Canada Market - Build cross-curricular connections through Narrative Writing! Come join our training team where Carla Thio, our Master Trainer in Canada, will be presenting.

WHO: Teachers, Grades 2-8 

This presentation includes dynamic, interactive modeling by the presenter. All participants are encouraged to actively engage during the workshop by providing responses during the modeling segments, asking questions and interacting with others when possible. 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 

Instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text, apply analysis skills to constructed response, confidently teach narrative writing, and learn how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work. Gain understanding of foundational writing skills to help students effectively respond to text and strengthen both writing abilities and reading comprehension skills.

HOW THE TRAINING BREAKS OUT:

Part 1– Launching into Literacy         

• Understanding EW’s Methodology and how it creates writing success

• Recognizing Genre

• Identifying Organizational Frameworks (e.g., Informational vs. Narrative)

• Learning How to Annotate and Analyze Text

• Finding Literary Elements for Literary Analysis

• Identifying Text Conventions (clues) for Constructed Response

Part 2 - Narrative Skills

• Developing an Entertaining Beginning

• Creating Elaborate Details

• Building Suspense

• Describing the Main Event

• Developing Extended Endings

Part 3– Putting It All Together

• Practicing Process Writing

• Forming Assessment Rubrics

• Recap of Today’s Learning – Narrative Writing

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Narrative Writing instruction (taught by Master Educator Carla Thio)
• Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
• Online Access to the Recording of this Live Zoom Workshop: 7-days of online access available following your attendance to this LIVE Zoom workshop.
• Register Today to hold your spot!  Whether paying by credit card now, or using a check/PO for payment later, you can be sure your seat is secure now, so that you won’t miss this valuable training to enhance your writing instruction.  (Note registration window closes approximately 24 hours prior to the training time)

Workshop Requirements:

Each participant is required to have the corresponding Empowering Writers’ teaching manual (digital guide or printed manual) for this Narrative writing workshop.   

WHO:  Teachers, Grades 2-8

This presentation includes dynamic, interactive modeling by the presenter. All participants are encouraged to actively engage during the workshop by providing responses during the modeling segments, asking questions and interacting with others when possible. 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 

Instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text, apply analysis skills to constructed response, confidently teach informational and opinion writing, and learn how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work.  Gain understanding of foundational writing skills to effectively respond to text. 

HOW THE DAY BREAKS OUT:

Part 1– Launching into Literacy      

• Understanding EW’s Methodology and how it creates writing success
• Recognizing Genre
• Identifying Organizational Frameworks (e.g., Informational vs. Narrative)
• Learning How to Annotate and Analyze Text
• Finding Literary Elements for Literary Analysis
• Identifying Text Conventions (“clues” discovery) for Constructed Response
  

Part 2– Informational Skills

• Developing Broad, yet Distinct Main Ideas
• Creating Detail-Generating Questions
• Widening Sentence Variety
• Conducting/referencing Research
•  Building Introductions and Conclusions

Part 3– Putting It All Together

• Practicing Process Writing
• Forming Assessment Rubrics
• Recap of Today’s Learning – Informational Writing

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Informational Writing instruction (taught by Master Educators)
• Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
• Online Access to the Recording of this Live Zoom Workshop: 7-days of online access available following your attendance to this LIVE Zoom workshop.
• Register Today to hold your spot!  Whether paying by credit card now, or using a check/PO for payment later, you can be sure your seat is secure now, so that you won’t miss this valuable training to enhance your writing instruction.  (Note registration window closes approximately 24 hours prior to the training time)

Workshop Requirements:

Each participant is required to have the corresponding Empowering Writers’ teaching manual (digital guide or printed manual) for this Informational writing workshop.  Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

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WHO: Teachers, Grades 2-8

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:  

• Create both Short and Extended Constructed Response by applying specific skills to tasks that require students to identify and cite evidence from text
  

• Review foundational skills for application to Constructed Response: analyze and annotate source text, deconstruct the task

• Model the step by step process for both Short and Extended Constructed Response using source texts

• Create an effective response using specific tools and strategies such as paraphrasing and citing evidence from the source text

• Develop Key Comprehension Questions for use with a variety of source text - reading adoptions, stories, articles, science and/or social studies text

• Utilize the Framing Questions for literary analysis

• Evaluate responses using rubrics to target areas of weakness for focused instruction

Required prerequisite: Background in Empowering Writers Informational/Expository 6 hour training recommended.

How the day breaks out:

Part 1: Focus on Short Constructed Response

• Review foundational skills

• Introduce and practice the Step by Step Process for Short Constructed Response

• Model paraphrasing and citing evidence using source texts

• Examine how to use the Detail Generating Questions to improve the response

• Develop Key Comprehension Questions

• Introduce and Model Literary Analysis

• Evaluate a response using the Short Constructed Response Rubric to determine strengths and weaknesses

Part 2: Focus on Extended Constructed Response

• Compare each Step by Step Process to identify new learning

• Practice the Step by Step Process for Extended Constructed Response using a single source text

• Take it to the Next Level - Model and practice the Step by Step Process for Extended Constructed Response using multiple source texts

• Evaluate a variety of prompts/tasks to determine how to approach them

• Highlight inferential and evaluative thinking in response tasks

WHAT YOU GET:

• 6 hours of Constructed Response instruction (taught by Master Educators)
  
• Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
• Online Access to the Recording of this Live Zoom Workshop: 7-days of online access available following your attendance to this LIVE Zoom workshop.

• Register Today to hold your spot!  Whether paying by credit card now, or using a check/PO for payment later, you can be sure your seat is secure now, so that you won’t miss this valuable training to enhance your writing instruction.  (Note registration window closes approximately 24 hours prior to the training time)

• Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

WHO:  Teachers, Grades 2-8

This presentation includes dynamic, interactive modeling by the presenter. All participants are encouraged to actively engage during the workshop by providing responses during the modeling segments, asking questions and interacting with others when possible. 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 

Instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text, apply analysis skills to constructed response, confidently teach informational and opinion writing, and learn how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work.  Gain understanding of foundational writing skills to effectively respond to text. 

HOW THE DAY BREAKS OUT:

Part 1– Launching into Literacy      

• Understanding EW’s Methodology and how it creates writing success
• Recognizing Genre
• Identifying Organizational Frameworks (e.g., Informational vs. Narrative)
• Learning How to Annotate and Analyze Text
• Finding Literary Elements for Literary Analysis
• Identifying Text Conventions (“clues” discovery) for Constructed Response
  

Part 2– Informational Skills

• Developing Broad, yet Distinct Main Ideas
• Creating Detail-Generating Questions
• Widening Sentence Variety
• Conducting/referencing Research
•  Building Introductions and Conclusions

Part 3– Putting It All Together

• Practicing Process Writing
• Forming Assessment Rubrics
• Recap of Today’s Learning – Informational Writing

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Writing instruction (taught by Master Educator Carla Thio)
• Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
• Online Access to the Recording of this Live Zoom Workshop: 7-days of online access available following your attendance to this LIVE Zoom workshop.
• Register Today to hold your spot!  Whether paying by credit card now, or using a check/PO for payment later, you can be sure your seat is secure now, so that you won’t miss this valuable training to enhance your writing instruction.  (Note registration window closes approximately 24 hours prior to the training time)

Workshop Requirements:

Each participant is required to have the corresponding Empowering Writers’ teaching manual (digital guide or printed manual) for this Informational writing workshop.