Chapter 1.0
Overview
I later learned (if professional literature is to be believed) that it has never been done before in the history of teaching writing.
Here is the system:
It combines Western and indigenous thinking
It assumes no natural ability
It applies to any age, ability, or interest
Some Results
Gambell, Alaska. Whaling/Walrus hunting village on island in the Bering Sea
No computers
Little world knowledge
Low reading and writing skills
39 of the 41 students were ESL
They won two national championships Future Problem Solving. At the time it was considered the most difficult academic competition in the nation. Defeated schools for the gifted. Only Native American high school team ever to win a national championship in academics.
Also won + runner up in international fiction writing competition.
One of the stories was published in a professional anthology. It was the only story by a nonprofessional in the book. The student had written it in two hours.
Elim, Alaska. 21-student school.
Shattered the national scoring record in Future Problem Solving
Fairbanks, Alaska
Basis of RAHI, a college prep for Alaska Native students from rural villages.
Graduates from Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale, Notre Dame, Stanford, Berkeley, West Point, Annapolis, the Air Force Academy, to name a few places.
Rural Alaska
College students won state and international fiction-writing awards.
Napoleon, Ohio
Former Marine used the method to win Mrs. Galaxy
Starting with Narrative
We start with narrative—
- Foundation of communications
- Establishes the basic structure of the hyperthesis
- Establishes the overall pattern of SONY
- Summary
- Old
- New
- Why