sonoma State University credit available for additional $110)
Location: de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park

This mini institute brings together the resources of the de Young Museum in San Francisco and UC Berkeley's Bay Area Writing Project to provide teachers with an opportunity to develop confidence in working with the museum's art collections as a teaching and learning resource and expand teachers' understanding of the multiple roles writing can play in students' learning. In collaborative sessions, designed to encourage the free exchange of ideas and questions, teachers will work with museum staff and BAWP teacher consultants in activities that include:

engaging in Visual Teaching Strategies as a foundational experience to demonstrate the multiplicity of meanings generated by the museum experience

interacting with museum curators to gain deeper understanding of the collections

shadowing conservators for a behind-the-scenes look at how collections are cared for, restored, documented and displayed

furthering observation skills through guidance by a master artist

reading and discussing articles concerning museum practice and the teaching writing

using writing as a tool for analysis, reflection and learning

The mini institute will focus on developing a thematic set of lessons directly related to teachers' grade levels and the museum's collections. Using the museum's curriculum Get Smart with Art and BAWP-developed writing ideas as departure points and the museum as their lab, teachers will explore possibilities for cross-curricular work, find new ways to engage students in art and writing, and share and develop strategies and skills to enrich their teaching. Throughout, BAWP teacher consultants and the museum's education staff will serve as coaches to support teachers' work. In addition, BAWP and the museum will offer a follow up Saturday during the school year, and the museum will arrange school visits and other additional support for teachers.

In addition to the standard registration form for this mini-institute, please also complete and submit the following brief form:
Click HERE for the supplemental form.

To register for any of the workshops listed above, click the link below and print out the registration form. If you prefer that we mail you a form, please request one via email: bawp@berkeley.edu.

Complete the form and mail it to the BAWP office along with your payment or school purchase order. We will send you a confirmation of enrollment. Please contact us if you do not receive a confirmation within 5 days.

We would love it if you posted the printed brochure at your school for other teachers or if you would leave some brochures in the staff room. Just send an email to us at bawp@berkeley.edu to request additional brochures. Thank you!

Click here for the registration form

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