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 OUTPart 1– Launching into Literacy
WHAT YOU GET:
Workshop Requirements: Each participant is required to have the corresponding Empowering Writers’ teaching manual (digital guide or printed manual) for this Narrative writing workshop.
This workshop is being held at the Delta Hotel through the Grande Prairie Consortium.
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Teach Your Students How to Apply Analysis Skills to Short and Extended Constructed Response
OBJECTIVE: Create both Short and Extended Constructed Response by applying specific skills to tasks that require students to identify and cite evidence from text.
This highly requested 6-hour course will focus on these objectives:
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
The training AND a 1 year digital resource subscription are available now for only $100 per person! That's a $200 savings, as we want to provide a discounted rate to welcome you back to this form of PD. It's an offer you can't resist. But don't wait - there are only 30 spots available, so be sure to reserve your seat now.
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
Required prerequisite: Background in Empowering Writers Informational/Expository 6 hour training recommended.
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 72 hours prior to the training time)
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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 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. Grades 2-8
Part 1– Launching into Literacy
Part 2– Informational Skills
Part 3– Putting It All Together
