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.

Learn skills and strategies for teaching effective narrative writing whether you teach ELA, Social Studies, Humanities or Science. We will make connections to all parts of your curriculum so you can seamlessly apply the skills your students learn to your content area topics. 

This workshop is geared towards teachers grades 2-8. Empowering Writers' approach to writing instruction is student centered and teacher friendly.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Foundational writing skills that start by reading with “Author’s Eyes,” instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text through annotation and analysis, how to break the writing process down into manageable pieces, how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work, differentiation strategies, and the confidence to teach narrative writing as you build a community of writers through common language and assured experiences.

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

• 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

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Narrative Writing instruction (taught by Carla Thio) plus a free 1 yr subscription to the HUB. 
• Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction plus 1 yr subscription to the HUB for the digital Narrative guide.  Or $250 USD to extend the subscription to the digital Narrative HUB guide for another year.  That's just $75 for two years of access (a $123 saving!)
• 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.  A digital subscription is provided with your registration for a year. If you would like a printed copy as well, the printed manual is $170 and will be shipped promptly to your location of choice. 

• Remember that your Empowering Writers’ digital guide includes a year-long HUB license that delivers Narrative digital teaching resources for an entire year of narrative writing instruction.  The HUB allows for easy, online access to your Narrative Writing digital guide, along with a wealth of done-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online and use it for a full year from date of purchase. Teachers love the EW HUB for their writing instruction!

Early Bird registration until 5/1 - $150 registration fee - $25 saving

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Informational Writing instruction (taught by Master Educators)

  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. 

• 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.
• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction and unlimited support. Or $274 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide. Or $325 USD to include a printed guide.
• 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.  

• Remember that your Empowering Writers’ digital guide includes a year-long HUB license that delivers Informational digital teaching resources for an entire year of informational writing instruction.  The HUB allows for easy, online access to your Informational Writing digital guide, along with a wealth of done-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online and use for a year from payment date.   
  
  Teachers love the EW HUB for their writing instruction!

Early Bird registration until 5/1 - $150 registration fee - $25 saving

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of K-1 Getting Ready to Write instruction (taught by Master Educators)

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:  Age-appropriate, instructional tools to effectively teach your youngest (K-1) students the foundational skills they need to become strong writers.  You’ll be introduced to the developmental stages of writing, learn to teach your students how to identify genre and author’s purpose, and develop the foundational skills of narrative, informational and opinion writing.  Through this training, you will gain confidence in your writing instruction, and develop the writing/reading connection for your students across all content areas. 

• 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.

• Opportunities for group work, discussion and reflection provided.

• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction and unlimited support. Or $274 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital GRTW HUB guide. Or $325 USD to include a printed guide.
• 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 K-1 writing workshop. 

• Remember that your Empowering Writers’ digital guide includes a year-long HUB license that delivers digital teaching resources for an entire year of K-1 writing instruction.  The HUB allows for easy, online access to your K-1 Writing digital guide, along with a wealth of done-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online and use for a year from received payment date.  
  Teachers love the EW HUB for their writing instruction!

Early Bird registration until 5/1 - $150 registration fee - $25 saving

WHAT YOU GET: 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:  Instructional tools to analyze and annotate text, effectively deconstruct the prompt, locate and identify evidence to support your response, paraphrase and cite evidence in source texts (narrative and informational), apply analysis skills to constructed response, how to model the step by step process to a well written response.

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

• 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.
• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction and unlimited support. Or $274 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide. Or $325 USD to include a printed guide.
• 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:

Background in EW Informational instruction is recommended.

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.

Learn skills and strategies for teaching effective narrative writing whether you teach ELA, Social Studies, Humanities or Science. We will make connections to all parts of your curriculum so you can seamlessly apply the skills your students learn to your content area topics. 

This workshop is geared towards teachers grades 2-8. Empowering Writers' approach to writing instruction is student centered and teacher friendly.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Foundational writing skills that start by reading with “Author’s Eyes,” instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text through annotation and analysis, how to break the writing process down into manageable pieces, how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work, differentiation strategies, and the confidence to teach narrative writing as you build a community of writers through common language and assured experiences.

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

• 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

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Narrative Writing instruction (taught by Carla Thio) plus a free 1 yr subscription to the HUB. 
• Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction plus 1 yr subscription to the HUB for the digital Narrative guide.  Or $250 USD to extend the subscription to the digital Narrative HUB guide for another year.  That's just $75 for two years of access (a $123 saving!)
• 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.  A digital subscription is provided with your registration for a year. If you would like a printed copy as well, the printed manual is $170 and will be shipped promptly to your location of choice. 

• Remember that your Empowering Writers’ digital guide includes a year-long HUB license that delivers Narrative digital teaching resources for an entire year of narrative writing instruction.  The HUB allows for easy, online access to your Narrative Writing digital guide, along with a wealth of done-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online and use it for a full year from date of purchase. Teachers love the EW HUB for their 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.

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Informational Writing instruction (taught by Master Educator Carla Thio)

  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. 
  
  Part 1– Launching into Literacy      

          Part 2– Informational Skills

          Part 3– Putting It All Together

• Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction plus 1 yr subscription to the HUB for the digital Informational guide.  Or $250 USD to extend the subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide for another year.  That's just $75 for two years of access (a $123 saving!)
• 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. 

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.

Learn skills and strategies for teaching effective narrative writing whether you teach ELA, Social Studies, Humanities or Science. We will make connections to all parts of your curriculum so you can seamlessly apply the skills your students learn to your content area topics. 

This workshop is geared towards teachers grades 2-8. Empowering Writers' approach to writing instruction is student centered and teacher friendly.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Foundational writing skills that start by reading with “Author’s Eyes,” instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text through annotation and analysis, how to break the writing process down into manageable pieces, how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work, differentiation strategies, and the confidence to teach narrative writing as you build a community of writers through common language and assured experiences.

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

• 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

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Narrative Writing instruction (taught by Carla Thio) plus a 1 yr subscription to the HUB. 
• Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction plus 1 yr subscription to the HUB for the digital Narrative guide.  Or $250 USD to extend the subscription to the digital Narrative HUB guide for another year.  That's just $75 for two years of access (a $123 saving!)
• 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.  A digital subscription is provided with your registration for a year. If you would like a printed copy as well, the printed manual is $170 and will be shipped promptly to your location of choice. 

• Remember that your Empowering Writers’ digital guide includes a year-long HUB license that delivers Narrative digital teaching resources for an entire year of narrative writing instruction.  The HUB allows for easy, online access to your Narrative Writing digital guide, along with a wealth of done-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online and use it for a full year from date of purchase. Teachers love the EW HUB for their writing instruction!

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.

Learn skills and strategies for teaching effective narrative writing whether you teach ELA, Social Studies, Humanities or Science. We will make connections to all parts of your curriculum so you can seamlessly apply the skills your students learn to your content area topics. 

This workshop is geared towards teachers of all grade levels. Empowering Writers' approach to writing instruction is student centered and teacher friendly.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Foundational writing skills that start by reading with “Author’s Eyes,” instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text through annotation and analysis, how to break the writing process down into manageable pieces, how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work, differentiation strategies, and the confidence to teach narrative writing as you build a community of writers through common language and assured experiences.

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Narrative Writing instruction (taught by Carla Thio) plus a free 1 yr subscription to the HUB. 
• Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction plus 1 yr subscription to the HUB for the digital Narrative guide.  Or $250 USD to extend the subscription to the digital Narrative HUB guide for another year.  That's just $75 for two years of access (a $123 saving!)
• 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.  A digital subscription is provided with your registration for a year. If you would like a printed copy as well, the printed manual is $170 and will be shipped promptly to your location of choice. 

• Remember that your Empowering Writers’ digital guide includes a year-long HUB license that delivers Narrative digital teaching resources for an entire year of narrative writing instruction.  The HUB allows for easy, online access to your Narrative Writing digital guide, along with a wealth of done-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online and use it for a full year from date of purchase. Teachers love the EW HUB for their writing instruction!

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Informational Writing instruction (taught by Master Educators)

  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. 

• 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.
• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction and unlimited support. Or $274 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide. Or $325 USD to include a printed guide.
• 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.  

• Remember that your Empowering Writers’ digital guide includes a year-long HUB license that delivers Informational digital teaching resources for an entire year of informational writing instruction.  The HUB allows for easy, online access to your Informational Writing digital guide, along with a wealth of done-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online and use for a year from payment date.   
  
  Teachers love the EW HUB for their writing instruction!

WHAT YOU GET: 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:  Instructional tools to analyze and annotate text, effectively deconstruct the prompt, locate and identify evidence to support your response, paraphrase and cite evidence in source texts (narrative and informational), apply analysis skills to constructed response, how to model the step by step process to a well written response.

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

• 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.
• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction and unlimited support. Or $274 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide. Or $325 USD to include a printed guide.
• 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:

Background in EW Informational instruction is recommended.

WHAT YOU GET: 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:  

Instructional tools to analyze and annotate text, effectively deconstruct the prompt, locate and identify evidence to support your response, paraphrase and cite evidence in source texts (narrative and informational), apply analysis skills to constructed response, how to model the step by step process to a well written response.

Objective: Learn how to apply informational skills to tasks that require students to identify and cite evidence from text.

• Review foundational skills for application
• Use a sample text to model the process for constructed response with a single source text
• Introduce key comprehension questions for Informational and Opinion Genres
• Utilize the framing questions for literary analysis
• Model the application of the questions with specific articles or stories
• Apply questioning techniques to assess students' ability to understand foundational skills, identify and paraphrase/cite evidence, and formulate a fluid response
• Develop an extended response utilizing multiple source texts 

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

• 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.
• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction and unlimited support. Or $274 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide. Or $325 USD to include a printed guide.
• 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)

WHAT YOU GET: 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:  

Instructional tools to analyze and annotate text, effectively deconstruct the prompt, locate and identify evidence to support your response, paraphrase and cite evidence in source texts (narrative and informational), apply analysis skills to constructed response, how to model the step by step process to a well written response.

Objective: Learn how to apply informational skills to tasks that require students to identify and cite evidence from text.

• Review foundational skills for application
• Use a sample text to model the process for constructed response with a single source text
• Introduce key comprehension questions for Informational and Opinion Genres
• Utilize the framing questions for literary analysis
• Model the application of the questions with specific articles or stories
• Apply questioning techniques to assess students' ability to understand foundational skills, identify and paraphrase/cite evidence, and formulate a fluid response
• Develop an extended response utilizing multiple source texts 

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

• 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.
• Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
• Price:  $175 USD for a full day of instruction and unlimited support. Or $274 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide. Or $325 USD to include a printed guide.
• 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)