2022 Virtual Sijo Workshop
July 19 & 26 (Tuesdays)
Program
Date
Time (CT)
Topic, speaker
Jul 19
(Tue)3:00 - 3:02
Moderator, Hye-Seung Kang
3:02 - 3:40
Korean Sijo: Structure and Samples, David McCann
3:40 - 4:10
Chinese Jueju, Daniel Hsieh
4:10 - 4:40
Japanese Haiku, Mark Peterson
4:40 – 4:50
Intermission
4:50 – 5:25
Teaching Sijo in High School, Elizabeth Jorgensen
5:25 – 5:50
Concurrent session (1)
5:50 – 6:15
Concurrent session (2)
6:15 - 6:30
Q&A, Program Evaluation
Jul 26 (Tue)
3:00 - 3:02
Moderator, Lucy Park
3:02 - 3:45
How to Edit and Improve Sijo, David McCann, Mark Peterson & Elizabeth Jorgensen
3:45 – 4:05
Sijo and Music performance, Lucy Park
4:05 – 4:40
Korean Literature for K-12 Educators, Lucy Park
4:40 – 4:50
Intermission
4:50 – 5:20
Brainstorming: sharing teaching ideas*
5:20 - 5:50
Report breakout session discussions to whole group
5:50 – 6:15
Sijo reading by the winners
6:15 - 6:30
Q&A, Program Evaluation
*Breakout session
**Participants must submit sijo by 1 pm on 7/23 to be considered for prize and sijo reading.
Concurrent session topics (choose one):
A. Sijo in College: Comparing Sijo & Sonnet, Jinang Kim
B. Sijo in Elementary School, Kate Van Haren
C. Sijo for Students with Special Needs, Elizabeth Jorgensen
D. Sijo in History & Science Classes, Lucy Park
Participants’ Benefit:
Educators of K-12 institutions in the US will be eligible for $100 stipend and sijo reference books who submit all homework (one sijo lesson plan and one sijo) before 7/23
Faculty:
• Daniel Hsieh: Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
• Elizabeth Jorgensen: Arrowhead Union High School, Hartland, WI
• Hye-Seung Kang: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
• Jinang Kim: University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
• David McCann: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Lucy Park: Sejong Cultural Society, Chicago, IL
• Mark Peterson: Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, UT
• Kate Van Haren: Pittsville Elementary School, Pittsville, WI
Registration
Online Registration link: https://bit.ly/3H89Cmo
Sponsors and Organizers:
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Illinois Arts Council. Chicago, IL | Indiana University National Consortium for Teaching About Asia Coordinating Center. IN | Sejong Cultural Society. Chicago, IL |