Index of Videos and Materials
Index of Videos and of Downloadable Teaching Materials and Resources
VIDEOS
Experiential Writing Project: Reflective Writing and Experiential Education
Reflective Writing about Experience
Experiential Writing: Genre Theory
Internships and Reflective Writing
Reflective Writing and Community Engagement
Leadership Training and Reflective Writing
Reflective Writing on Study Abroad
Field Study and Reflective Writing
Reflective Writing and Wilderness Therapy
The Secondary Classroom--Reflective Writing and Peer Mentoring
Reflective Writing in University Classrooms
WHY EXPERIENTIAL WRITING?
- Reflection Makes Experience Meaningful
- Template for creating a writing-based curriculum
- Reflection prompts: anticipatory, active, recollective
- Rubric of pre-, beginning, and advanced reflection
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—short form
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—long form
- Experiential Writing Enhances Experiential Education
- Template for creating a writing-based curriculum
- Reflection prompts: anticipatory, active, recollective
- Rubric of pre-, beginning, and advanced reflection
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—short form
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—long form
- Experiential Writing Produces Holistic Growth
PLAN YOUR COURSE
- Consider Educational Environment
- Determine objectives
- Design cognitive learning objectives
- General use of Bloom's Taxonomy
- Sample Writing Prompts for all of Bloom’s Taxonomy
- Template for designing learning objectives and writing prompts for all of Bloom’s Taxonomy
- Blooms_taxonomy_action_verbs from Anderson, L. W., & Krathwohl, D. R. (2001).
- Sample learning outcomes for a rock climbing course using all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy
- Template for a single journal writing assignment
- The Two Dimensions of the New Taxonomy (2001)
- Memory, Comprehension, Application
- Analysis
- Creation
- Evaluation
- General use of Bloom's Taxonomy
- Design Holistic Learning Objectives
- Foster Emotional Intelligence
- Influence Narrative Identity
- Sample lesson plan/activity/questions
- Personal narrative writing prompts
- Sample lesson plan/activity/questions
- Enable Lifelong Learning
- Include spiritual learning
- Compare your Objectives with Published Threshold Concepts for your Discipline
- Foster Emotional Intelligence
- Design cognitive learning objectives
- Pick your genres
- Journals: Field, Academic, Personal
- Expressive writing
- Sample essay assignments
- Template: Designing Essay Prompts For Your Program
- Lesson outline for teaching essaying, by essayist Scott Russell Sanders
- 20 essay prompts to help students experiment with expressive writing (created by Scott Russell Sanders)
- Personal Essay Grading Rubric
- Rubric for managing a writing workshop (can be applied to multiple or mixed genres of writing)
- Peer workshop rubric
- Writing Personal Essays in a Literature Class
- Essay Writing Self-efficacy survey to help students measure their confidence and ability in essay writing, and to help understand their needs and weak spots
- Experiential Journalism
- Travel writing
- Travel Writing prompts
- Double Vision in Travel Essays: Something Old and Something New(Powerpoint presentation on Travel writing)
- Rubric for evaluating travel essays
- Natural History and Environmental Writing
- Researched and Expository Writing
- Template for creating research paper writing prompts
- Rubric for evaluating researched and expository writing
- Rubric for peer workshop or teacher interview on a general library research paper
- Oral history writing assignment--Brian Cannon, BYU
- Who Dunnit? Research Paper Assignment— Cheri Earl, BYU
- Mel Henderson, BYU, uses the following materials to guide students in writing a critical analysis of a movie. The plan could be adapted to writing critical analyses of other texts.
- Persuasive Writing
- Persuasive writing prompts
- Rubric for evaluating persuasive writing
- Persuasive Writing Lesson Plan: Values Response Essay developed by Anika Shumway
- Persuasive Writing Lesson Plan: Land Use Opinion Piece
- Deductive vs. Inductive Arguments and Proofs
- Persuasive Writing Materials developed by Sarah Jane Meyers (BYU)
- Argument Paper Rubric
- Persuasion- Agency in Rhetorical Situations
- Persuasion- Argument
- Persuasion- Awareness
- Persuasion- Conference Paper Rubric
- Persuasion- Counter Arguments. ppt
- Persuasion- Opinion Editorial Rubric
- Persuasion- Rogerian Argument Paper Rubric
- Persuasion- Rogerian Argument
- Persuasion- Types of Arguments
- Persuasive Writing Materials developed by Mel Henderson (BYU)
- Rubric for a rhetorical analysis
- Argument Mapping Exercise
- Apollo Moon Landings Article for Argument Mapping Exercise
- Foo Fighters and the Success Keys (keys to creating good arguments)
- Journals: Field, Academic, Personal
- Design assessment Tools
- General Assessment Design
- Use Student Writing to Assess Learning Outcomes
- Assign a Synthesis Final
- Integrated Natural History-Utah final questions and sample answer #1
- Integrated Natural History-Utah: sample answer #2
- Integrated Natural History-Utah: sample answer #3
- Integrated writing and literature study abroad: final question and sample answers
- Interdisciplinary psychology/literature/writing class: final questions and sample answer #1
- Interdisciplinary psychology/literature/writing class: sample answer #2
- Interdisciplinary psychology/literature/writing class: sample answer #3
- Outdoor writing class: final questions and sample answer
- Graduate fiction workshop class: Sample synthesis final questions
- General Assessment Design
- Craft Writing Prompts and Assignments
- Quick Writes
- Medium-length responses
- Template for managing a writing workshop
- Rubric for peer group workshop
- Decisions to be made when undertaking any writing project--Jay Fox, BYU
- Writing an introduction to a speaker: Lesson Plan by Mel Henderson
- Reflective Essays and Other Longer Forms
- Teaching Students to Write with Style
- Rubric for evaluating writing for substance and style
- Mel Henderson, BYU, wants her students to think about and value their own literacy, not just as writers but also as readers. She developed the following materials to coach students in the writing of an expressive essay that explores and evaluates their own literacy.
- Literacy Essay Assignment
- Reading and Resources for Literacy Essay
- “The Literate Family” by Doug Thayer
- How Not to Sound Like You're Trying Too Hard (material on voice) by Mel Henderson
- Ten Principles for Writing Clearly and Ten for Writing Coherently by Mel Henderson
- Commonly Confused Language by Mel Henderson.She uses the powerpoint to have students race to write sentences using the paired words.
- Quick Writes
- Establish an Experiential Writing Culture
- Give productive feedback
- Encourage strong writing habits
- Prioritize Student Agency
- Incorporate Discussion
- Establish and Utilize Discourse Communities
- Integrate Personal Experience
- Give productive feedback
PROGRAM IDEAS AND RESOURCES
- Internships and Mentored Learning
- Sample Writing Prompts for Interns
- Template for Internship Coordination and Support Using Reflective Writing (including prompts)
- Template for creating a writing-based curriculum
- Template for managing a writing workshop
- Self-efficacy questions to measure professional competencies gained from an internship
- Course materials for English 300 and 399--internship support courses taught by Trina Harding, English Department Internship Coordinator at Brigham Young University. These courses support students in their internships and give them university credit for the internship. The materials include
- Outline of purpose, theoretical basis, and methods for English 399, a professional internship support course.
- Internship course syllabus For English 300 (a course designed for students doing an internship in England. It includes assignments for readings in British literature, so students can get both internship and literature credit.)
- Sample student reflection paper #1 with teacher comments for English 399 (Internship course)
- Sample student reflection paper #2 with teacher comments for English 399 (Internship course)
- Agentic Design for Internships and Experiential Learning—Trina Harding
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—short form (for more info go to "Journals" in this website)
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—long form
- Community Engagement and Service Learning
- Writing Prompts for Community Engagement
- Template for creating a writing-based curriculum
- Template for managing a writing workshop
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—short form
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—long form
- Leadership Training and Career Development
- Template for creating a writing-based curriculum
- Lesson plan for developing interview narratives (STAR Stories)
- Information Sheet for a career development internship with a literary magazine
- Template for managing a writing workshop
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—short form (for more info go to "Journals" in this website)
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—long form
- Study Abroad
- Writing prompts and assignments
- Template for creating a writing-based curriculum
- Template for managing a writing workshop
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—long form
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—short form
- Rubric for Interview on journal
- Template for Lesson Plan--Blank
- Template for Lesson Plan-- Model
- Handout: The difference between a tourist and a student of place and culture
- Literature and Landscape: For many years professors from the English Department at Brigham Young University have taken students on a study abroad program where students read literature, keep a journal and write personal essays, and hike through landscapes where British writers lived. The following materials are from that program:
- The following are materials from an Art and Writing study abroad program in London.
- fall calendar29 August
- Rubric for examining a work of art
- Syllabus for ISA 201R: The London Walks/Study Abroad/ Fall 2011
- Walks: Learning to Read London
- Sample London Walk: Chelsea
- Sample London Walk: Covent Garden to Parliament
- Preparation for the art and writing collaborative assignment: research of historical collaborations
- Field Study
- Template for creating a writing-based curriculum
- Template for managing a writing workshop
- Template for a single journal writing assignment tied to an experiential activity--short form
- Template for a single journal writing assignment tied to an experiential activity--long form
- Anthropological Field Study Materials (Janet Bennion)
- Insects, Writing, and Art program materials: In 2014, and Mark Graham and Kheng S.Lim (Art), conducted a field study program that involved a preparatory, on campus course during winter semester and a field study program during spring term where students lived and worked at Brigham Young University’s Lytle Ranch Field Study Station in Southern Utah. It was facilitated by BYU’s study abroad office, who advertised, collected student funds, and helped manage the budget. Students received GE (art and composition) and Biology (Entomology) credit, and the course targeted Biology education majors. Here are some of the course materials from that program:
- Integrated Natural History--Utah. For many years, C. Riley Nelson (Biology), John Bennion (English), Brian Cannon (History), and Brian Hill (Experience Design and Management) ran a seven-week, integrated, field-study program that explored water systems and National Parks in Utah and gave freshman students credit in composition, Utah history, biology, and recreation. Here are some of the course materials from that program:
- Adventure Education and Therapy
- Template for creating a writing-based curriculum
- Description and Sample syllabus for a combined writing and adventure education course
- Power point presentation on a joint writing and outdoor recreation program
- Journal prompts
- Template for managing a writing workshop
- Template for a single journal writing assignment tied to an experiential activity—short form
- Template for a single journal writing assignment tied to an experiential activity—long form
- Activity Perception Questionnaire (Burton Olsen, BYU)
- Journal Writing and Outdoor Experience: Self Efficacy Survey (Burton Olsen)
- Outdoor Recreation Skills & Risk Self-Efficacy Scale (Stacy Taniguchi)
- Experiential Classrooms K-12
- Experiential Classrooms: University (Undergraduate Research)
- Template for creating a writing-based curriculum
- Prompts for reflective writing exercises in traditional courses
- Template for a single journal writing assignment tied to a reading or discussion
- Template for managing a writing workshop
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—short form
- Template for creating a journal writing exercise for an experiential class or program—long form
- Contemporary American Political Rhetoric: an experience-based graduate course on political rhetoric (Brian Jackson, English, BYU): Syllabus and assignment descriptions.
- Experiential analysis assignment for a capstone course on rhetoric (Brian Jackson, English, BYU).
- Syllabus from a freshman composition class with experiential assignments (Brian Jackson, English, BYU). The text for this course, authored by Jackson (2017), is Mindful Writing (see Further Readings). The text focuses on reflective practice in writing.
- Final Reflective Essay Assignment and Grading Rubric (Brian Jackson)
- Syllabus of a writing course with outdoor field trips (John Bennion, English, BYU)
- Meditation stations: an essaying lesson plan