23TRA027 The Writing Journey: A Scaffolded Approach to Creative and Functional Writing (2 Sessions)

Dates:    26th January & 2nd February 2023
Times:    7.00pm - 8.00pm
Venue:   Online via Zoom
Target Audience: Junior Cycle & Senior Cycle Post Primary English Teachers

These webinars will explore the development of writing skills in the English classroom, with an emphasis on:

• Examining writing as a process, through the lens of critical literacy.
• Sharing scaffolded approaches to writing which may motivate students in their writing journeys and help them to create their own writing voices.

Bio of Presenter: Selena Wilkes 

Selena has been a teacher since 1989. She was an SEC examiner and advising examiner in higher level English for twenty four years and an advisor in English and literacy with PDST for three years. She currently teaches English, Geography and Chinese in New Cross College, Finglas, Dublin, and lectures in The School of Education, UCD, PME programme in English. Her hobbies include scuba-diving and boring people with photographs of her dogs.