Project 2: The Writers Network
General
Information
| Lead
Teacher(s): |
Jim Powell - Vice
Principal
(jpowell@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca)Clifford
G. Reid - Network Administrator
(creid@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca)
Rendall Walters - English Department
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| School:
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Elwood Regional High
School
P.O. Box 2004
Deer Lake, NF
A0K 2E0
Tel: (709) 635-2895 |
| Grade
Level: |
Level III |
| Number
of Students: |
Advanced Writing
Class & Language 3101 |
| Project
Start and Finish Dates: |
Jan 98 to June 98
(repeated annually) |
Project Overview
Students will have the opportunity to post their
original pieces of writing in order to share with other
writers and have their work critiqued by experienced
editors.All genres of writing will be posted at varying
stages of the writing process. Plays, poetry, short
stories, essays, and a published School Newspaper will
form the nucleus of the writing and the expectation will
be that constructive criticism will follow.
In addition to being writers, students will also have
the opportunity to experience the writing of other
authors, and indeed, to become editors themselves.
Students will become familiar with the Journalistic
process and gain experience of the retrieval and sharing
of information. Students will develop a unique
journalistic style that will suit the purposes of Elwood.
Curriculum
Connections
This project should allow students the following
opportunities:
- to become skilled and knowledgeable writers
- to become creative writers
- to become familiar with new thinking and
composing strategies
- to follow a writing sequence
- to enhance critical and creative thinking
strategies through self and peer assessment
- to enjoy writing
- to write in informative and interpretive styles
- to learn research techniques
- to apply solid research to a major project
- to publish a School Newspaper for a wide
audience
Resource
Connections
All the students at Elwood have internet access. This
project will provide those students in our school who
have an interest and a flair for writing the kinds of
literary experiences that are sometimes lacking in our
more Rural settings. They will be guided and directed
through the available technology so as to partake of a
more global forum for their writing.
"The Writer’s Network" will enable our
students to:
- search and locate databases such as
writer’s online, libraries, and online tutorials
- use desktop publishing software to create and
publish a Newspaper
- access and retrieve information that is current
and media sensitive
Evaluation
Students in this project will:
- select various pieces of writing for posting
- develop an understanding of electronic posting
- critique and evaluate their own writing
- critique and evaluate the writing of others
- publish articles in Newspaper format
- apply appropriate and ethical writing skills
- approach writing with an attitude that respects
the writer’s integrity
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