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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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• Jan. 15, Wed. IN-PERSON, Channelview TX - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    15 Jan 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    La Quinta Inn & Suites Houston East at Sheldon Rd. 16211 East Freeway, Channelview, TX
  • Spaces left
    30

  Register

  Teach Your Students How to Apply Analysis Skills to Short and Extended Constructed Response 

  Workshop Flyer
  

  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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• Jan. 16, Thurs. IN-PERSON, Channelview TX - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    16 Jan 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    La Quinta Inn & Suites Houston East at Sheldon Rd. 16211 East Freeway, Channelview, TX
  • Spaces left
    30

  Register

  Teach Your Students How to Apply Analysis Skills to Short and Extended Constructed Response 

  Workshop Flyer
  

  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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• Jan. 23, Thurs. - LIVE Zoom - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    23 Jan 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:  $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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• Jan. 30, Thurs. IN-PERSON, Foxborough, MA - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (G2-8)

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

  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.

  • 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 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.  

  
  

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• Feb. 12. Wed., IN-PERSON, San Antonio, TX - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    12 Feb 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 $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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• Feb. 27, Thurs. - LIVE Zoom - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    27 Feb 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:  $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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• 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:  $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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