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YOUR REGISTRATION INCLUDES ACCESS TO THE HUB INFORMATIONAL GUIDE (OUR DIGITAL RESOURCE) - ENJOY FREE ACCESS UNTIL JUNE 30, 2026.
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:
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.
Early Bird through 2/4/26!
Register today to secure your seat! Workshops require at least 10 participants to run, and spots fill quickly! Whether you pay now by credit card or later with a check/PO, your spot will be reserved—so you won’t miss this valuable in-person training to enhance your writing instruction.
Canada Market - Build cross-curricular connections through Informational Writing! Come join our training team where Carla Thio, our Master Trainer in Canada, will be presenting our informational workshop in person.
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.
HOW THE DAY BREAKS OUT: Part 1– Launching into Literacy
Part 2– Informational Skills
Part 3– Putting It All Together
For Socorro ISD teachers only.
YOUR REGISTRATION INCLUDES ACCESS TO THE HUB INFORMATIONAL GUIDE (OUR DIGITAL RESOURCE) - ENJOY FREE ACCESS TO THE HUB THROUGH JUNE 2026.
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 our narrative workshop in person.
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
Practicing Process Writing
Forming Assessment Rubrics
Recap of Today’s Learning – Narrative Writing
Workshop Requirements: Each participant is required to have the corresponding Empowering Writers’ teaching manual (digital guide or printed manual) for this Narrative writing workshop.
Registration includes access to A Sentence A Day digital Hub guide until 6/30/26!
WHO: Teachers, Grades K-2
Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade educators will learn how to implement our A Sentence A Day resource. Instruction includes a weekly guide that establishes meaningful routines in the primary classroom.
The focus begins in Kindergarten with pencil placement, spacing, and letter formation. The resource then progresses to writing sentences and building powerful vocabulary, alongside grammar and conventions. The 1st and 2nd grade components of A Sentence A Day continue the construction of strong sentences while emphasizing parts of speech, grammar, and conventions.
Each week of instruction includes a theme, helping students begin to build story awareness.
This professional development course will also include connections to the Getting to Write resources for Kindergarten and 1st grade, as well as genre-specific writing resources for 2nd grade.
Our digital A Sentence A Day resource—available in the HUB—includes bonus content in the form of daily PowerPoint presentations, which will be shared throughout the workshop.
Join our master educators for this comprehensive half-day professional development workshop to successfully implement A Sentence A Day in your classroom.
Registration includes access to the All In One digital writing guide (Narrative, Informational, Editing Revising and Argumenative skills) on the Hub until 8/30/26!
Registration includes access to A Sentence A Day digital Hub guide until 8/30/26!
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.
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.
Instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text, confidently teach narrative, informational/opinion 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 DAY BREAKS OUT:
Part 2– Narrative/Informational Skills
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