ENG 976 - Writing in the Schools

Course unit(s): 0.5
Students in this course will learn - in practice - how to facilitate a creative writing class within the community, in this case at a local Allentown elementary or middle school: Jefferson Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary, or South Mountain Middle School. In addition to designing lesson plans, considering the pedagogical needs of the students, and facilitating weekly workshop sessions, students meet periodically with the professor to discuss assigned readings and required writing and to plot the direction of the course for the community students. At the end of the semester, students will be required to create and anthology of the student’s work and submit a portfolio of lesson plans geared to the appropriate age group. Signature of the professor is required. Satisfies departmental Prose or Poetry requirement.