Launching into Literacy - Diving into Informational Skills (2-8)

Teach Your Students How to Apply Analysis Skills to Constructed Response

WHO:  Teachers, Grades 2-8

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: 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

HOW THE DAY 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” 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
Teachers, workshops are full-day with 6 hours of instruction and a 1 hour lunch break.

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      Upcoming events

        • 14 May 2024
        • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (CDT)
        • 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 $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!


          • 16 May 2024
          • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (CDT)
          • Zoom Classroom - Central Time
          Register

          WHAT YOU GET: 

          6 hours of Writing instruction (taught by Master Educators). 
          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.

            • 28 May 2024
            • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (MDT)
            • 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

              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 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. 
            • 3 Jun 2024
            • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (MDT)
            • Best Western Plus Village Park Inn, 1804 Crowchild Trail NW Calgary, T2M 3Y7
            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

              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
            • 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 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. 


              • 11 Jun 2024
              • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (CDT)
              • 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 $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!


                • 12 Jun 2024
                • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (CDT)
                • Zoom Classroom - Central Time
                Register

                WHAT YOU GET: 

                6 hours of Writing instruction (taught by Master Educators). 
                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.

                  • 20 Jun 2024
                  • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
                  • The Education Cooperative 141 Mansion Dr., Suite 200 East Walpole, MA 02032
                  • 30
                  Register

                  WHAT YOU GET: 

                  6 hours of Writing instruction (taught by Master Educator, Barbara Keiser) 
                  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)


                    • 22 Aug 2024
                    • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
                    • The Education Cooperative 141 Mansion Dr., Suite 200 East Walpole, MA 02032
                    • 30
                    Register

                    WHAT YOU GET: 

                    6 hours of Writing instruction (taught by Master Educator, Barbara Keiser) 
                    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)


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