In The Mindful Writing Series, educators will engage in the nine attitudinal factors of mindfulness (Jon Kabat-Zinn) in order to learn strategies for helping students relieve writing anxieties and build self-compassion, stamina, and self-efficacy in writing practice. In each session, learners will create intentions, practice mindful breathing, and write from the mindset of non-judging, patience, a beginner’s mind, trust, non-striving, acceptance, letting go, gratitude, and generosity. Participants will leave with mindful writing activity tools for instructional application.
“Mindful Engagement in Reading and Writing”
In this workshop, participants will:
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draw connections between mindfulness, engagement, and the ELAR classroom.
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identify mindlessness in reading and writing instruction.
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understand the role of mindfulness in metacognition and self-monitoring.
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engage in a mindfulness activity.
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engage in a mindful writing activity.
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use a digital interactive tool to support student metacognition.
We recommend the following Mindful Writing course sequence:
- Introducing Mindful Writing in the ELAR Classroom (SU2146058)
- Mindful Engagement in Reading and Writing
- Mindful Grammar (SU2146057)
- Curiosity Research (SU2146055)
