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SCCTE 2008: Teaching and Creating South Carolina Writers
Program Proposal for Teachers
DUE October 1, 2007
Name of Lead Presenter: R. Smith
(Include other presenters in the program description below.)
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Program Proposal for Teachers
DUE October 1, 2007
Name of Lead Presenter: R. Smith
(Include other presenters in the program description below.)
Email: @
Phone: (xxx) xxx-xxxx
School Affiliation: Bell’s Crossing Elementary School
Describe your proposal in 250 words or less. Please remember your presentation will be scheduled for 45 minutes on Friday, January 25, 2008.
"How do you motivate your students to write across the curriculum? Simple: Cross-Curricular Comic Strips!" In this demonstration educators will discover a strategy that integrates content (such as social studies or science), reading, technology, art, and writing. Participants will begin by looking at the prevalent role of comic strips in their students’ lives. They will then take this popular mode of writing and connect it to the classroom as well as curricular goals. The foundation for this great writing strategy is made using student brainstorming samples from Kidspiration and Inspiration. Difficult writing concepts, such as dialogue and onomatopoeia come to life as students develop characters and plot in their very own comic strips. Participants will have a chance to walk through this strategy from beginning to end, while completing their own sample for classroom use. Participants will also take home a handout to serve as a guide for implementing Cross-Curricular Comic Strips. Within the handout they will find ideas for adapting and modifying this strategy to fit in any classroom. "Before you know it, unmotivated students will be writing (and drawing) across the curriculum."
Audience: X Elementary ___ High School ____ Middle School ___ General
Equipment required:
If you need a laptop or projector, please bring your own. Due to high rates for rental equipment, we are unable to provide this equipment.
_________ Overhead Projector
X Screen
_________ TV/VCR/DVD
_________ Other (please explain)
School Affiliation: Bell’s Crossing Elementary School
Describe your proposal in 250 words or less. Please remember your presentation will be scheduled for 45 minutes on Friday, January 25, 2008.
"How do you motivate your students to write across the curriculum? Simple: Cross-Curricular Comic Strips!" In this demonstration educators will discover a strategy that integrates content (such as social studies or science), reading, technology, art, and writing. Participants will begin by looking at the prevalent role of comic strips in their students’ lives. They will then take this popular mode of writing and connect it to the classroom as well as curricular goals. The foundation for this great writing strategy is made using student brainstorming samples from Kidspiration and Inspiration. Difficult writing concepts, such as dialogue and onomatopoeia come to life as students develop characters and plot in their very own comic strips. Participants will have a chance to walk through this strategy from beginning to end, while completing their own sample for classroom use. Participants will also take home a handout to serve as a guide for implementing Cross-Curricular Comic Strips. Within the handout they will find ideas for adapting and modifying this strategy to fit in any classroom. "Before you know it, unmotivated students will be writing (and drawing) across the curriculum."
Audience: X Elementary ___ High School ____ Middle School ___ General
Equipment required:
If you need a laptop or projector, please bring your own. Due to high rates for rental equipment, we are unable to provide this equipment.
_________ Overhead Projector
X Screen
_________ TV/VCR/DVD
_________ Other (please explain)
1 comment:
Your abstract will attract many people. I plan on using your comic strip strategy in both English III and creative writing.
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