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• Sept. 19, Thurs. - LIVE Zoom - Launching into Literacy - Diving into Informational Skills (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    19 Sep 2024
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Classroom - Central Time

  Register

  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 $300 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide or $450 with our digital All In One Writing 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.  Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

  • 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!

  
  

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• Sept. 26, Thurs. - LIVE Zoom - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    26 Sep 2024
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Classroom - Central Time

  Register

  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.

  WHAT YOU GET: 

  This 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

  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.

  • 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 $300 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide or $450 with our digital All In One Writing Guide. Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

  • 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)

  
  

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• Oct. 10, Thurs. - LIVE Zoom - Launching into Literacy - Diving into Informational Skills (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    10 Oct 2024
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Classroom - Central Time

  Register

  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 $300 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide or $450 with our digital All In One Writing 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.  Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

  • 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!

  
  

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• Oct. 24, Thurs. - LIVE Zoom - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    24 Oct 2024
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Classroom - Central Time

  Register

  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.

  WHAT YOU GET: 

  This 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

  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.

  • 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 $300 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide or $450 with our digital All In One Writing Guide. Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

  • 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)

  
  

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• Nov. 12, Tues. - LIVE Zoom - Launching into Literacy - Diving into Informational Skills (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    12 Nov 2024
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Classroom - Central Time

  Register

  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 $300 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide or $450 with our digital All In One Writing 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.  Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

  • 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!

  
  

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• Nov. 15, Fri. - Edmonton In-Person - Launching into Literacy - Diving into Informational Skills (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    15 Nov 2024
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Chateau Nova Yellowhead, 13920 Yellowhead Trail, Edmonton

  Register

  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. Grades 2-8

  • 
    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

  PLUS:
  

  • Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
  • Price:  $175 USD, registration only, for a full day of instruction and unlimited support. To register with the required resource:
  • Reg plus 1 yr Informational HUB guide - $300 USD
    
  • Reg plus 2 yr Informational HUB guide - $375 (Saving of $50 USD) 
    
  • Reg plus printed guide - $365 USD 
    
  • 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. 

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• Nov. 21, Thurs. - LIVE Zoom - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    21 Nov 2024
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom Classroom - Central Time

  Register

  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.

  WHAT YOU GET: 

  This 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

  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.

  • 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 $300 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide or $450 with our digital All In One Writing Guide. Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

  • 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)

  
  

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