Many students’ progress in writing has been impacted by the disruptions of the past three years. To support students to accelerate progress in writing, we need to explicitly teach skills for writing and plan opportunities for them to complete quality pieces of writing that are reviewed and celebrated. Poetry is a useful genre to use as writing tasks are short, creative, and rich in vocabulary and literary devices. The skills learned in poetry writing can easily be transferred to other writing forms.
The workshop will reference ideas in Sheena and Louise’s new publication, The Poetry Book.
Programme
Session 1: Guiding principles and practices
Session 2: Using shared reading to support writing
Session 3: Explicitly teaching skills for writing
Session 4: Short achievable poetry writing tasks (Quick Writes)
Session 5: Sharing and celebrating writing
A 10-minute walk from the shores of the North Taranaki Bight, this informal hotel on leafy grounds along State Highway 3 is 15 minutes on foot from the sprawling Pukekura Park.
Plymouth International Courtenay Street
New Plymouth Central
New Plymouth
New Zealand
Location: New Plymouth 9am-1pm NZ Time
Date: Sat, 4th March 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm