Wow what an amazing conference!
2 days spent at the Ellerslie Event Center being inspired and changing the way we look at writing and our writing programmes.
I am slowly trying to take in all the new ideas, information and work out how I am going to apply those to my class effectively. I spent the entire conference tweeting out tidbits of information that I found interesting, inspiring and though provoking. What was cool about this was other teachers around NZ were tweeting me back and being able to join in on the learning and passion for writing being shared by the great presenters.
We were lucky enough to attend the entire conference as a school. Our main focus being on seeing Jeff Anderson.
Day 1:
Revision Decisions: Talking Through Sentences, Grammar and Beyond (Jeff Anderson) - Whole Day
Day 2:
- Writing WORDshop: Grappling with Words (Jeff Anderson) - This was my favourite session!!
- Express Lane Editing (Jeff Anderson)
- What's in a Sentence (Gail Loane)
I love to write (I spend a lot of my own time writing YA Fiction) but I don't by any means consider myself an expert. I think my writing programme is working but I know it can be better. Now I have some tools and knowledge to open the door even further for my students.
A huge thanks to Annemarie Hyde who so beautifully Storify-ed my tweets for me!
Day One:
Day Two:
My Goals:
1. Co-construct anchor charts with my students and put them up as 2nd teacher/visual reminder
2. Words! - Get a writing journal (A4) for my students and begin to collect words
3. Revise - Introduce DRAFT
4. Shopping List/Receipt
5. Notice - Start noticing literature, different text types across the curriculum
I have compiled a list of the Literature that Jeff Anderson had either mentioned or was in the Appendices of his books (Unfortunately it is only letting me show 7 of the 270 books, will try fix this later):
