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• April 7, Mon. - Calgary, Best Western, IN-PERSON - Launching into Literacy - Diving into Informational Skills (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    7 Apr 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Best Western Plus Village Park Inn, 1804 Crowchild Trail NW Calgary, T2M 3Y7

  Register

  *Early Bird Special thru 3/21/25 - $100 Registration with Digital Informational Guide - active until 6/30/25
  

  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      

  • 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

  • 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
  • Early Bird $100 with digital Informational guide until 6/30/25. After 3/21/25 - Price:  $175 USD, registration only. 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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• May 1, Thurs. - LIVE 2hr Zoom -Literacy Launch! Leveraging the Reading/Writing Connection(Gr 2-8)

  • When
    1 May 2025
  •  
    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Zoom Classroom - Central Time

  Register

  The Literacy Launch! Leveraging the Reading/Writing Connection - 2 hour virtual training

  
  

  
  

  Who:  Grades 2-8 Classroom teachers, content area teachers, teachers who want to build student literacy through writing

  Why?  Whether you are fully invested in the Empowering Writers approach or looking to leverage your current reading materials or content texts, this is the starting point.

  What you get: 

  • 2 hours of Literacy Launch instruction (taught by Master Educators

  • Certificate of Attendance for 2 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.

  • Price:  $75 USD for a 2-hour day of instruction. Or $125 USD to include either a year's subscription to the digital Literacy Launch HUB resource or $350 with the All In One HUB 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.  

  What’s included?

  If you have a current HUB subscription, the Literacy Launch Section is already  included in your digital resource.

  If you have an older version print guide without the Literacy Launch section, please select the $125 bundle which includes the live virtual 2-hour session and a 1-year subscription to the Literacy Launch Section on the Hub. We also have new print guides that include the Literacy Launch, please visit our store to order.

  How the Literacy Launch Works

  Formulated for all grade levels and supported by teacher resources and dynamic instructional materials for 2-8 educators, the Literacy Launch helps every reading experience become a prewriting experience – and vice-versa – in all content areas. When filtered through our proven methodology, the progression of the Literacy Launch creates a powerful learning arc to help students:

  • Apply awareness and analytical skills to written expression for the ability to annotate and analyze any text across their learning
  • Develop a clear connection between the foundational reading skills needed to generate writing and to respond effectively to text, either through a constructed response or literary analysis
  • Gain a deeper comprehension of text that strengthens their own writing and strategic reading abilities

  You will leave empowered to :

  • Utilize text in all content areaDiscuss genre and author’s purpose with every text experience
  • Showcase how the author uses the graphic organizersSummarize text using the summarizing frameworks
  • Identify the salient features of each genre
  • Build a common language with students for more productive conversations
  • Be better able to offer specific feedback to improve student writing
  • Teach the foundational understanding necessary for any writing task
  • Develop the ability to read with “author’s eyes”
  • Make every reading experience a prewriting experience

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• May 6. Tues., IN-PERSON, Region 19 ESC, TX - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    6 May 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Reg 19 ESC, 6611 Boeing Drive, El Paso, TX 79925
  • Spaces left
    40

  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 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 $175 per person! That's a $125 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 40 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.

  • 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!
  • 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 72 hours prior to the training time)

  
  

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• May 6th, Tues. IN-PERSON, Arlington TX - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    6 May 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Holiday Inn Express & Suites Arlington (I-20), 1721 Pleasant Place
  • Spaces left
    30

  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 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.

  • 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!
  • 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 72 hours prior to the training time)

  
  

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• May 8. Thurs. IN-PERSON, San Antonio, TX - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    8 May 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    HOLIDAY INN, 19280 Redland Road San Antonio, Texas 78259
  • Spaces left
    30

  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 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 $175 per person! That's a $125 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 40 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.

  • 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!
  • 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 72 hours prior to the training time)

  
  

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• May 8. Thurs. IN-PERSON, Region 17 ESC, TX - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    8 May 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Reg 17 ESC, 1111 West Loop 289, Lubbock, TX 79416
  • Spaces left
    40

  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 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 $175 per person! That's a $125 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 40 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.

  • 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!
  • 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 72 hours prior to the training time)

  
  

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• May 13, Tues. - LIVE Zoom - Launching into Literacy - Diving into Informational Skills (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    13 May 2025
  •  
    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.
  • Select "Will Pay Later" to hold you seat and start your PO or check process or pay now!
  • Price:  $100 USD for a full day of instruction ($75 saving.) Or $225 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide or $375 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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• May 13. Tues. IN-PERSON, Region 1 ESC, TX - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    13 May 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Reg 1 ESC, 1900 West Schunior, Edinburg, TX 78541
  • Spaces left
    40

  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 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 $175 per person! That's a $125 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 40 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.

  • 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!
  • 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 72 hours prior to the training time)

  
  

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• May 15, Thurs. - LIVE Zoom - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    15 May 2025
  •  
    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:  $100 USD for a full day of instruction and unlimited support ($75 Saving). Or $225 USD to include a year's subscription to the digital Informational HUB guide or $375 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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• June 3rd, Tues. IN-PERSON, Foxborough, MA - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (G2-8)

  • When
    3 Jun 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Hampton Inn & Suites Foxborough 2 Foxborough Blvd. Foxborough, MA 02035
  • Spaces left
    39

  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.

  WHO: Teachers, Grades 2-8
  

  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.

  Additional Highlights:

  • 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!

  • The training AND a 1 year digital resource subscription is available now for only $175 per person! That's a $125 savings.

  • 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.  

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