Schedule Dave Parsons for your English Teacher's next Training or In-service:
Students who once had a complete disregard for rules governing comma usage suddenly become interested when they learn the poem they wrote for their girlfriend or boyfriend doesn't articulate what they intended due to a simple comma blunder. Discover how an essay, letter or story expressing angst over a personal emotion has great potential to gain an active learning interest in an otherwise uninspired and nonproductive student.
Teaching Writing Workshops
An introductory program for English and Fine Arts teachers into the process of conducting writing workshops:
INCLUDING:
- The history and success of the workshop method
- Introduction to editing contemporary literature
- Methods of introducing traditional literature to traditional and non‑traditional students
- Gaining the interest of at‑risk students in grammar through creative writing
- Improving self‑editing techniques of students
- Help students become informed readers
Teaching Contemporary Poetry
TOPIC INCLUDES:
- The definition and evolution of poetry
- Integrity of the line
- Breadth of the poet
- Transforming moment in the poem
- The idiom of the poem (the question of cliches profanity, sentimentality)
- The contemporary poetry scene
- Use of poetry writing to reach the unreachable students
- The importance of reading reinforced
- The poem as the center of the teacher's creative writing workshop strategy
Each of the above seminars is 90 minutes. When taught together, the common material reduces the total time to two hours.
For more information or to schedule a workshop, please contact Dave Parsons at
936.524.6537
e-mail at dmparsons@suddenlink.net
or write to:
414 Oakhill Drive, Conroe, TX 77304
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