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Introduction First, process pedagogy encourages students to understand writing as a process that is comprised of a series of interrelated activities and strategies. These include invention (brainstorming, free writing, etc.), organization (nutshelling, outlining, etc.), drafting, and revision. Second, process pedagogy employs teaching methods that discourage appropriation of the writer's authority, seeking instead to help students to become confident contributors to the academic community. To achieve this end, process pedagogy promotes several methodologies, among them frequent student-teacher conferences, the use of peer group exercises and peer tutors in all phases of the writing process, and the use of the facilitative response to student writing. Third, by limiting the use of texts in class and asking students to write from and about their own experiences and perspectives, process pedagogy acknowledges the importance of students' personal experiences and voices, and seeks to find appropriate ways for the personal to inform academic writing especially through project based learning. |
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Grade This project is designed for grade eleven in all the secondary schools in Lebanon and the Arab countries. |
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Objectives The main objective is to help students in grade 11 to write a story with the help of the process oriented approach |
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Tasks Think about a romantic movie you have watched or a story you have read. Write a paragraph to answer the following questions o How did the story make you feel? o What made you feel so? o What events and description gave you that feeling? o What qualities does the main character have? You will read a short story titled Love and War. Then, you will Identify the elements of the story Write the character sketch of the two main characters Write your own story after following a certain procedure. Click on the following link |
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Procedure 1- Skim the story first. What is the main idea? 2- Scan the story to answer the following questions: a- Describe the setting of the story. b- Describe the main character.( a character sketch)
c- When the soldier came back to Plumstead, what did you expect?
3- Name 3 details, descriptions, or actions that the author
uses to create an
atmosphere of suspense. 4- Time is not a problem. The most important thing is that you will be able to write your own story. Conventions of your story
In writing your
narrative essay, keep the following conventions in mind.
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Narratives are generally written in the first
person, that is, using "I." However, third person ("he," "she," or "it")
can also be used.
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Narratives rely on concrete, sensory details to
convey their point. These details should create a unified, forceful
effect, a dominant impression. More information on
sensory details is available. § Narratives, as stories, should include these story conventions: a plot, including setting and characters; a climax; and an ending.
Here's How: 1. Select the topic of your essay. 2. Choose the central idea, or thesis, of your essay. For example: Information technology has revolutionized the way we work. 3. Outline your essay into introductory, body and summary paragraphs. 4. The introductory paragraph begins with an interesting sentence. For example: Home workers have grown from 150,000 to over 12 million in the past 5 years thanks to the wonders of the computer. 5. After this first sentence, add your thesis statement from above. 6. Use one sentence to introduce every body paragraph to follow. For example: The Internet has made this possible by extending the office into the home. 7. Finish the introductory paragraph with a short summary or goal statement. For example: Technological innovation has thus made the traditional workplace obsolete. 8. In each of the body paragraphs (usually two or three) the ideas first presented in the introductory paragraph are developed. 9. Develop your body paragraphs by giving detailed information and examples. For example: When the Internet was first introduced it was used primarily by scientists, now it is common in every classroom. 10. Body paragraphs should develop the central idea and finish with a summary of that idea. There should be at least two examples or facts in each body paragraph to support the central idea. 11. The summary paragraph summarizes your essay and is often a reverse of the introductory paragrah. 12. Begin the summary paragrah by quickly restating the principal ideas of your body paragraphs. For example: The Internet in the home, benefits and ease of use of modern computer systems... 13. The penultimate sentence should restate your basic thesis of the essay. For example: We have now passed from the industrial revolution to the information revolution.
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Your final statement can be a future prediction
based on what you have shown in the essay. For example: The next step:
The complete disappearance of the workplace. Tips: 1. Use strong verbs and avoid modals to state your opinion. It is better to write: The workplace has evolved than THe workplace seems to have evolved 2. Do not apologize for what you are saying. An essay is about your opinion. 3. Do not translate from your mother tongue, it will quickly get you into trouble!
You can follow the guidelines that can be found when you click on the following link.
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Evaluation
The student's paper is evaluated according to the following: Rubric for students to rate their own work
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References
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Coordinators The only coordinator is Janet Ayoub You can get in contact with me at [email protected] |
