Thursday, July 19 [Day 9]

How do we create a culture of writing in the classroom—and the broader community?


9:00 - 9:10

Reaction sheets from day 8


9:10 - 12:00

Erica Darken, Lois McGee, & Lisa Yau: Poetry Inside Out


12:00 - 1:00

Lunch


1:00 - 3:00

Erica Darken, Lois McGee, & Lisa Yau: Poetry Inside Out


3:00 - 3:30

Reflections and Wrap-up

  1. Complete reaction sheet
  2. Consider posting reflections to TPS Teachers Network
  3. Be prepared to share your (first draft) plans for the fall!
  4. Complete Institute Participant Survey
  5. Readings for Day 10
      • Draper (2008)
      • Waff (2009)

Goals

  • Engage with resources and routines from Poetry Inside Out, a program of the non-profit Center for the Art of Translation that empowers the imagination and build students' problem solving, critical thinking, and literacy skills through the translation and composition of poetry

Readings

  • Goswami, D., & Rutherford, M. (2009) What’s going on here? Seeking answers through teacher inquiry. In D. Goswami, C. Lewis, M. Rutherford & D. Waff (Eds). On teacher inquiry: Approaches to language and literacy research. (pp. 1-11). New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
  • Grossman, E. (2010). Introduction. Why translation matters. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
  • Park, J., Simpson, L., Bicknell, J., & Michaels, S. (2015). “When it rains a puddle is made”: Fostering academic literacy in English Language Learners through poetry and translation. English Journal, 104 (4), 50-58.