Bay Area Writing Project

All teachers and school administrators are invited to attend this free event on May 10, 2008 at Albany Middle School. This month's theme is integrating art across the curriculum. The Saturday Seminar Series is a partnership between BAWP and The Bay Area Science Project, Bay Area Mathematics Project and the UCB History-Social Science Project. Choose from a selection of two-hour workshop on the teaching of writing, mathematics, science and history/social science. The keynote speech begins at 9:00 a.m. followed by individual workshops in classrooms. Keynote Speech: ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE: PERALTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Pam Lucker, Trena Noval, Ellen Oppenhiemer, Kelly Rozario Peralta Elementary School, Oakland For the past 10 years Peralta Elementary School has been a model site for arts integration in the Bay Area. Located in North Oakland, the Peralta campus is a testament to the arts program that has become part of the fabric of the schools’ core curriculum. Artists in Residence Trena Noval and Ellen Oppenhiemer, along with teachers Kelly Rozario and Pam Lucker, will present model visual arts and writing curriculum projects which incorporate creative writing, video animation, drawing and environmental installations that are folded into Peralta’s Language Arts, Science and Social Studies curriculum. Peralta is an Alameda County Arts Anchor School and this year was designated a national Arts Active Laboratory School site through a partnership with Harvard’s Project Zero, California College for the Arts, Center for Art and Public Life and Alameda County Office of Education. The morning agenda: 8:30-9:00........Begin with coffee and conversation 9:00-10:15.......Keynote Speech--all are welcome 10:30-12:30......Writing Workshops 10:30-12:30......History-Social Science Workshops 10:30-12:30......Science & Math Workshops THE FOLLOWING FOUR WRITING WORKSHOPS WILL FOLLOW THE KEYNOTE SESSION PUTTING THE ART IN LANGUAGE ARTS: BUILDING VEHICLES FOR THINKING CRITICALLY Grades 6-12 Regina Woodard, Oakland Unified School District In this workshop we will experience the integration of art and writing in explorations of identity. We will look at student writing samples that demonstrate their practice of writing in visual arts courses, how students create art pieces about identity, and how students apply concepts such as symbol, metaphor and analogy to their own work through writing. WHAT’S A DIALOGUE POEM? A SPOKEN WORD VENN DIAGARAM! Grades 5-8 Kristin Papania, Mission Education Center, San Francisco Come join us as we explore social studies themes and critical thinking using movement, theater and poetry in a collaborative atmosphere. We'll engage in a cycle of artistic and linguistic inquiry as we bring art into our classrooms. CREATIVE WRITING IN AN ART BOX Grades K-8 Danny Wong, Multilingual Programs, San Francisco Imagine your students reading a poem they wrote and showing the class their creative piece in a beautiful artbox to the class. In this workshop, you will learn and practice engaging strategies that integrate writing with visual art. This activity will help you motivate student learning in a fun and creative way. TEACHERS AS WRITERS WORKSHOP WRITE INTO SPRING: SPRING INTO WRITING All Grades Marty Williams, John O’Connell High School, San Francisco (and former BAWP Co-Director) Bring your favorite notebook and we will write our way into spring together. We will read some short pieces about this time of year and write about the world around us. Weather permitting, we will venture out into the spring morning to write about what we find. Plan to share some of your writing from this gathering and leave with ways to keep writing throughout the season. GET ON OUR EMAIL LIST If you would like to receive workshop details via email a few weeks prior to each Saturday Seminar, click here and request to be added to our email distribution list for program information. Attendance at the Saturday Seminar Series is free and no registration is required. All workshops take place at Albany Middle School. Scroll down for map and directions. Directions to Albany Middle School: If you're heading west on Hwy 80: take the Buchanan/Albany exit (on the left). Turn left at the end of the exit ramp and continue until you reach San Pablo Avenue. Turn left on San Pablo and continue for about 5 blocks until you reach Brighton Avenue. Make a right on Brighton and continue for 5 blocks. The school is on the left just past the overhead BART tracks. If you're heading east on Hwy 80, take the Albany exit, which is immediately after the Gilman Street exit. Turn right at the end of the exit ramp and continue to San Pablo Avenue (see above for rest of directions). Click here for Albany Middle School Map LINKS: Bay Area Mathematics Project Bay Area Science Project UCB History-Social Science Project