The Writing Toolkit for Students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing: Genre, Discipline Specific Writing
Session Dates
Thursday February 08, 2018 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Closed
In this session, participants continue to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to improve writing instruction for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Phases of genre-specific writing instruction, such as learning about genre, evaluating genre, and writing genre, will be discussed. Because students who are knowledgeable about text structure, recall and write text better than others who aren’t, this session will highlight the importance of making text structure for the genres of narrative, informational/explanatory, and opinion/argumentative writing visually explicit.
Objectives
Participants will:
- Identify the phases of genre-specific writing instruction
- Prepare visual scaffolds and “think-alouds” for genre-specific writing instruction
- Describe how to optimize the use of text structure to teach narrative, informational/explanatory, and opinion/argumentative writing
Target Audience
Teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing
Individuals attending this course must arrive on time and stay the duration of the course in order to receive Act 48 Professional Education hours. Requests for exceptions are to be brought to the attention of the individual´s Superintendent or IU Director prior to the course.