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Wikis, Poetry, Choice, & Collaboration

Fostering a Writing Community through Differentiated Instruction

Diana Beam, Wilson Memorial High SchoolJenny Martin, Bridgewater CollegeAlice L. Trupe, Bridgewater College

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Your Classroom

Choose one:• What is a successful writing experience from

your classroom?• How do you foster a writing community within

your class?• When have you shared your writing with

students?

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Summer Writing Focus

Participating teachers will earn 90 recertification points, under Option 8, and develop the following skills:

• Pedagogical Skills

• Writing Skills

• Affective Skills

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Transfer of Writing Experience

• Writing refreshed• Art as a springboard • Writing samples

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The Daily Poem and Freewrite

• Why freewrite?• Why a daily poem?

“The chief fault in your style is its lack of distinction—something which is inclined to grow with the years. . . . and the only way to increase it is to cultivate your own garden. And the only thing that will help you is poetry which is the most concentrated form of style.”—F. Scott Fitzgerald, in a letter to his daughter, July 1940

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Until I Saw the SeaUntil I saw the seaI did not knowthat windcould wrinkle water so. I never knewthat suncould splinter a whole sea of blue. Nordid I know beforea sea breathes in and outupon a shore. Lilian Moore

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Freewriting

Write about a new experience . . .

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Choosing Great Poems

• Poetry 180http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

• Poets.orghttp://www.poets.org/

• Split This Rock Poetry Festivalhttp://www.splitthisrock.org/

• Paul Janeczkohttp://www.paulbjaneczko.com/

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Why Use a Wiki?

• Collaboration and Community• Courseware vs. Web 2.0 tools

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Wikis and Writing Processes

• Place for shared resources• Focus on best practices for wiki usage

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Sharing Resources

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Video Clip Sharing

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Author’s Craft: College Student Project

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Using YAL as Mentor Text

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Reading and Writing Together at SVWA

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Our Inspiration

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Questions?

Thank you for coming!