Sessions for Teachers     2012

Workshops with David Hornsby and Debbie Sukarna
at Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre (Cnr Bell St & St George's Rd, Preston)

For more information, contact Paula Welham:

Darebin Arts and Entertainment Centre (Cnr Bell St and St Georges Rd, Preston)

Sat 18 Feb P-2 The Joy of Writing
3-6 Grammar in the new Australian Curriculum (don't        freak out!)		 Debbie
David
FRI 24 Feb The Australian Curriculum: English
Morning: meaning-centred and literature-based                (implications for program planning)
Afternoon: grammar in the new curriculum		 David
TUE 28 Feb
After-school session:The Australian Curriculum (English)
Meaning-centred and literature-based - implications for program planning)
David
Sat 3 Mar Phonics and Spelling P-2
Introduction to Spelling 3-6		 David
Debbie
Sat 17 Mar P-2 Components of a comprehensive writing program
3-6 Writers' Workshop - getting organised 		David
Debbie
Sat 24 Mar P-2 Revisiting shared and guided reading; alternative        forms of organisation.
3-6 Readers' Workshop		 David

Debbie
Sat 28 Apr Assessment of reading David & Debbie
Sat 5 May Reading and Writing Non-Fiction (reading and writing across the curriculum) David
Debbie
Sat 12 May Establishing a public speaking culture in your classroom and school: Years 3-8. Dayle Van Zanten
Sat 19 May Assessment of writing and spelling David & Debbie
TUE 29 May
        4-6 pm		 After-school session: How much reading are they actually doing? (Practices that increase reading volume.) David
Sat 28 Jul Comprehension: developing deep-level thinkers David & Debbie
Sat 4 Aug Teaching the craft of writing: a focus on writing groups David & Debbie
Sat 11 Aug Revisiting Spelling: planning a program Years 2-6 Debbie
Sat 1 Sept Introduction to writers' workshop, P-6 Debbie
Sat 8 Sept Planning an integrated unit, P-6 Debbie
Sat 20 Oct P-2 The Joy of Writing
3-6 Grammar in the new Australian Curriculum - don't        freak out! (repeat of 18 Feb session)		 Debbie
David
Sat 27 Oct Revisiting writers' workshop, P-6 Debbie
Sat 17 Nov Organising a readers' workshop, Years 2-6 Debbie

Regional Centres: If you would like to arrange a full-day seminar with David in a regional centre, please contact him (david.hornsby@mac.com).


David's work in schools includes:

Early Years LiteracyEarly Years Literacy

  • The Australian Curriculum: English
  • Using Real Books to teach literacy skills
  • The importance of the literature strand
  • Developing phonemic awareness
  • Teaching phonics and spelling in context
  • Rediscovering the Language-experience approach
  • Getting the most out of shared reading
  • Guided reading at the different developmental stages
  • Developing an effective writing program
  • Writers' Notebooks
  • Developing an awareness of language structures and features
  • Classroom organisation to support literacy learning

Middle Years LiteracyMiddle Years Literacy

  • The Australian Curriculum: English
  • Developing comprehension and thoughtful literacy
  • Developing critical literacy
  • Encouraging wide reading
  • Engaging students through powerful literature
  • Extending response to literature
  • Using different texts for different purposes
  • Shared and guided reading for older students
  • Teaching with non-fiction texts
  • Developing thoughtful literacy
  • Developing an effective writing program
  • Extending spelling strategies
  • Teaching grammar
  • Making grammar 'accessible'
  • Classroom organisation to support literacy learningLearning and Teaching

Learning and Teaching

  • Understanding curriculum
  • The model of curriculum behind the Australian Curriculum
  • Conditions for learning
  • Learning 'from the inside' (learning as an apprentice)
  • Teaching: a gradual release of responsibility
  • The need for explicit teaching
  • Teaching with a focus on strategies
  • Questioning (expanding your repertoire)