St. Gregory’s University Syllabus
Fall Semester, 2000
3102-1 Advanced writing Pedagogy: Techniques in Poetry, short Story & Drama
Instructor: Paige Harder, M.Ed.,
(1st 8 Weeks)
Course Description: This course is designed as an introduction to the field of composition studies focusing on the basic techniques in teaching and writing poetry, fiction, and drama. Students will have regular practice in developing lessons and writing in these forums. After initial guidelines on each form are established, students will present lessons from their work-in-progress and will receive critiques from peers and instructor.
Mission Statement: This course is designed to develop the students’ intellectual curiosity, and foster a love of learning, and to help the student in their search of wisdom as the student develops their own teaching skills and focuses on the basic techniques in teaching poetry, fiction, and drama. After the initial guidelines are explored, the students will be given wide varieties of experiences to recognize their individual strengths and will be given opportunities to explore their own creativity through the power of a pen. the experience and practical skills learned in this class will translate into skills which will foster personal and social development and offer reflections and insights on the dimensions of life.
Instructor’s Statement:
Paige Harder, M.Ed., ; Learning Handicapped Credential.
As Helen Keller once said “Life is either a daring adventure, or it is nothing.” Learning the experiences of life through the forums of poetry, fiction, and drama gives exciting revelations and insights of human thoughts and emotions, and embarks each one of us on our own understanding of humanity should we choose to learn, and listen, and grow...
e-mail: pcharder@sgc.edu
phone numbers: School ext. home: 405 275-4046
Office Hours MWF 2:00-3:00 pm or by appointment -Fine Arts Bldg. adjacent to Yearbook/Newspaper room.
Objectives: This course is designed to review and refine basic techniques in teaching poetry, fiction, and drama. Students will have regular practice in writing lesson plans that can be taken into and utilized in the classroom. Oral interactions will be shared as students present from their work-in-progress and receive critiques from peers and instructors. the major thrust of this class is to foster the creativity and to empower the students’ insightfulness of life by using the genres of poetry, fiction and drama to enable them to teach children effectively in the classroom.
By the end of the semester, the student will be able to:
• Identify and utilize in personal writing and teaching the different forms of writing
• Gain insights of different presentations in poetry, fiction and drama
• Plan and write a well organized, developed, and coherent essays.
• Use effective and varied presentations that utilize different learning modalities
• Present creatively units in Poetry, Fiction and Drama
• Utilize the state curriculum to establish the canon in each area
• Present orally power point presentations/ or multi-media presentations individually and as a group.
• Use library resources, Interviews, Internet resources, and Databases for Research.
• Explore techniques of each forum to express their unique style and creativity
• Participate in Classroom learning discussions and Experiences.
• Submit units that can be used in various levels of learning
Textbooks:
Gere, Fairbanks, Howes, Roop and Schaafsma. Language and Reflection: An Integrated Approach to Teaching English New Jersey: Prentice Hall 1992.
Tchudi, and Mitchell. Exploring and Teaching the English Language Arts. 4th ed. New
York: Longman 1999.
Milner, and Luch Floyd Morcock Milner. Bridging English. 2nd ed. New Jersey: Merrill. 1999.
Supplemental Texts and Readings:
You are not obligated to purchase these books, but will be held responsible for the readings assigned and held on reserve in the library. Additions to this list will continue throughout the semester, and it is the student’s responsibility to read during required time frames by checking them out with the research librarian.
Canavan. Rhetoric and Literature. McGraw Hill. 1977.
Dickinson. A Guide to Literary Study. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1959.
Perrine. Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry. 2nd ed. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. 1963.
Strunk and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. 3rd. ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing House. 1979.
Resources/References/Selected Bibliography: This section will have additions to it as the semester progresses. It is the student’s responsibility to maintain the additions and updates and make readily accessible at all times whether by means of their laptops or by means of a hard copy.
Internet Resources:
Ask Miss Grammar: http://www.protrainco.com/info/noframes/grammar.htm
Collection of Scholarly Research on Online Writing Labs:
http://owl, english, purdue.edu/owls/owl-bib.html
Composition Links: http://www.cod.edu/dept/KiesDan/
Grammar and Style Notes:
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/grammar.html
Grammar Hotline Directory: http://www.tc.cc.va.us/vabeach/writcent/hotline.html
Internet Search Tools:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/netsearch/introduction.html
Mama’s Hot 100 Grammar Goofs:
http://www.unl.edu/mama/grammar/MAMAhot100.htm
Resume Workshop: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/Files/Resume.html
Course Requirements:
• Ongoing Oral Presentation incorporating the use of multi-media/technology
• Presentation on a Poetry, Fiction and Drama unit applicable for students wanting to teach.
•2 Referenced papers using a different style sheet, with an annotated bibliography
• Group projects
• Community project that shares personal work with other professionals
• Portfolio
Beginning and Ending Assessment: At the beginning of the semester, each student will self assess his/her knowledge of what must happen to transfer knowledge and learning to elementary and secondary students Through the process of applying Bloom’s taxonomy and practical instruction, students will be expected to immolate teaching styles that will incorporate all of the different learning modalities. Through in-depth research, writing assignments, assigned readings topic research papers and classroom presentations, final grades will be assessed.
Grading criteria and Classroom Policies:
Attendance: Attendance will be part of your grade, and you are expected to be in class each session. in the event of an emergency, I must be notified either prior arrangement, or by phone before class, or by e-mail before class. You are responsible for all notes/lectures/assignments given in your absence. Informal writings done in class will not be allowed to be made up in the event of your absence and will affect your grade. Failure to attend class three times will result in an “Absence Warning” and could result in you being dropped with a WF as grade for the course.
Assignments: Informal assignments in class must be written in blue ink or typed.
All typed papers whether informal or research analysis must be in Times Roman font ana d14 size, and double spaced and turned in on due date. No exceptions on page format. No Pencil is allowed. late assignments receive a letter grade deduction for every day late and not accepted after 1 week.
Plagiarism: (http://english.tribble.wfu.edu/english/writing4htm)
To put your name on apiece of work any part of which is not yours is plagiarism, unless that piece is clearly marked and the work from which you have borrowed is fully identified. Plagiarism is a form of theft and is wrong. Refer to your student handbook as to the school policy and discipline action taken. Plagiarism in this class will result in failure of that assignment and possible expulsion from class and/or University. All work submitted must also include references and web sites used.
Grading Criteria: Grades will be determined from assignments, classroom attendance and classroom participation.
Assignments: 1000 pts. Possible
Presentation Units in Poetry, Fiction and Drama: 60% of grade. 600 points.
Each unit presented is worth 100 points and will be graded on organization, research, presentation, and practical application for classroom use.
Oral Presentation and portfolio: 10% of grade -100 pts. This will be done by each student at the end of the class as to what they have learned and will be able to utilize in the classroom. This
presentation will be graded on creativity, organization, content and continuity.
Research Paper: 10% of grade - 100 pts. Grade determined by organization, content, coherence and grammar and effectively utilizing specific style formats and bibliography notations.
Attendance: 20% of grade - 100 points. Please refer to attendance policy on page 4 of this syllabus.
Outline: This class will utilize a variety of classroom formats and forums, including lecture, discussion, writing, peer review/group discussion and critiquing, oral multimedia/technology presentations, and research.
The topics and order for the semester are:
Course Orientation, skills assessment, initial essay
Library and Infocus options
What students need to know to understand the Writing Process:
Prewriting, organization, transition, sentence structure, drafting, revising holistic/peer critiquing and rubrics
What students need to know to understand Poetry:
Reading Poems out loud
Imagery
Figurative Language
Allusion
Meaning and Idea
Tone
Musical Devices
Rhythm and Meter
Pattern
Sound and Meaning
The differences between bad poetry and great poetry
critical analysis
What students need to know to understand the elements of Fiction
What students need to know to understand the elements Drama
Continuity and Coherence