March 5, 2016, I returned to North Lake College to host a writing workshop for Mr. Guy Melton’s Upward Bound students. It was a wonderful Saturday filled with discussion, drafts, sharing, play with color, and photos from the 21 countries I’ve visited.
During the workshop, students were asked to
- Portray their view of the writing process through a visual
- Develop a rough draft using the following prompt: The Value of Travel
- Tour my photo gallery and develop a list of insightful words that come to mind during the tour
- Develop a revised essay
- Read each member’s essay and select the strongest revision
Since my return from Africa, this was my first time back in the U.S. classroom, and I loved it. My international teaching experience over a period of three and a half years breathed renewal into my teaching and into my professional growth.
Evidently, the students enjoyed the experience as well, for they have requested my return.
This is an honor for an educator but an even greater honor is to showcase the work of one of the student attendees
An Essay by Oscar Zambrano
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