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Post Seminar Writing: Composing, Revising and Editing--Paideia Style Bob AlexanderNational Paideia FacultyNash-Rocky Mount Schools1Session GoalsExplore brief content on Post-Seminar WritingDiscuss a short text via a micro-seminarReview components of Post-Seminar writing and the writing process. Practice and investigate drafting, revising, and editing a Post-Seminar writing assignment

Part VII: Seminar Cycle

The Paideia Seminar CycleThe seminar can be viewed as a 5 stage cycle:Pre-seminar content Pre-seminar process Formal seminar dialoguePost seminar process Post seminar content

Included complete draft seminar plans in the packet that illustrate all stages of the cycle.4PSAsPaideia Service AnnouncementsPSA #1 Post-Seminar writing starts in Pre-Seminar Content(ideas and values)Post-Seminar ContentContent is the extension and application of the seminar text and dialogue ideas, concepts and values into the lives and course work of the participants.Directions to writing and creating Coaching students as they apply ideas and valuesWhat comes next???ALWAYS some type of writing assignment to start with 7PSA #2There is always close reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language exploration happening in a Paideia classroom. The Seminar is a marquee eventwith its own inherent cycle and a well-defined and connected writing assignment. The Post-Seminar writing assignment should be designed after text selection.

PSA #3Consider designing a traditional writing assignment and a Web 2.0 assignment ORFind a way to blend the best of both worlds together. Example: After readingThe Man Who Interruptsby Bill Nye, write a formal letter to an "imaginary" friend who has an irritating habitthat drives you crazy. In your letter, cite or refer to an example from the text, use anappropriateandidentifiabletone, and use at least 1 metaphor to create imagery representing how extremely irritated you are by the annoying habit. Also, offer a suggestion(s) for correcting the behavior.

Web 2.0 Extension: (W9-10.6) Using a Web 2.0 tool, create a Public Service Announcement urging people to be mindful of interrupting conversations.

Paideia Modes of InstructionDIDACTIC

COACHING

Development of Intellectual Skills60-70%

Seminar

Increased Understanding of Ideas and Values15-20%The Acquisition of Knowledge10-15%Post Seminar writing starts HereJournal WritingThus far, what would you consider to be the golden moment in your life? Why?The Micro-SeminarJust like a seminar, but smaller.

Pre-Micro-Seminar Content

Ideas and ValuesOur Conceptual lens. An idea is a thought; mental conception; mental image, notion.A value is that which is desirable or worthy esteem for its own sake; thing or quality having intrinsic worth. For Our text today:Evolution, Being, Nature, Time

Natures first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leafs a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay.Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert FrostTransition to WritingAssignment: LDC Task 14(Informational or Explanatory/Descriptive) Can we stay gold? After reading the poem Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost, Write an essay in which you describe something in your life that you never thought would change, but in fact did change? Was it a change for the better or for the worse? Why? Use at least 1 example from the text to support your discussion.Todays Micro-WritingBrainstorm/Connect to journalDraft an outline of your essay to clarify thinkingWrite a draft of the introduction of your essay with a thesisShare with a peer(s) for feedback:Based on the outline, does the writer seem to be addressing the prompt?Does the introduction create foundational support for the essay?Does the thesis clearly define the focus of this essay?Suggest revisions or other feedback.

ClosingQuestions Comments FeedbackEvaluation Contact InformationBob AlexanderNational Paideia FacultySecondary Schools ELA Ed SpecialistNash-Rocky Mount SchoolsBob.alexander76@gmail.com252-412-7015