Subject

How to Teach and Assess any Writing Lesson

0.00 Credit

Adult Education

Summer Term

This course is archived and no longer available for enrollment.

Learn to gauge your students' ability, construct a lesson around a skill or idea, assess their readiness to practice, assign proper homework, assess their efforts, know when to move to the next lesson, and build in review.

Course Description

Through this course, you will be introduced to 8 teaching keys with which to form your planning, reviewing, introducing, assigning and assessing writing lessons, as well as see examples of their application, and have an opportunity to discuss plus practice these elements.
Course Requisites: Have some familiarity with basic grammar, writing, and editing
Participants can prepare for this course by watching Karate Kid, 1984, Director: John G. Avildsen
Course Objectives: Learn about educational pedagogy
Learn about lesson structure
Learn about assessment goals
Discuss examples of proper and improper assignments
Practice course elements Curriculum Texts: Not required
Lost Tools of Writing Level II, 2nd edition CiRCE Institute
Institute for Excellent in Writing, 2nd edition
Hand-outs provided

Cheryl Floyd

Instructor

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