Nature, Writing and Education
Working Outline for the Class
*See syllabus and handouts for details on readings and assignments.
Rebecca Chamberlain & Jean MacGregor
Summer 2006
This schedule is subject to revision
Day 6, Tues. July 18th
Day 7, Thurs. July 20th
Day 8, Tues. July 25th
Day 9, Thurs., July 27th
Waking the Senses—
New Ways of Seeing
Field Trip: South
Puget Sound
Community College
Storytelling &
Writing,
Communication &
Conservation
--------------Opening poems or
passages from readings.
Envisioning the Future
Bring colored pencils,
rulers, paper or an
unlined drawing journal.
--------------Opening poems or
passages from readings.
Part 1: Drawing as a
way of seeing.
Part 2: Directions that
writers take—writing
what you can’t draw,
drawing what you can’t
write.
-Whimsical Journaling
-Working with Natural
History Field Guides
-Workshop-Writing
with the Senses—or—
Descriptive Writing for
a multitude of purposes.
-------------------Assignments:
Meet at: Building 34,
Room 208, Natural
Sciences.
--------------Part 1: Sacred Springs
& Holy Waters: Wells
& Springs in Puget
Sound & Irish
Traditions.
-Hydrogeology &
Phenomenologydifferent way of looking
at & imagining water.
Salmon & Springsancient Irish & Native
American stories about
Atlantic & Pacific
salmon.
Part 3: Writing as ReVisioning –editing
workshop with peer
group.
-----------------------Assignments:
Due next class: Three
copies of your personal
essay or special project
for editing and feedback
by peer group.
All comments on your
partner’s papers are due
next class.
See Reading Schedule
See Reading Schedule
Storytelling Workshop:
Saving the Wild.
Journeys: Entering the
mythic landscape or
dreamtime.
Creating a Group or
Personal Myth:
Beginning, Middle,
End/ Past, Present, or
Future.
Potluck Dinner
-------------Opening poems or
passages from readings.
Part 1: Grief & Hope in
Turbulent Times
Teachers &
professionals as
Activists
Jane Goodall Film
Thomas Berry Film
-Film: Rachel Carson’s
“Silent Spring,”
Workshop/Seminar
What have we learned?
Nova: Dimming The
Sun-PBS
Where do we go from
here?
-----------------------Assignments:
How can we create
sustainable communities
in a global society?
Due: Next Class
Completed Portfolios of
work including: reading
responses, final draft of
special project/personal
essay, and final
comprehensive essay.
-----------------------Assignments:
Set up Evaluation
meeting times.
Due: Three copies of
self and faculty
evaluations.
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