Presenter:
Barbara Stanners Genre-Crime Writing will involve:
-Defining Genre and Crime Writing
-Defining key conventions, tenets, motifs and writing styles
-Deconstructing crime writing elements in prescribed texts 'The Skull Beneath the Skin', 'The Real Inspector Hound' and 'Rear Window'
-Development of student examination skills for the critical and creative sections of the Extension 1 paper
-Examination of possible related texts and how they could be used.
What to bring:Laptops and/or USB would be useful for digital resource sharing. Resource sharing amongst participants will be encouraged and so multiple copies of effective resources for distribution or a list of websites, ORT titles and so forth would be beneficial.
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          | Very useful, full of tips and resources. |
          | Lots of useful resources and ideas for teaching the course. |
          | Great infomration, excellent discussions, great resources. |
          | So practical and relevant. HaAve learnt a lot. Excellent. |
          | Great resources and presenter very knowledgable. Activities to implement in the classroom were/ will be useful. |
          | Great resources. Very infomrative and thorough. |
          | Very thorough and insightful presentation iwth excellent materials. Clear exploration of wht needs to be done as a teacher. I like the fact that we were not rounded up into groups to sit around discussing things ad nauseum. |
          | Very useful and have some concrete ideas of things to do with my students apart from what I've already done. Especially hours of writing. |
          | I came away with many ideas from both hte formal presentation and informal discussion. |
          | Barbara was extremely helpful in providing practical ways of approaching texts and the genre as well as exciting and engaging resources. |
          | This inservice helped me to clarify the course content, introduce a wide variety of texts/ resources and provide a way forward with my students. |
          | Very infomrative with useful resources and teaching strategies. |
          | Barbara is obviously an excellent teacher who not only disseminates her exceptional knowledge about genre, but also creative strategies on how to teach the material she provides. |
          | always love Barbara's course - rich in content, knowledge, teaching techniques, and so generous with resources. |