Reading and Writing Enrichment Workshop
Prerequisite:
Open to students entering grade(s): 2
Course Description:
This enrichment workshop is an opportunity for students to build language skills through reading, writing, listening and speaking and to develop confidence while fostering a love of reading and writing. Teacher modeling of reading and writing strategies will be used to familiarize students with critical reading and understanding the writing process.
This workshop is activity-based to enable students to learn by doing and reflect on their learning. Students will read different types of stories/literature, discuss and share their own experiences and explore their environment and structure their thoughts. Each student will incorporate the use of technology to prepare, assess, write and revise their writing during class.
Learner Outcomes:
Students will:
- Read and write for pleasure
- Learn strategies and how to use them to become more effective readers
- Investigate and learn how to respond to different genres of literature in a variety of ways
- Explore and acquire more vocabulary
- Explore figurative language
- Develop their writing skills by utilizing the Writing Process and 6 + 1 Traits
- Create a personal anthology of creative pieces
- Develop more confidence in themselves as writers and readers
Methodology:
- Students will read, write and discuss in response to literature and events
- A variety of instructional strategies will be employed: read-aloud, shared reading, guided reading and independent reading of teacher-selected literature, plus self-selected own choice reading material; responding to a variety of literature; sharing experiences and personal responses, teacher-directed and free choice writing; brainstorming; journal writing; writing from the environment
- Writing methodologies include the Writing Process and 6+1 Writing Traits
Assessment:
Students will keep an electronic portfolio of their writing, which will include all drafts. Though each piece will not be formally graded, teachers will regularly conference with each student to help them understand their strengths and the areas in which they can improve.